Roofing & Siding in Clifton NJ

Missing shingles after a windy night are common in Clifton, and a small opening in the roof field gets worse if it is left. We replace the torn sections, match color as closely as the manufacturer line allows, and hold the sample against your roof before we commit. Most of these wrap up in one visit.

The post-war capes through Allwood get ice dams at the eaves almost every hard winter. Snow melts, refreezes at the cold roof edge, backs up under the shingles, and turns into a February stain on a bedroom ceiling. We fix the water damage, then deal with the cause, whether that is attic ventilation, an insulation gap, or worn starter courses at the eave.

Spring is when everything winter loosened starts to leak. Step flashing along sidewalls, chimney flashing that gave out after decades, valleys where two planes dump into one seam. On the older Botany Village colonials that old tin flashing sits under layered shingles, and that is the first place we look.

Flat-roofed back additions on Clifton houses are usually newer than the main roof and built lighter. They pond, they crack at the seams, and the pitched-to-flat joint leaks when the flashing was rushed. On a shared two-family roof we document which side the failure is on and talk to both owners before any work crosses the property line.

Water that gets past the roof on a Clifton house often shows up next on the siding and the brick: loose siding behind a downspout, a crumbling chimney crown, mortar joints washed out. Because we run roofing and exterior work off the same company, you do not need a second contractor.