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Tear-off, underlayment and new shingles near Lincoln Park

Roof Replacement in Lincoln Park, NJ

Replacement is the call when wear spreads across the roof instead of sitting in a spot or two. Next step: call (862) 972-4008, say how old the roof is and how many slopes leak, and ask for every slope to be walked.

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Roofer rolling gray underlayment over bare plywood, old shingles on the other half
Lincoln Park roofer kneeling on a gray roof, hammer in hand, split-levels behind

Have this ready

The year and the paperwork behind your current roof

Gather what exists on the last re-roof: its year, an invoice, a shingle brand name, photos from the sale of the house. Nothing at all? Say so. Next, photograph each slope from the yard, noting which ones leak and where the attic stains sit.

Then call (862) 972-4008 with the list. Tenants: the building's owner arranges roof work, so the first message goes to whoever collects the rent.

Call (862) 972-4008

Repair or replace?

When patching has run its course

Patching holds while the damage is local. Past the 10 percent line in the Department of Energy's rule of thumb, or when the leak keeps moving to new spots, repair money stops buying much. The same brief wants wood under a new roof drier than 20 percent moisture when it is covered, so a wet deck changes the plan as well.

Replacement redoes the layers across the whole roof, with the deck repaired first. Roof repair covers the case where one slope is the problem.

Stop here if you see any of this

  1. A ceiling sags, bulges or drips under a roof that has lost shingles: empty the room below it, and dial 911 when the ceiling seems ready to give way.
  2. Wires lie across the yard or rest on the roof: stand well away, assume they carry current and phone 911 or the electric company on your bill.
  3. Shingles are sliding off or hanging from the eaves: keep people and cars away from that edge.
  4. A ladder is up against a wet or frosted eave: do not climb. Tear-off is work for people with fall protection, so leave it to them.

On the roof and in the attic

  1. Dial (862) 972-4008, give the address, the roof's age and how many slopes leak. Photos of each slope from the yard shorten the first call.
  2. The roofer measures the roof, counts the existing layers where an edge allows and walks every slope.
  3. Under the shingles, the deck gets a look for soft spots and stains. A deck in poor shape is a line item of its own on the quote.
  4. Underlayment, drip edge, starter strip, shingles and flashing are named one by one, with the brand and weight where there is a choice.
  5. The quote shows the price, the start and finish dates and the plan for the old material. Over $500, New Jersey calls for it in a written contract signed by both sides.
  6. Ask what happens if rain arrives mid-job, and who covers the roof overnight.
Roofer in a knit cap fitting metal flashing against a brick chimney

The parts in play

A new roof, bottom to top

Deck first: boards or plywood, replaced where soft. Then underlayment, which the Department of Energy brief describes as 30-pound felt or two layers of 15-pound. A metal drip edge goes along the eaves, then a starter strip, then the shingles, each held by roofing nails. FEMA's fact sheet puts six nails in each shingle at the eaves.

That fact sheet was written for regions with winds over 90 miles per hour, so treat the nail count as a question to ask, not a New Jersey rule. Flashing goes in at every chimney, wall and vent as the shingles reach it, and a quote that skips a layer by name is worth a question.

Around Lincoln Park

  • More than half of Lincoln Park's homes, 2,296 of 4,050, were built before 1980 (Census, 2020-2024). A house of that age can already carry one or two earlier coverings, and the attic and any old invoices show how many layers are on.
  • Winter and summer both work the roof. Newark's normals run from a 32.8 degree January with 9.1 inches of snow to a 78.2 degree July (1991-2020), and shingles go through that whole swing every year.
  • 825 of the borough's 3,973 occupied homes are rented, give or take 218 (Census, 2020-2024). On a rented house the owner decides about replacement, and the tenant's job is to report the leak and keep dated photos.

Why it happens

  • Years of sun, snow and temperature swings wearing the shingle surface thin
  • Water that got under the covering and soaked the deck beneath
  • An attic where air cannot move, so heat or damp stays under the roof
  • Earlier repairs that covered a failing area without finding the cause
  • Damage from a single storm that reached several slopes

What you may notice

  • Shingles curling or cracking on every slope, not just one
  • Bald patches where the gritty surface coating has worn away
  • Leaks that move to a new spot after each repair
  • Dark staining or daylight on the attic deck in more than one place
  • A roof line that dips between rafters when you sight along it from the street

The paperwork side

Contract, cooling-off and code: the replacement paper trail

Anything over $500 needs a written contract that names the work, materials, price and dates; where a permit applies, it comes before the first day on the roof. In the state's ordinary-maintenance alert, a full tear-off at a house for one or two families that shares no walls carries no permit and no inspection. The cooling-off rule and every town's office are on the checks page.

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