Roofing and chimney work in Bloomfield
Bloomfield is a dense, older township between Montclair and Newark, built out largely from the 1900s through the 1940s. Its streets are lined with colonials, two-family homes, capes and brick multifamily buildings on narrow lots, and Bloomfield Avenue and Broad Street carry blocks of commercial buildings with flat roofs. The Garden State Parkway and the Third River both cut through the township.
Asset Roofing & Chimney provides roof repair, roof replacement and chimney repair across Bloomfield's 07003 ZIP code, for single-family homes, two-families, small apartment buildings and commercial properties. We are licensed and insured, work on both shingle and flat roofing, and offer free estimates.
Housing in Bloomfield
Bloomfield's housing stock is mostly pre-1950: two-story colonials, two-family homes with side-by-side or stacked units, capes from the 1940s and brick apartment buildings. Lots are narrow, so neighboring roofs are close together and chimneys often sit near a side wall. Original roofs were slate or wood; nearly all have been converted to asphalt shingles. Flat and low-slope roofs cover the commercial corridors and many rear additions.
Weather and exposure
Bloomfield is lower and flatter than the Watchung towns to its west, so it sees less wind exposure but the same nor'easters, freeze-thaw and summer downpours. Older street trees shade many roofs. Narrow lots mean one house's gutter overflow can land on a neighbor's roof or foundation. Low areas along the Third River have experienced flooding, which affects basements and lower-level mechanicals more than roofs.
