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Free Inspection
What We Look At Before We Quote Anything
Every job starts in the attic. We check sheathing, rafters, joists, and trusses for moisture content and rot, because wet plywood tells you more about a roof than the shingles do.
Then we walk the field. Granule loss, curled tabs, and cracked sealant point to end-of-life wear, and we look along the roofline for sag and at the fascia for soft wood.
- Roof pitch and roof deck condition, so we know whether a recover is allowed under local building code or the whole roof has to come off.
- Underlayment type, comparing dried-out felt or tar paper against synthetic underlayment that still seals at the laps.
- Ice-and-water shield along the eaves, where ice dams form after a January thaw.
- Drip edge, rake, and eave metal, which rot out long before the shingles above them do.
- Flashing at the chimney, skylight, dormer, and parapet, with step flashing, counter-flashing, apron flashing, and boot flashing all hand-checked.
- Ventilation, including ridge vent, soffit vent, attic fan, and whether insulation has blocked the soffit intake.
You get photos of anything we find and a free line-item estimate. If the shingles have years left, we say so.
Materials decide most of the cost. Asphalt shingle in a three-tab or architectural profile covers most homes here, while metal roofing, slate, clay tile, concrete tile, wood shake, and cedar shake cost more up front and last longer. Flat roof sections over garages or additions get membrane work instead.
Roofing technology changed the parts you never see more than the parts you do: self-adhered underlayments, synthetic felts, and better ventilation math. Green roofing with a planted assembly is rare on homes here, so sustainability in roofing usually means a metal panel or slate roof that outlasts asphalt by decades.
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Written Quote
Roof Repair: Finding Where Water Actually Enters
Most of the leaks we get called about start somewhere other than the middle of the roof. Water seeps at a valley, wicks along a fastener, then runs down a rafter and shows up eight feet from the opening.
So we chase the water instead of the stain. Hail damage and wind damage leave bruised shingles and lifted tabs that look minor from the ground and act like a funnel up close.
- Pipe boots, vent boots, and boot flashing crack with UV exposure and should come off before the shingles around them fail.
- Chimney flashing and counter-flashing get rebuilt with new step flashing and a sealed flashing bead, not another coat of mastic.
- Valleys and skylight curbs are where sealant, caulk, and roof cement fail first, so we reset them to the manufacturer's detail.
- Emergency roof repair after a nor'easter means tarping the breach that day, then scheduling the permanent fix once the weather clears.
- Gutter repair and resealing keeps water off the fascia, where a slow drip turns into rot over a couple of winters.
- Roof maintenance prevents most of these calls: clear the gutters, check the attic after heavy rain, and leave the power washer alone.
Ice dams start in the attic. More insulation and better intake air do more than any steam ice trick, and far more than a weekend of dam removal with an axe.
Roof repair is often enough. When the deck is sound and the wear is localized, mending the flashing and replacing the worst field courses buys real time before you need a roof replacement.
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Certified Install
Tear-Off, Decking, and the Order We Build In
Roof replacement is a sequence, and skipping a step is how a new roof fails early. We tear off to the deck rather than overlaying, because a second layer hides rot and traps heat.
Tear-off with a roofing shovel and pry bar moves fast on a simple gable roof. It slows on a hip, a mansard, or a gambrel with dormers, where every valley and verge needs its own flashing detail.
- Deck repair comes first: rotten plywood and OSB sheathing is cut out, and the substrate gets re-nailed to the rafters and purlins.
- Synthetic underlayment goes across the field, with self-adhered ice-and-water shield at the eaves and in the valleys for waterproofing where it matters most.
- A starter course runs along the eave and rake, then field courses follow in staggered courses so no two joints line up.
- Fasteners are ring-shank nails set with a nail gun off an air compressor, and we pull any overdriven or back-nailed miss.
- On metal roofing, a standing-seam panel or corrugated panel sits over battens and counterbattens and fastens with screws that carry sealing washers.
- Pipe flashing, ridge cap, ridge vent, and any skylight curb go on before we call for a final look.
- Vapor barrier and attic insulation get checked while the deck is open, since that is the only easy look you will get.
We stage a dumpster, scaffolding, ladders, and a safety harness on site, and we sweep the lawn with a magnet at the end of each day.
Most of our residential roofing work is asphalt shingle on steep-slope homes, but slate and cedar shake restorations come through the shop too. Beyond curb appeal, tidy ridge lines and new ventilation are what protect your home in July and January alike.
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Your Approval
Gutters, Ventilation, and the Parts People Forget
Water that leaves your roof has to go somewhere, and our roofing services cover the rest of the system. Gutters and downspouts sized wrong push water toward the foundation, so we check hanger spacing, pitch, and where the discharge actually lands.
- Gutter installation and gutter repair, with joints resealed properly instead of smeared over with caulk.
- Skylight installation, plus replacement of failed pipe flashing and vent boots on the back slope.
- Roof ventilation work, balancing soffit vent and ridge vent intake to cut attic heat and help energy efficiency.
- Roof coating over flat roof assemblies: TPO, EPDM, PVC membrane, modified bitumen set with a torch, and built-up roof sections on garages, porches, canopies, and awnings, plus coping and scupper repair on parapet walls.
- Snow guards above doorways and walkways, plus anchors for anyone who has to get back up there, and a wide overhang that keeps rain off the fascia in the first place.
For commercial roofing on a shop off Route 1 or an office in Monmouth Junction, we schedule around your business hours and keep the debris contained.
Storm damage claims are their own project. We photograph hail damage and wind damage, note the date of loss, and meet the adjuster on the roof with a line-item estimate. Insurance claim assistance means help with the scope, not a promise about the payout.
South Brunswick sits between the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park and the trails at Tamara Preserve. The weather here works on roofs in three seasons: humid summers with fast thunderstorms, nor'easters that drive rain sideways into flashing, and winter ice that backs up behind the drip edge.
Our service area runs from Kendall Park and Monmouth Junction through Dayton, Franklin Park, and Kingston, past the South Brunswick Public Library and out toward Davidson Mill Pond Park.
