Door-Knockers After a Storm: Before You Sign Anything
A checklist for the week after the wind.
WOODBRIDGE · MIDDLESEX COUNTY
A leak or a tired roof in Woodbridge? Repair or a new roof, one call.
Woodbridge received its charter in 1669, and local historians call it the oldest original township in New Jersey. Over three and a half centuries it has grown into a large township of separate sections, including Iselin, Colonia, Fords and Avenel, plus the Metropark area. Its housing reflects all of that time: a few very old homes near the historic center, and far more postwar houses spread across the sections. What you see depends on the house: a leaking chimney on an old one, a worn second roof on a postwar one, or puddles on a flat garage or porch roof.
Nor'easters and summer windstorms test every roof in the township. Winter ice dams hit low-slope ranches hardest. Fall is when gutters and valleys clog. Older roofs need more careful repair work than newer ones.
Calls from Woodbridge 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.
Woodbridge is big, so when you call, say which section you're in as well as the street.
A checklist for the week after the wind.
The state lookup, and what to ask for in writing.