Roofing in Bloomfield, NJ

A Roofer Who Knows Bloomfield's Roofs

Bloomfield is a town of neighborhoods that each roof a little differently, and the housing stock tells the story. The Brookdale section up by the park is full of 1920s–1950s capes, colonials, and split-levels — solid houses whose original-era roofs are now hitting their second or third replacement cycle. The Halcyon Park and Forest Hill-adjacent blocks have bigger early-1900s homes with more complex rooflines. And around Bloomfield Center and the south end, dense two-family houses and mixed-use buildings carry flat or low-slope roofs that live or die on membrane quality.

The cape cods are Bloomfield's signature roofing challenge. A cape's low attic and kneewall construction makes proper ventilation genuinely hard, and decades of well-meaning insulation upgrades have made it worse — blown-in insulation packed tight against the roof deck with no air channel. The result is the classic Bloomfield winter leak: ice dams backing water under the shingles at the eaves, showing up as a brown stain on a first-floor ceiling in February. We fix capes from the attic side — baffles, ventilation paths, sealed bypasses — along with ice-and-water shield on the roof itself. A roofer who just sells you heat cables hasn't fixed anything.

Age is the other big factor. So many Bloomfield roofs are carrying two layers of shingles from the 90s-over-70s era, and New Jersey code caps it at two. When we tear off here, what we find underneath explains a lot: original plank decking with gaps, no ice-and-water shield at the eaves, bathroom fans venting straight into the attic, chimney flashing that's just layers of tar. A full tear-off to the deck with those problems actually fixed is a different roof than a layover — and it's the only replacement we sell.

The commercial spine along Bloomfield Avenue and the industrial edges near the Garden State Parkway add the flat-roof dimension: EPDM and TPO systems on retail and light-industrial buildings where ponding water and failed parapet flashing are the usual suspects. We do that work with the same crews that handle the residential side, so a landlord with both gets one contractor who understands both roofs.

The roofing work we do most in Bloomfield

Full tear-off shingle replacements on capes, colonials, and split-levels: stripped to the deck, rotted wood replaced, ice-and-water shield at eaves and valleys, proper ridge venting, finished with manufacturer-warranted architectural shingles.

Ice-dam diagnosis and repair — the Bloomfield specialty. Attic ventilation correction, insulation baffles, and eave protection that stop winter leaks at the source instead of treating the symptom.

Two-family and multi-family roofing around the Center and south end: pitched shingle work plus flat and low-slope membrane sections, coordinated for landlords with tenants in place.

Commercial flat roofing along Bloomfield Avenue: EPDM and TPO membrane systems with drainage correction and parapet flashing rebuilt right.

Storm damage response — the mature trees around Brookdale Park drop limbs every storm season. 24/7 tarping, insurance documentation, and permanent repairs.

• Free photo-documented inspections — you see what we see
• Full tear-offs to the deck — we fix the plank decking and ventilation problems layovers hide
• Cape-cod ice-dam specialists: attic-side ventilation and insulation fixes
• Ice-and-water shield at eaves and valleys on every replacement
• Flat roofing: EPDM & TPO with corrected drainage
• 24/7 emergency tarping and storm response