Roofing and chimney work in Guttenberg
Guttenberg is a tiny town on top of the Palisades between West New York and North Bergen, and one of the most densely populated places in the country. A strip of high-rise towers lines the cliff edge facing Manhattan, while the blocks behind them are packed with attached and closely spaced two- and three-family houses and small brick apartment buildings, nearly all with flat roofs.
Asset Roofing & Chimney is based in Cliffside Park, just north along the Palisades, and we repair and replace flat roofs, install skylights and roof hatches, and repair, reline and rebuild brick chimneys in Guttenberg. We are licensed and insured, and estimates are free.
Housing in Guttenberg
Guttenberg's low-rise housing is attached or nearly touching: frame and brick two- and three-family houses and small walk-up apartment buildings on very narrow lots, with flat roofs behind front parapets, rear scuppers and interior hatches. Mixed-use buildings with storefronts below and apartments above line the commercial avenue. The high-rise towers on the cliff are large managed buildings with their own commercial roofing systems.
Weather and exposure
Perched on the Palisades, Guttenberg takes wind straight off the Hudson River from the east and across the Meadowlands from the west. Gusts funnel along narrow streets and between taller buildings, working at loose parapet flashing and chimney tops. Flat roofs pond when scuppers clog, dark membranes bake in summer, and coping and crowns crack through freeze-thaw winters.
