Roofing and chimney work in Allendale
Allendale is a quiet borough in northwest Bergen County that grew up around the railroad and the farms that once surrounded it. Today it is almost entirely residential: older frame houses near the train station and the small downtown, post-war colonials and split-levels on the side streets, and larger, newer homes on wooded lots toward the edges of town. The Celery Farm nature preserve, a reminder of the borough's farming past, sits near the middle of it all.
Asset Roofing & Chimney serves Allendale from our base in Cliffside Park. We handle asphalt shingle repair and replacement, flat and low-slope sections such as porch roofs and additions, and full chimney service from inspection and cleaning to liners, crowns and rebuilds. We are licensed and insured, and every estimate is free and in writing.
Housing in Allendale
Allendale is primarily single-family. Older frame homes, some dating to the late 1800s and early 1900s, stand near the railroad and the downtown. Much of the rest of the borough filled in after World War II with colonials, capes, ranches and split-levels, and later decades added larger colonials and custom homes on bigger, wooded lots. Most roofs are steep-slope asphalt shingle, and many homes have a masonry fireplace chimney.
Weather and exposure
The borough is inland and heavily wooded, so tree cover rather than wind is the main exposure. Oaks and other mature trees drop limbs in summer storms and under wet snow, fill gutters each fall and keep shaded slopes damp. The Celery Farm marsh and the low, wet ground around it hold moisture, and northwest Bergen tends to see a bit more snow and colder nights than the towns near the Hudson, which means more freeze-thaw cycling on chimneys and more ice dams on shaded eaves.
