Asset Roofing & Chimney serves Somerville with roof repair, roof replacement and chimney repair, on both the older homes and the flat-roofed commercial buildings downtown. We are based in Cliffside Park in Bergen County and serve all of North New Jersey. Estimates are free, and we are licensed and insured for residential and commercial work.
Housing in Somerville
Somerville's housing is predominantly Victorian and early-1900s single-family construction: Queen Annes, foursquares, colonials and gable-front houses with steep roofs, dormers, front porches and brick chimneys, many of which have been converted to two-family use. Mid-century capes and ranches fill in around the edges, and newer apartment and condominium buildings have been added near downtown. Main Street carries an extended run of flat-roofed commercial buildings.
Weather and exposure
Somerville's mature street trees drop heavy leaf and branch loads onto roofs and into the gutters and built-in gutters of its older homes. Winters are colder than Bergen County with ice dams on homes with original attic insulation. The Raritan River lowlands at the edge of town add humidity and are known for flooding during major storms. Summer thunderstorms bring heavy rain that tests downtown flat-roof drainage.
