Roofing in Newark, NJ

A Roofer Who Knows Newark's Roofs

Newark is New Jersey's largest city, and its roofing looks like three different towns stitched together. In the Ironbound and the East Ward, dense blocks of row homes and multi-family buildings wear flat or low-slope roofs — membranes that live or die on seam quality and drainage. Forest Hill and the North Ward hold some of the finest historic housing in the state: early-1900s colonials, Tudors, and Victorians with steep pitched roofs. In Weequahic and the South Ward, bungalows and one- and two-family houses sit under aging shingle roofs, often on their second or third layer.

Landlords own a huge share of Newark's housing, and that's a big part of our work. Multi-family walk-ups with flat roofs anchor neighborhoods like the Ironbound, and their most common failure is always the same: ponding water at a low spot, seams pulling apart, and parapet flashing installed decades ago and never touched since. We install EPDM rubber and TPO membrane systems with corrected pitch — tapered insulation where the deck has sagged — so water actually leaves the roof. Coatings over a ponding roof are a short-term patch; a properly detailed membrane is a twenty-plus-year roof.

Newark's weather hits roofs from two directions. Nor'easters and tropical remnants drive wind-lifted shingles and rain under worn flashing — flat roofs take the worst of it on parapet caps. Winter brings freeze-thaw cycles that pop nails under aging shingles, plus ice dams on older pitched homes in Forest Hill and Weequahic where attic insulation is thin. That brown stain on a second-floor ceiling in February is almost always an ice dam, not a shingle failure.

Then there's Newark's commercial side. The warehouse and industrial corridors near the port, the airport, and the rail yards wear big flat roofs crowded with HVAC units, vents, and ponding low spots. We do that work too: membrane replacements, tapered insulation, and maintenance programs that catch seam failures and clogged drains before they become interior leaks.

The roofing work we do most in Newark

Full tear-off replacements on Newark's older pitched homes — Weequahic bungalows, North Ward two-families, Forest Hill colonials. Old layers come off, rotted decking around chimneys and eaves gets replaced, ice-and-water shield goes on at eaves and valleys, and architectural shingles with proper ridge ventilation finish the job.

Flat roof systems on multi-family walk-ups, row homes, and commercial buildings: EPDM or TPO membrane, tapered insulation where drainage needs correcting, new flashing at parapets, scuppers, and penetrations. Standing water days after rain means the pitch is wrong — and we fix the pitch, not just the surface.

Storm damage response — wind-lifted shingles, tree damage, emergency tarping. We answer around the clock, stabilize the roof the same day, photograph everything for your insurance claim, and meet the adjuster on-site.

Targeted repairs — chimney flashing rebuilds, valley repairs, skylight re-flashing, parapet cap repairs, ridge vent fixes. Most repairs finish in a single visit, and we'll tell you straight when a repair is money well spent versus money thrown at a roof that's done.

• Free photo-documented inspections — you see what we see
• Full tear-offs to the deck, never roofing over problems
• Flat roofing specialists: EPDM & TPO, drainage corrected
• Ice-and-water shield at eaves and valleys, every job
• Landlord-friendly documentation for multi-unit buildings
• 24/7 emergency tarping and storm response