Asset Roofing & Chimney provides roof repair, roof replacement and chimney repair throughout Phillipsburg. Flat roofing is one of our two specialties, which makes the town's rowhouse roofs and commercial buildings a natural fit, and we handle the steep shingle roofs on detached homes as well. We are licensed and insured, based in Cliffside Park in Bergen County, serving all of North New Jersey. Estimates are free.
Housing in Phillipsburg
Phillipsburg's housing is dominated by attached rowhouses, twins and detached brick and frame homes from the 1800s through the 1930s, many with flat or low-slope roofs draining to the rear or to shared gutters. Downtown blocks carry brick commercial buildings with parapets. Later neighborhoods add mid-century capes and ranches with shingle roofs. Old brick chimneys, often shared along party walls, are everywhere.
Weather and exposure
The Delaware River valley brings fog, humidity and cold air that settles over the town, with sustained snow cover in winter and freeze-thaw cycling that works on old brick and flat roofs. Steep streets channel runoff. Flat roofs hold snow and meltwater, and the river opens the town to wind that strips loose roofing and chimney caps on exposed upper blocks.
