Roofing and chimney work in Raritan
Raritan is a compact borough just west of Somerville, along the north bank of the Raritan River, and is known as the hometown of Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone. Its residential streets are lined with early-1900s and mid-century houses on narrow lots set close together, many of them two-story frame homes and two-family houses, with a small downtown of older commercial buildings. Commercial and industrial buildings with flat roofs sit along the highway corridors that pass through the borough.
Asset Roofing & Chimney serves Raritan with roof repair, roof replacement and chimney repair, for single-family and two-family homes, small commercial buildings and flat-roofed commercial properties. 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.
Housing in Raritan
Raritan's older neighborhoods are made up largely of early-1900s two-story frame houses, gable-front homes and two-family houses on narrow lots, many with front porches and a single brick chimney. Mid-century capes and ranches fill in other streets, and newer townhouses and apartments have been added. The downtown and the highway corridors carry small commercial buildings and larger flat-roofed commercial and industrial buildings. Steep roofs are almost all asphalt shingle.
Weather and exposure
The borough sits in the Raritan River valley, where the air is humid and low ground near the river has flooded in major storms. Houses close together shade each other's roofs and limit airflow, so roofs and siding dry slowly. Winters are colder than eastern Bergen County, with ice dams on homes with little attic insulation, and summer thunderstorms bring heavy rain that tests gutters and flat-roof drainage.
