Roofing in Paterson, NJ

A Roofer Who Knows Paterson's Roofs

Paterson has two completely different roofing worlds, and a contractor who only understands one of them will get your job wrong. Downtown and the older dense neighborhoods — Sandy Hill, the downtown core, parts of the Eastside — are dominated by multi-family walk-ups and mixed-use buildings with flat or low-slope roofs. Those roofs live or die on membrane quality and drainage detailing. A flat roof with ponding water and failing seams doesn't need patching, it needs a real EPDM or TPO system with the pitch corrected. We do that work constantly.

Then there's the rest of Paterson: Hillcrest and the Totowa section with their early-1900s colonials and capes, Lakeview's two- and three-family houses, South Paterson's mixed blocks. These are pitched shingle roofs — but old ones. It is extremely common to find two or even three layers of shingles stacked on a Paterson colonial, each one hiding the sins of the last. When we do a replacement here, we tear all the way to the deck. What we find underneath — rotted plywood around chimneys, no ice-and-water shield at the eaves, bathroom fans venting straight into the attic — explains every leak the homeowner has been chasing for years.

Paterson's weather does the rest. Winter freeze-thaw cycles work under aging shingles and pop nails. Ice dams form on the older homes with poor attic insulation — the classic Paterson winter leak that shows up as a brown stain on a second-floor ceiling in February. Spring nor'easters drive rain under worn flashing around chimneys and skylights. And the mature street trees that make neighborhoods like the Totowa section beautiful drop limbs every storm season.

The roofing work we do most in Paterson

Full tear-off replacements are our most common Paterson job. A 1920s colonial with three layers of shingles, soft decking, and zero ventilation gets stripped to bare wood, re-decked where needed, fitted with ice-and-water shield and proper ridge ventilation, and finished with architectural shingles that carry a real manufacturer warranty. It takes one to two days and it's a completely different roof than what was there.

Flat roof systems on multi-family and commercial buildings: EPDM rubber or TPO membrane, tapered insulation where drainage needs correcting, new flashing at parapets and penetrations. If your flat roof ponds water for days after rain, the pitch is wrong — coatings won't fix that, but a properly detailed membrane system will.

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

Targeted repairs — chimney flashing rebuilds, valley repairs, skylight re-flashing, ridge vent fixes. Most repairs finish in a single visit, and we'll tell you honestly 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 buried problems
• Flat roofing specialists: EPDM & TPO with corrected drainage
• Ice-and-water shield at eaves and valleys on every replacement
• Landlord-friendly documentation for multi-unit buildings
• 24/7 emergency tarping and storm response