Roofing and chimney work in Manville
Manville is a compact borough at the meeting of the Raritan and Millstone rivers, and it grew up around the large Johns-Manville building-materials plant that gave it its name. Its residential streets are lined with small single-family homes on narrow lots, many built from the 1920s through the 1950s for the families of plant workers, along with modest later capes and ranches. Main Street runs through the center with storefront commercial buildings. Manville is well known for severe flooding from both rivers.
Asset Roofing & Chimney serves Manville with roof repair, roof replacement and chimney repair for homes and commercial buildings. 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.
Housing in Manville
Manville's housing is mostly modest single-family homes on small lots: bungalows, small two-story frame houses and capes from the 1920s through the 1950s, with ranches and other homes filling in later. Many have been expanded with dormers and rear additions, and some have been raised or rebuilt after floods. Main Street and the surrounding blocks have small commercial and mixed-use buildings with flat roofs. Most homes have asphalt shingle roofs and a single brick chimney.
Weather and exposure
Manville is low, flat river-plain land, so humidity is high and flood history shapes the town. Damp air and limited attic ventilation in small older homes lead to condensation and mildew on roof decks. Tree cover is moderate along residential streets. Winters bring ice dams on small homes with limited attic insulation, and summer storms bring heavy rain.
