Roof Repair for Rockaway homes and buildings
Roof repairs in Rockaway Borough typically involve houses that are a century old or more. Steep Victorian roofs with cross gables, gable-front houses with front porches, and two-family homes with rear additions and enclosed back porches all have many joints, and older flashing is often buried under newer work. Board decking, roof edges without drip edge and rusted valley metal are common on these houses.
On Main Street, mixed-use buildings have low-slope roofs behind parapets, with leaks at the parapet walls, copings and rear drains. Asset Roofing & Chimney repairs both the steep shingle roofs on the houses and the flat roofs on the commercial buildings.
Rockaway housing
Rockaway Borough's housing is older than most of the surrounding area. Late-1800s and early-1900s frame houses, including Victorians, gable-front homes and two-family houses, line the streets near the center on small lots. Mid-century capes and ranches fill the outer streets. Main Street has older mixed-use buildings with low-slope roofs, and there are some light-commercial buildings near the highway.
Weather & exposure
The borough sits in the Rockaway River valley, where humidity is higher and low areas near the river are flood-prone. Older trees shade many lots. Winters bring cold, snow and frequent freeze-thaw cycles that affect old brick and roofing, and summer storms bring heavy rain to roofs with aging gutters and flashing.
Repair or replace? What we tell Rockaway homeowners
On an older Rockaway Borough house we trace the leak to its source and repair it with correctly integrated flashing and matching shingles. Where the surrounding shingles are too brittle to lift without breaking, the repair area may end up larger than expected; we will explain that before starting.
On commercial buildings we inspect parapets, copings, membrane seams and drains and provide photos. Many leaks inside the top floor of an older building begin in the parapet rather than the roof field.
