Hudson County is the most densely built county in New Jersey, and its roofs reflect that. Brownstones and rowhouses in Jersey City and Hoboken, frame two- to four-families in North Bergen, Union City and the Jersey City Heights, pre-war two-families in Bayonne, and brick multifamily buildings everywhere share one thing: flat or low-slope roofs with parapet walls, scuppers or internal drains, roof hatches, skylights and rooftop equipment.
Asset Roofing & Chimney is based in Cliffside Park, which borders North Bergen, so Hudson County is minutes away for us. We specialize in flat and shingle roofing, install skylights and roof hatches, and repair, reline and rebuild the brick chimneys that rise above nearly every older building in the county. We are licensed and insured, and estimates are free.
We work with homeowners, condo owners and associations, landlords and small commercial owners, and we understand the realities of working in dense neighborhoods: street parking, shared walls, access through hatches and coordination with neighbors.
Roofing in Hudson County
Flat roofs dominate Hudson County. Most are EPDM, modified bitumen or older built-up roofing, often layered. The typical failures are seam splits, ponding around clogged scuppers and drains, failed flashing at parapet walls and coping, and leaks at hatches, skylights, vent pipes and HVAC curbs. We repair these with compatible materials and replace them with new membrane systems, adding tapered insulation to improve drainage where the structure allows.
Pitched shingle roofs exist too, especially on frame houses in the Jersey City Heights, North Bergen and Bayonne, and on some newer townhomes. We repair and replace those with architectural shingles. Permits are often required for full replacements; we can advise on what typically applies to your building.
Chimney work in Hudson County
Hudson County chimneys are mostly brick stacks on rowhouses and multifamily buildings, built for coal and now venting gas boilers and water heaters or abandoned entirely. Many are shared between attached buildings or sit directly on a party wall. They are exposed to river and bay winds, and the top courses, crowns and caps deteriorate fastest.
We repoint, rebuild, reline and cap chimneys, repair crowns, and flash chimneys properly where they pass through membrane roofs, a detail that causes many of the chimney leaks we see in the county. Abandoned chimneys can be sealed or removed below the roofline.
