Roofing Contractor in Longport, NJ

Maximum exposure, minimum shelter

Water on three sides and no meaningful obstruction in any direction. Tall houses on a flat spit of land catch wind that has crossed open water uninterrupted, and roof geometry matters: corners, changes in level, and anything projecting above a neighbouring roofline take disproportionate load.

• Severe uplift at corners, eaves, rakes and ridges
• Multi-level rooflines creating pressure differences between sections
• Roof decks and their railings, drains and terminations
• Edge metal, coping and parapet caps lifting
• Fastening pattern mattering more here than anywhere else on the island

Complex rooflines on modern houses

A large rebuilt house frequently has several roof planes at different levels, flat sections next to pitched ones, roof decks, dormers, and parapets. Every change of plane and every transition between systems is a detail that has to be right. Those transitions, rather than the field of any one roof area, are where the leaks turn up.

Roof decks are roofs with furniture on them

A deck over living space is a waterproofing assembly carrying foot traffic, furniture and sometimes planters. The membrane below the walking surface has to be continuous, correctly terminated at every upstand and door threshold, and drained. It is also the roof area most likely to be damaged by something unrelated to weather — a dropped planter, a dragged chair, a contractor working on something else.

Marine air, at its most aggressive

Nowhere in the county sits closer to open water on more sides. Exposed metal — fasteners, flashing, edge and coping metal, rails, drainage — corrodes faster here than anywhere else we work, and cut edges go first. Specification is not a detail at this address.