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COLONIA · MIDDLESEX COUNTY
An aging roof or an ice dam on a Colonia house? A Middlesex County roofer, one call.
Colonia is a residential section of Woodbridge Township northeast of Edison, made up mostly of postwar suburban streets. Its houses are the familiar mid-century mix of ranches, split-levels and colonials, and most of them are on a second roof. Many of those second roofs went on in the 1990s or early 2000s, which puts them at or near the end of a typical asphalt lifespan now. What you see is shingles curling at the edges, granules collecting at the bottom of the downspouts, and the first leaks after heavy rain.
Winter cold snaps bring ice dams at the eaves. Spring storms find worn seal strips. Summer heat ages shingles over hot, under-ventilated attics. By about 20 years, most owners here start planning a replacement rather than chasing leaks.
Calls from Colonia to (848) 212-8655 go to independent roofing companies that already work this part of Middlesex County. They handle roof leak and storm repair, shingle roof replacement, roof installation, metal roofs and flat sections. The price, the schedule and the contract are worked out between you and that roofer once they've seen the roof.
If you're not sure when the roof was last replaced, the home inspection report from your purchase often says.
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