Essex County runs from the dense cities and older townships along the Passaic River up and over the Watchung ridges to the post-war suburbs in the west. That range shows in its roofs: slate and tile on some of the oldest homes in Montclair and the Oranges, asphalt shingles on nearly everything built since, and flat membrane roofs on the two-families, apartment buildings and commercial corridors of Bloomfield, Nutley and the county's eastern townships.
Asset Roofing & Chimney provides roof repair, roof replacement and chimney repair throughout Essex County for homes and commercial buildings. We are a licensed and insured shingle and flat roofing contractor based in Cliffside Park in Bergen County, serving North New Jersey, with chimney masonry, liner, cap, crown and flashing work as a core part of the business. Estimates are free.
The town pages below cover the Essex County municipalities we have written specific guidance for. We serve every municipality in the county, so if your town is not listed, call (201) 727-3113 and we will talk through your roof or chimney directly.
Roofing in Essex County
Most Essex County homes built before 1950 have been reroofed several times, and many carry multiple shingle layers over plank decking. On the steep, dormered roofs of Montclair and West Orange, flashing at valleys, dormers and chimneys is the usual leak source. On the compact lots of Bloomfield and Nutley, rear shed dormers, flat additions and chimneys near the eave are the weak points. Livingston's mid-century splits and ranches have shallow sections that were shingled when they needed membrane.
Commercial and multifamily roofing in Essex County is largely flat: Bloomfield Avenue and the other main corridors, Route 10 in Livingston, and the apartment buildings throughout the eastern townships. Ponding, drain failures and parapet flashing cause most of those leaks. We repair and replace both shingle and membrane roofs and detail the transitions where a property has both.
Chimney work in Essex County
Essex County's older towns are full of brick chimneys built for coal and oil that now vent gas appliances through oversized clay flues. Condensation damages the tile and mortar from inside, while freeze-thaw cracks crowns and opens joints outside. The tall multi-flue chimneys on large older homes in Montclair and West Orange and the simpler single stacks on Bloomfield, Nutley and Livingston homes share these problems in different proportions.
We inspect, repoint, rebuild, reline, cap, crown, flash, waterproof and clean chimneys across the county. On the Watchung ridges, spalling on the weather face of exposed chimneys is common. Near the rivers, chimney bases that have been saturated by flooding deserve a look. Every inspection comes with photos and a written scope.
