Roof Repair for East Hanover homes and buildings
In East Hanover, many homes are postwar ranches and capes that have been expanded over the years. A second-story addition on a ranch, a rear family room, or a garage converted to living space each create new roof-to-wall joints and new roof sections tied into an older roof. Leaks on these houses are frequently at those joints rather than in the original roof.
Commercial roofs are the other half of the work. Office and warehouse buildings along Route 10 have large membrane roofs with drains, rooftop units and penetrations. Asset Roofing & Chimney repairs both, so we can handle the expanded ranch on a side street and the flat roof on a commercial building with the same attention to detail.
East Hanover housing
East Hanover's homes are predominantly postwar: ranches, capes, split-levels and colonials built from the 1950s through the 1970s on regular suburban lots, with some later colonials and expanded or rebuilt homes. Many have been enlarged with second stories, rear additions or attached garages. Commercial building stock includes office buildings, light-industrial and warehouse buildings and strip retail with low-slope membrane roofs.
Weather & exposure
The township is relatively low and flat compared with western Morris County, with low-lying land along the Passaic River. Winters are still colder and snowier than the Hudson riverfront, and mature street trees drop leaves into gutters each fall. Open commercial sites along Route 10 and I-280 take the full force of wind, and summer thunderstorms test flat-roof drains.
Repair or replace? What we tell East Hanover homeowners
On a residential roof, we trace the leak to the specific joint or detail at fault, then repair it with correctly lapped flashing and matching shingles. On expanded homes we check every transition between old and new sections, since one failed joint often leads to another nearby.
On commercial roofs we start with drains and rooftop equipment, then walk the membrane for seams, punctures and blisters. We provide a written findings report and can set up periodic inspections so drains and flashing are checked before small problems grow.
