Roofing and chimney work in Boonton
Boonton is a 19th-century iron town built on a hillside above the Rockaway River. Main Street climbs steeply from the river, lined with two- and three-story brick and frame commercial buildings, and the residential streets that branch off it hold Victorian-era houses, worker cottages and early-1900s homes set close together on sloping lots. Few towns in the county pack this much older building stock into such a small, hilly area.
Asset Roofing & Chimney provides roof repair, roof replacement and chimney repair throughout the Town of Boonton. We are based in Cliffside Park in Bergen County and serve all of North New Jersey. Estimates are free, and we are licensed and insured for residential and commercial work, including the flat roofs on the Main Street buildings.
Housing in Boonton
Boonton's housing is weighted heavily toward the late 1800s and early 1900s: Victorian and Italianate homes, modest gable-front worker houses, two-family homes and some larger houses on the upper streets. Mid-century capes and ranches fill in toward the edges of town. The commercial core along Main Street is made up of attached brick and frame buildings with flat or low-slope roofs behind parapets, many with apartments above the storefronts.
Weather and exposure
Boonton sits on a slope above the Rockaway River gorge, so homes on the upper streets catch more wind while those lower down hold more moisture from the river valley. Winters are colder and snowier than in Bergen County, with plenty of freeze-thaw cycles working on old brick and mortar. Mature trees shade many residential lots, and the steep streets make runoff, gutters and downspouts work hard during heavy rain.
