Bloomfield NJ Roofing Contractor

Common Roof Issues on Bloomfield Houses

Bloomfield's older, closely spaced homes share a handful of recurring problems. Here's what we see most and how we handle it.

• Porch roofs that leak into the house. Front porch roofs are often close to flat and tie into the main wall just under a second-floor window. When the flashing at that wall fails, water tends to show up inside the front room rather than on the porch.
• Finished rooms under the roof. Many Capes and two-families have living space tucked under the rafters with almost no room for air to move. Those rooms run hot in summer and the roof deck collects moisture in winter. We add ridge and soffit ventilation where the framing allows.
• Chimneys nobody uses anymore. Once a furnace or water heater is vented another way, the old brick chimney tends to be forgotten. Missing caps, cracked crowns and loose bricks keep letting water in. We repair, re-flash or cap it so it stops causing trouble.
• Siding layered over the original walls. When new siding went on over old clapboard, the flashing where a roof meets a wall was often buried or skipped entirely. Re-roofing without dealing with it leaves the leak exactly where it was.
• Houses only a few feet apart. Narrow side yards make ladders, debris chutes and dumpsters a planning exercise. We protect the neighbor's siding and walkways, keep shared driveways usable and clean up at the end of every day.