Morris County covers a lot of ground, and its roofs reflect that. The county seat at Morristown and the boroughs along the Morris & Essex rail line have large late-1800s and early-1900s homes with steep rooflines, dormers and multiple brick chimneys. The townships that grew after the highways arrived, including Parsippany-Troy Hills, Randolph and Denville, are dominated by 1950s through 1990s colonials, split-levels and ranches. Along Route 10, Route 46, I-80 and I-287 there are office parks, warehouses and retail buildings with flat and low-slope membrane roofs.
Asset Roofing & Chimney is based in Cliffside Park in Bergen County and serves all of North New Jersey, including every municipality in Morris County. We handle roof repair, full roof replacement, flat roofing, skylights and roof hatches, and the complete range of chimney work: inspection, repair, liners, caps, crowns, flashing, repointing, rebuilds, waterproofing and cleaning. We are licensed and insured, estimates are free, and we work on both residential and commercial properties.
Because Morris County sits inland and at higher elevation than the Hudson riverfront, winters are colder and snowier, and that changes what we look for. Ice dams, freeze-thaw damage to chimney crowns and mortar, wind exposure on ridge-top lots and heavy tree-debris loads show up more often here than in the towns closer to the river. The pages below cover each town in detail.
Roofing in Morris County
Steep-slope asphalt shingle is the dominant roof covering across Morris County. On homes built from the 1950s through the 1990s we commonly find roofs that have been layered or re-covered once already, and the decision between another repair and a full tear-off depends heavily on what is underneath. Older homes in Morristown, Madison and Chatham may still carry slate or cedar shake; we specialize in shingle and flat roofing, and we can assess those roofs and advise honestly on whether repair, flashing work or a different specialist makes the most sense.
Flat and low-slope roofing is a large part of the work in Morris County because of the office-park and retail corridors along Route 10, Route 46 and the interstates, as well as the many residential additions, sunrooms and garages that were built with low-slope roofs. We repair and replace membrane roofs, address ponding and drainage problems, and install or replace skylights and roof hatches. Lake-community homes in Parsippany and Denville add a further variable: elevated humidity and heavy shade that keep roofs wet longer and encourage moss and algae growth.
Chimney work in Morris County
Morris County chimneys fall into two broad groups. Homes from the 1960s through the 1990s typically have a brick chimney with a clay tile liner serving a furnace or boiler, and many also have a prefabricated metal fireplace enclosed in a wood-framed chase with a sheet-metal chase cover on top. Rusted or improperly pitched chase covers are one of the most frequent sources of water intrusion we find on these homes. Older homes in Morristown, Madison and Chatham have large multi-flue brick chimneys, often with original clay liners or none at all, and their crowns and mortar joints have weathered a century or more of freeze-thaw cycles.
Colder inland winters mean more freeze-thaw cycles than the Bergen or Hudson riverfront sees, and that accelerates spalling brick, cracked crowns and open mortar joints. Wind exposure on the higher lots in Randolph and the hills around Morristown puts extra load on caps and tall chimney stacks. Our chimney work in Morris County includes inspections, crown rebuilds, cap installation, flashing repair, repointing, partial and full rebuilds, liner installation, waterproofing and cleaning.
