Roofing and chimney work in Harrison
Harrison is a compact West Hudson town on the Passaic River, directly across from downtown Newark. Long known as an industrial town, it now mixes older neighborhoods of closely spaced frame two-families and attached houses with new mid-rise apartment buildings on former factory land near the PATH station and Red Bull Arena. Roofs range from pitched shingle and low-slope membrane on older houses to large flat roofs on the new and remaining industrial buildings.
Asset Roofing & Chimney repairs and replaces shingle and flat roofs, installs skylights and roof hatches, and repairs, relines and rebuilds chimneys in Harrison. We are based in Cliffside Park in Bergen County and serve all of North Jersey. We are licensed and insured, and estimates are free.
Housing in Harrison
Harrison's older residential streets are lined with wood-frame two-family houses, many attached or only a few feet apart, with shallow pitched or flat roofs and front porches. Some blocks have brick rowhouses and small apartment buildings. Along the river and near the PATH station, redevelopment has added mid-rise apartment buildings with large flat roofs, while older brick industrial and commercial buildings remain in parts of town.
Weather and exposure
Harrison is low and flat along the Passaic River, with open exposure to wind coming up the river corridor and across the Meadowlands to the east. Humid summers and river moisture feed algae and moss on shaded shingles. Low-slope roofs on older houses pond after heavy rain, and freeze-thaw winters crack coping, crowns and old mortar.
