Roofing Contractor in Margate City, NJ

Ocean-to-bay exposure on every street

With the town only around eight blocks deep, no property is meaningfully sheltered from the water on either side. Wind reaches roofs from the ocean during a nor'easter and across the bay on a westerly, and both directions find roof edges.

• Uplift at eaves, rakes and ridges on every elevation, not just the seaward one
• Shingle seals breaking without visible loss of material
• Deck, porch and garage low-slope roofs failing at their terminations
• Edge metal and coping lifting after sustained wind

Second homes and the delay between damage and discovery

A house used through the summer may go unvisited for months. The pattern we see repeatedly is winter wind damage discovered at the start of the season, by which point wind-driven rain has been reaching the deck through every one of the intervening storms. An inspection either side of the season is the cheapest insurance available for a seasonal property.

Renovation, additions and new junctions

Margate has a lot of renovation activity, and every addition, dormer and raised section creates a new roof-to-wall junction. Those junctions are where leaks concentrate afterwards. Kick-out flashing at the base of a wall junction — the small piece that throws run-off clear of the siding instead of behind it — is one of the most frequently omitted details in the whole trade, and one of the most expensive to omit.

Marine air on metal

Fasteners, flashing, edge metal, gutters and downspouts all corrode faster within a few blocks of open water, and cut edges corrode first. Choosing appropriate metals and coatings at installation is straightforward; discovering corroded fixings holding a roof edge during a storm is not.