Roofing and chimney work in Leonia
Leonia sits on the western slope of the Palisades, between Fort Lee and Englewood, with its streets running downhill toward Overpeck Creek and Overpeck County Park. It is an older, residential borough known in the early twentieth century as a home for artists and writers, and much of its housing dates from that period: Victorian-era and early 1900s houses with deep porches, steep roofs and brick chimneys, alongside later colonials and capes.
Asset Roofing & Chimney is based a short drive away in Cliffside Park. We serve Leonia with asphalt shingle roof repair and replacement, flat-roof work on porches, additions and the small commercial buildings along the main road, and full chimney service for the borough's older masonry. Estimates are free.
Housing in Leonia
Leonia has a large share of older single-family homes, many from the late 1800s through the 1920s: Victorian-era houses, shingle-style and foursquare houses and early colonials, many with wraparound or full-width porches, dormers and tall chimneys. Later colonials, capes and some two-family homes fill in the rest, along with a small commercial strip with flat-roofed buildings.
Weather and exposure
The borough is sheltered from the worst Hudson wind by the Palisades ridge to the east, but its slope means water moves downhill quickly in heavy rain, and the lower blocks near Overpeck Creek see more ground moisture. Mature street trees shade many roofs and fill gutters each fall. On houses this old, freeze-thaw is the steady enemy of chimneys, porch roofs and masonry.
