Roof Replacement for Westwood homes and buildings
On Westwood's downtown buildings, replacement means removing the old flat-roof layers, repairing the deck, improving drainage where feasible, and installing a new membrane such as modified bitumen, EPDM or TPO with new flashing at every parapet, drain and penetration. Many older commercial buildings need parapet and coping work at the same time.
On homes, replacement means a tear-off to the deck, deck repair, ice-and-water barrier at eaves and valleys, synthetic underlayment, architectural asphalt shingles and new flashing at every wall and chimney. Older Victorians may need extensive board-deck repair and careful work around turrets and dormers.
Permits are typically required; check with the borough building department, and we can advise on what is usually needed. Downtown, we plan around business hours, deliveries and pedestrian traffic so stores can stay open.
Westwood housing
Westwood's downtown has older two- and three-story commercial and mixed-use buildings with flat roofs, parapets and storefront cornices. Around the center are Victorian and early 20th century homes, some with complex rooflines and a few with slate. The rest of the borough is mostly pre-war and post-war colonials, capes, ranches and split-levels, along with garden apartments and newer multifamily near downtown.
Weather & exposure
Westwood is inland and mostly flat to gently rolling. The Pascack Brook, which passes through the borough, can flood low-lying areas in heavy rain, keeping ground and basements damp nearby. Mature street trees drop debris onto roofs and into gutters. On the downtown buildings, flat roofs surrounded by parapets pond if drains clog, and freeze-thaw works on older brick parapets and chimneys.
When replacement is the right call in Westwood
A flat roof is ready for replacement when it ponds for days, has soft spots, widespread blistering or multiple layers. A shingle roof is ready when shingles are brittle and losing granules everywhere. We inspect and tell you honestly.
Written estimates detail the full scope, including deck repair, flashing and any masonry. Estimates are free.
