Roofing and chimney work in Hoboken
Hoboken, the Mile Square City, packs its housing into a small area along the Hudson, and nearly all of it is attached: 19th-century brownstones and brick rowhouses, frame rowhouses, and newer condo buildings on the same tight lots. Flat roofs with parapets, rear scuppers and cornice fronts are the standard, roof access is usually through a hatch, and every roof touches a neighbor's.
Asset Roofing & Chimney repairs and replaces flat roofs on Hoboken rowhouses and condo buildings, installs skylights and roof hatches, and repairs, relines and rebuilds brick chimneys. We are based in Cliffside Park, a short drive down the Palisades, and we are licensed and insured. Estimates are free.
Housing in Hoboken
Hoboken's housing is overwhelmingly attached: brownstones and brick rowhouses from the 19th and early 20th centuries, frame rowhouses, and newer condo buildings built on the same narrow lots. Flat roofs with brick parapets, shared party walls, cornice fronts and rear scuppers are standard. Roof hatches and skylights are common, and many rowhouses have been converted to condominiums with shared responsibility for the roof.
Weather and exposure
Hoboken sits low along the Hudson River, and its flooding history during heavy rain is well known. Flat roofs pond quickly when scuppers and leaders clog, and water that cannot leave the roof finds the parapet or a seam. River winds hit cornices, coping and chimneys directly, especially on corner buildings. Freeze-thaw opens joints in brownstone and brick coping each winter.
