Chimney Flashing and Waterproofing in New Jersey
Clifton-based, NJ HIC #13VH11720500. 2-year workmanship warranty.
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- NJ HIC #13VH11720500
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Four Seasons Roofing and Construction handles chimney flashing and waterproofing across North Jersey from the shop at 38 Speer Ave in Clifton. Estimates are free, written, and itemized, and the work is done by our own licensed crew.
- One crew for flashing, brick, and roof, so no finger-pointing between trades
- Free inspection first, with photos of what we find
- Licensed and insured, NJ HIC #13VH11720500
What Homeowners Say on Google
5.0 average rating
“I got recommended this company through one of my good friends. They did a phenomenal job redoing my roof at a great price. Commutation was great with the team and I was able to express my concerns with the job with amazing feedback. If youre looking to do your roof I’d really recommend four seasons!!”
“I used Four Season Construction to replace my roof. Ben the owner was very clear on the roofing process, Ben is also the owner. A small company but hands on. During the project Ben took pictures of the process and kept me informed throughout the day. I was at work when the roof was installed. The job was well done, cleaned entire property and collected all the nails. I highly recommend this company.”
“Love their work!! Very professional. I would give them a call for estimates if its ur first time,, but to me theyre my go to from now on.”
The Facts on Four Seasons Roofing and Construction
Four Seasons Roofing and Construction provides chimney flashing and waterproofing in New Jersey. Four Seasons Roofing and Construction is a home improvement contractor based at 38 Speer Ave in Clifton, New Jersey. Four Seasons Roofing and Construction has held New Jersey Home Improvement Contractor licence #13VH11720500 since 2021. Four Seasons Roofing and Construction installs GAF and Owens Corning roofing systems.
Questions about chimney flashing and waterproofing? Call (862) 318-3997 and ask.
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Got a stain near the chimney? Call (862) 318-3997 or drop the form on this page and we will put a written flashing estimate in your hands.
Most chimney leaks are not the chimney at all. They start where the chimney meets the roof, at the flashing, and the water runs in along that seam for months before a stain ever shows up on your ceiling. We reflash and waterproof chimneys across Clifton and the towns nearby, sealing that joint the right way and treating the masonry so it stops drinking up water.
One Crew, Both Trades
We do both trades, so the diagnosis doesn't bounce between contractors while your ceiling stains spread.
Done in a Day
Real counter-flashing takes masonry cuts, bent metal, and most of a day, which is why it costs more and why it's the last time you pay for the problem.
Warranty in Writing
Repairs carry a 2 year workmanship warranty.
Chimney Flashing in Nutley, NJ
Nutley's pre-war housing means pre-war chimneys: solid masonry, centered stacks, real height. Beautiful, and a lot of flashing perimeter to keep sealed. The original flashing on these homes was often copper, which lasts generations when left alone. The problem is it rarely got left alone. Decades of roof replacements buried good copper under tar or swapped it for thin aluminum that gave up in fifteen years.
When we get a call about chimney flashing in Nutley NJ, the first question on the roof is what's actually up there: original metal worth preserving, or three generations of patches fighting each other. The answer decides whether it's a restoration or a rebuild of the detail.
Belleville and Bloomfield carry the same housing age and the same flashing archaeology. We cover both from Clifton, minutes away.
If your ceiling stain sits within a few feet of the chimney, flashing is the lead suspect before anything else on the roof. That's not a guess. It's just where the water gets in on houses like these, more often than every other cause combined.
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What Failing Chimney Flashing Looks Like
- Ceiling stain within a few feet of the chimney
- Caulk lines visible around the chimney base (a previous quick fix)
- Step flashing lifted or rusted through
- Attic sheathing dark around the chimney opening
- Brick stays dark days after rain
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Chimney Flashing & Waterproofing FAQs
Why did the last fix not hold in New Jersey?
Caulk is not flashing. A bead over a failed seam buys months. Step flashing woven into the shingles buys decades.
What is masonry waterproofing in New Jersey?
A breathable treatment that stops brick from soaking up water without trapping moisture inside the wall.
How much does it cost in New Jersey?
Priced fairly after a free inspection finds where the water is actually getting in first.
The last guy caulked it. How long do those last?
A year or two. Caulk shrinks and splits. Flashing woven into the shingles is the permanent geometry.
What is breathable waterproofing in New Jersey?
A treatment that blocks rain absorption but lets interior moisture escape, so the brick does not trap water and spall.
Our Cut-and-Seal Flashing Method
Every chimney we touch runs through the same four-step Cut-and-Seal sequence, the reglet-cut counter-flashing process that separates a fix that lasts from a bead of caulk that does not.
- Pull the failed flashing and inspect the seam beneath.
- Weave new step flashing into the shingle courses.
- Counter-flash into a cut mortar joint, not surface caulk.
- Breathable waterproofing on the masonry above.
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What Sets the Flashing Number
Chimney size and roof pitch. The method does not change: cut-in counter-flashing costs more than a caulk bead and is the only version that lasts.
Warranty That Means Something
Replacements are backed for 50 years. NJ Lic. #13VH11720500, fully insured, and the crew up on your roof is the crew that wrote your estimate, never a subcontractor.
Discounts and Financing
Seniors and veterans save on every job with our discount. For the larger chimney and roof work, 0% financing is on the table. You get the real number in writing before anything starts.
The Leak That Gets Misdiagnosed Most
Water stains near the fireplace, a damp patch on the chimney breast wall, peeling paint on the ceiling around the chase. These get blamed on the roof, the brick, even the gutters. The actual culprit, most of the time, is the flashing: the metal system where the chimney punches through the roof. It's the hardest detail on the roof to do correctly and the easiest to fake with a caulk gun, which is why it fails so often.
What Correct Flashing Looks Like
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- Step flashing: individual L-shaped pieces woven shingle-by-shingle up each side of the chimney, so every course sheds onto the one below.
- Counter-flashing: a second layer cut into the mortar joints (a saw cut, called a reglet, not surface-glued) and bent down over the step flashing. The mortar grips the metal; gravity does the rest.
- A cricket on the uphill side of wide chimneys. A small peaked diverter that splits water around the masonry instead of letting it pond against the back.
- Ice and water membrane beneath all of it, because this is the spot ice dams hit first.
What failing flashing looks like: a smear of roofing tar over the joint. Tar bridges the gap for two or three seasons, dries, cracks, and channels the water in more efficiently than no fix at all.
Waterproofing the Masonry Itself
Brick and mortar are sponges. After repairs, we apply a breathable siloxane-type repellent. Water beads off the surface, but vapor inside the masonry can still escape. That distinction matters: paint-on sealers that form a film trap moisture inside the brick, and the next freeze pops the faces off. Done right, waterproofing is the cheapest decade you can add to a chimney's life.
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More Flashing Questions
Can you reuse my existing flashing?
If the metal is sound and the failure is the seal, sometimes. Rusted-through or tar-buried metal gets replaced. There's no honest way to rehab it.
How long does the job take in New Jersey?
Most flashing rebuilds are a single day, including the masonry cuts.
Is this covered under the roof warranty?
Our flashing work carries the same 2-year workmanship warranty as everything else.
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Related Services
Brick or crown also failing? Chimney repair. Tracing a stain you can't explain: roof leak repair. Full assessment: free inspection.
Copper, Aluminum, or Steel
Material matters more on flashing than anywhere else on the roof, because flashing is bent metal doing structural work against water. Copper costs the most and outlasts the roof around it, often two roofs. Aluminum is the budget standard and honest for the price, with a service life in the decades when installed right. Galvanized steel splits the difference. What we match it to: the roof's remaining life, the house's character, and your plans. Putting copper on a roof with five years left wastes the copper. Putting thin aluminum on a slate roof that will outlive us all wastes the slate's potential.
How We Prove the Fix Worked
Flashing repairs get the hose before we leave. Twenty minutes of directed water on the repaired detail, with eyes inside at the ceiling below. It's the same test the next nor'easter will run, just scheduled. If something weeps, we see it while the ladder is still up. You get the dry result documented with the rest of the photos.
My roofer says flashing, my mason says brick. Who's right? Maybe both. Water through failed flashing soaks brick, and wet brick fails.
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Does waterproofing sealer go on every job? After repairs, on the masonry above the flashing line, yes, breathable repellent. On glazed or painted brick, no. The brick has to be able to take it.
How long does flashing work take? Most chimneys are one day including the reglet cuts. Wide chimneys needing a cricket run two.
Why Tar Keeps Getting Sold
If tar fails so predictably, why is it on half the chimneys in North Jersey? Because it's a ten-minute upsell. A roofer finishing another job can smear mastic on a chimney joint and charge real money without cutting a single reglet, and for two seasons the customer sees a dry ceiling and writes a good review. By the time it cracks, the truck is long gone. When you're comparing chimney leak quotes, ask one question: does the metal get cut into the mortar joint, or applied on top? The answer sorts the bids into the two piles that matter.
How do I know if my flashing was done right last time? From the ground: counter-flashing should read as a clean metal line stepping up the chimney, set into the joints. Black smears mean tar. From the attic after a hard rain: any dampness on the chimney framing answers the question the hard way.
Does waterproofing change the brick's color? A proper breathable repellent goes on clear and dries invisible. The shiny wet-look sealers are the film-forming kind we don't use on chimneys.
Where We Work
Questions about chimney flashing and waterproofing? Call (862) 318-3997 and ask.
Our shop sits at 38 Speer Ave in Clifton, and our flashing ladders reach Montclair, Bloomfield, Wayne, Passaic, Nutley, Little Falls, Fair Lawn, Paramus, and every town around them.
Let's Find Where the Water Gets In
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Who Covers What on a New Jersey Job
| Part of the job | Backed by | For how long |
|---|---|---|
| Workmanship on the install | Four Seasons, in writing | 2-year warranty |
| Roofing materials | The manufacturer (GAF or Owens Corning) | Up to 50 years |
| Inspection and photo report | Four Seasons | Free, before any quote, no obligation |
| The estimate | Four Seasons | Written and itemized before work starts |
| Permit and inspection | New Jersey building department | We file it and schedule around the inspection |
How a Job Actually Runs
You reach out
Call (862) 318-3997 or send the form. We do not need the whole story up front, just the address and what you are seeing.
Free inspection
We come out and look at the roof. The inspection is free and there is no obligation either way.
We photograph what we find
A photo of a cracked boot or a rusted valley settles the question faster than a paragraph, so you see the roof rather than hear about it.
Written itemized estimate
The material tier and the decking allowance are broken out as their own numbers, so you can change any of them before you sign.
The work
We tear off rather than lay over on almost every house, because a layover means nobody ever looks at the deck. Bad boards get replaced as we find them and photographed one at a time.
After the job
Decking is billed against the allowance written into the contract before anyone climbed a ladder, and the work carries a 2-year workmanship warranty with a 50-year manufacturer warranty on the material.
Where We Work From
Every crew rolls out of the shop at 38 Speer Ave in Clifton, just off Route 3 by the Garden State Parkway exits 153 to 155, with Route 46 and Route 21 minutes away. That keeps most of Passaic, Bergen, and Essex County an easy run, and the service area stretches into Union, Somerset, and Warren County towns as well.
Ready for a price? Estimates are free.
The company is registered with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs as a home improvement contractor, NJ HIC #13VH11720500, and installs GAF and Owens Corning product lines.
Get a free roof estimate
We inspect first and photograph what we find, then put an itemized number in front of you. No obligation either way.
- Free inspection before any quote
- Written estimate, itemized line by line
- 2-year workmanship warranty
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