Tear-Off or Layover: Second Roofs on 1960s Edison Homes
Why a second layer changes the next job.
ISELIN · MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Roofers in Iselin
A leaking addition or an aging roof on an Iselin house? Repair or a new roof, one call.
- Repairs, replacements and new roofs
- Edison & Middlesex County
Where Oak Tree Road Continues Into Woodbridge
Iselin is a section of Woodbridge Township on Edison's northeast edge, where Oak Tree Road's long stretch of restaurants and shops continues across the line. Its residential streets are mostly postwar homes, and many have been expanded with rear additions, second stories and enclosed porches. Like Oak Tree on the Edison side, that means more roof seams and more low-slope sections. What you see is often a stain on an addition's ceiling near the old exterior wall, or puddles on a flat porch roof after rain.
The Iselin Ledger
- County: Middlesex County; part of Woodbridge Township
- Housing era: mostly postwar homes, many expanded
- Typical roof: asphalt shingles, with flat or low-slope roofs on some additions
Iselin Roofs, Year Round
Winter shows ice dams on low-slope sections. Spring and summer storms test the tie-ins where additions meet the house. Fall leaves clog the gutters on porch roofs and send water under the edge.
Who Picks Up for Iselin
Calls from Iselin 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 an addition roof leaks, ask the roofer to check the flashing at the house wall before replacing the whole membrane.
Know Your Roof
What a Roof Replacement Costs Depends On
Everything that moves the number, minus the number.