Roof Repair for Lincoln Park homes and buildings
The most common roof repair in Lincoln Park involves a cape or bungalow that has been expanded. Shed dormers added to capes to create second-floor bedrooms are often built with a pitch so shallow that shingles struggle to shed water, and the joint where the dormer roof meets the original roof is a frequent leak point. Rear additions and enclosed porches add more low-slope sections and more transitions.
On the flat-roofed commercial and light industrial buildings along the main roads, repairs are usually about seams, drains, flashing at rooftop units and parapet walls. Asset Roofing & Chimney repairs both steep-slope shingle and low-slope membrane roofs, so a house with a shingled main roof and a flat dormer, or a commercial building with mixed roofs, can be handled in one visit.
Lincoln Park housing
Lincoln Park's housing is dominated by capes, ranches, bungalows and split-levels from roughly the 1920s through the 1970s, many of them expanded with shed dormers, second stories or rear additions. Newer townhouse and condominium developments have been added in several parts of the borough. Commercial, retail and light industrial buildings with flat and low-slope roofs line the main routes.
Weather & exposure
Proximity to the Pompton and Passaic Rivers and the surrounding wetlands means higher humidity and fog in the low-lying parts of the borough, and some areas are known for river flooding. Trees cover the hillside streets. Winters bring snow and freeze-thaw cycles, and summer thunderstorms bring intense downpours that test gutters and flat-roof drainage.
Repair or replace? What we tell Lincoln Park homeowners
For a leaking dormer, we check the pitch first. If it is too shallow for shingles, patching the shingles will not hold, and the lasting repair is converting that section to membrane properly tied into the main roof. If the pitch is adequate, the fix is usually at the transition flashing or the sidewalls.
On commercial roofs we clear and test drains, inspect seams and flashings on foot, and identify ponding areas. We give the owner or tenant a written description of what we found and a scope for the repair, and we can schedule work around business hours.
