About Newark Roof Repair Pros

How We Handle a Roof Repair, Step by Step

Every job starts with a roof inspection, not a sales pitch. Our roofer walks the rooftop, photographs the damage, and shows you those images before you approve any work.

1. We tarp the beds, set the ladder and scaffold, and clip every crew member into a safety harness before anyone steps onto the roof.
2. A pry bar and roofing shovel lift the failed field course, a nail gun and air compressor speed removal, and debris drops straight into a dumpster below.
3. We cut out rot in the plywood or OSB sheathing and sister any rafter, joist, truss, or ridge beam that has softened past holding a fastener.
4. Synthetic underlayment and a self-adhered ice-and-water shield go down along the eave and through every valley before a single shingle moves.
5. We lay a starter course, then staggered courses across the field, and finish at the ridge cap with a ridge vent for ventilation.
6. New drip edge, step flashing, counter-flashing, chimney flashing, apron flashing, and a pipe boot or vent boot seal where water wicks in.

Materials We Reach For, and What Each One Does

We pick materials for Newark's freeze-thaw swings and for the roof you actually have, whether that is a pitched gable on a two-family or a flat membrane over a commercial parapet.

• An asphalt shingle roof is the everyday answer on most Newark homes, and we fasten architectural shingle or three-tab shingle with ring-shank nails.
• Wood shake and cedar shake still cover older Forest Hill and Weequahic houses, and we hand-seal the laps as they open.
• Slate, clay tile, and concrete tile are heavy and long-lived, and they last only as long as the decking and fasteners underneath.
• A metal panel roof, standing-seam panel or corrugated panel, sheds snow and ice better than shingles through a hard winter.
• On flat work we install TPO, EPDM, and PVC membrane covers, plus built-up roof and modified bitumen laid with hot tar or bitumen and a torch.
• Roofing felt and tar paper have given way to synthetic underlayment, with ridge cap, soffit vent, gutter, and downspout finishing the edge.

What We Inspect, and What a Failing Roof Looks Like

Most leaks in Essex County start at an opening rather than in the middle of the field. We check roof pitch, every penetration, and the edge details first, then map the wear.

• Step flashing at sidewalls, counter-flashing at the chimney, and pipe flashing at every stack are where Essex County leaks usually begin.
• A skylight, dormer, or parapet gets a closer look, because the scupper and coping on a flat roof are where ponding water starts trouble.
• The roofline over the rake, verge, hip, gable, and overhang tells us whether wind uplift has already loosened the perimeter.
• Granule loss in the gutter signals end-of-life wear, and a sagging soffit or fascia usually means water is wicking behind it.
• Soft sheathing, a corroded fastener or overdriven screw, and a substrate that flakes or spalls underfoot all point to decay above the ceiling.

Why Newark Roofs Fail the Way They Do

Newark sits in a classic ice-dam climate. Freeze-thaw cycles push meltwater under shingles and into ceilings near top-floor exterior walls, and that water can wick into a wall cavity before you see a stain.

• An ice dam forms at the eave when meltwater refreezes, and steam ice can push water back past the ice-and-water shield.
• Newark averages roughly 26 to 29 inches of snow a season, and one nor'easter can drop a foot before plows clear Broad Street.
• Normal years bring 46 to 50 inches of precipitation, and Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 showed how fast water moves through eastern Essex County.
• Older housing means a mansard or gambrel roofline, a small canopy or awning, and framing that has already settled, sagged, or decayed.
• Purlin, batten, and counterbatten assemblies under slate and tile need attention, and Newark building code decides what we tear off versus recover.

If you want a straight answer about your roof, call 8778401315 and we will schedule a free roof estimate at your building.