Roofing and chimney work in Alpha
Alpha is a small borough on the southern edge of Phillipsburg that grew up around the cement industry in the early twentieth century, when the Lehigh Valley was one of the country's major cement-producing regions. Its compact residential streets hold modest frame homes from that era alongside mid-century capes and ranches, and the borough's commercial and former industrial properties add buildings with low-slope and flat roofs.
Asset Roofing & Chimney provides roof repair, roof replacement and chimney repair throughout Alpha. We are licensed and insured, based in Cliffside Park in Bergen County, and we serve all of North New Jersey. We specialize in shingle and flat roofing, so we handle both the pitched roofs of the residential streets and the flat roofs of commercial buildings. Estimates are free.
Housing in Alpha
Alpha's housing is compact and modest: early twentieth-century frame houses, some with steep gable roofs and original brick chimneys, mixed with capes, ranches and split-levels from the decades after World War II. Asphalt shingle covers most homes, often over porch roofs and additions with lower slopes. Commercial and light industrial buildings in and around the borough have flat or low-slope roofs.
Weather and exposure
Alpha sits on fairly open ground near the Delaware River valley, with fog and humid summers, cold winters and regular freeze-thaw cycling. Without the heavy tree cover of the northern townships, roofs see full sun and wind, which ages shingles on south and west faces and loosens edges and ridge caps during storms.
