Passaic County, New Jersey
Roofing contractor in Passaic County, NJ
ProTech Roofing & Exterior serves Passaic County along with Paramus and Bergen County next door, from Clifton and Paterson up to the Highlands lake towns. We are locally owned and operated, a registered New Jersey home improvement contractor (NJ HIC Reg. #13VH12667100), and insured for general liability and workers’ compensation. In 12 years we have completed more than 3,000 roofing projects.
- Registered & insured NJ HIC Reg. #13VH12667100
- Family-owned in Paramus, NJ
- Free written estimates, no obligation
Where we work
Roofing across Passaic County
We handle roof repair and replacement, flat and commercial roofing, skylights, seamless gutters, and chimney flashing. Every job starts with a free written estimate that spells out scope, materials and price. We photograph the roof before and after, and we hold a 4.9-star rating on Google.
We serve all 16 municipalities, from dense river cities to Highlands lake towns.
- PatersonThe county seat; more than half its housing is two- to four-family, and the median home dates to the mid-1950s.
- CliftonSome 33,000 homes with a median build year of 1951, so many roofs are on their second layer.
- PassaicOne of the densest cities in the state; six in ten homes predate 1940, mostly two- and three-family houses and apartment buildings.
- WaynePost-war subdivisions plus lake communities like Packanack Lake and Pines Lake, where summer bungalows became year-round homes.
- HawthorneAbout 7,900 homes, many pre-war, in a borough that more than doubled in size in the 1920s and 1930s.
- TotowaSingle-family streets plus an industrial base on Route 46 and Interstate 80, including the 13-building Totowa Commerce Park.
- Little FallsGreat Notch, the downtown center and Singac, where many homes sit near the Passaic River.
- Woodland ParkWest Paterson until 2009, with about 5,500 homes below Garret Mountain Reservation.
- HaledonA former streetcar suburb of Paterson: houses on 25-by-100-foot lots downhill, older Victorians on the hillsides.
- North HaledonA hillside borough of about 3,100 homes that grew mostly after World War II.
- Prospect ParkAbout 2,000 homes packed into less than half a square mile.
- Pompton LakesAbout 4,300 homes where the Ramapo, Pequannock and Wanaque rivers meet, with a long history of flooding.
- WanaqueHaskell and Midvale along the Wanaque River, about 4,600 homes, most of the growth after 1950.
- BloomingdaleAbout 3,300 homes at the edge of the Highlands, including the Glen Wild Lake and Lake Iosco communities.
- RingwoodA Ramapo Mountains borough with lake communities at Cupsaw Lake, Erskine Lakes and Skyline Lakes.
- West MilfordThe largest municipality in the county, rising to about 1,480 feet on Bearfort Ridge, where summer places became year-round homes.
Residential roofing
Residential roofing in Passaic County
Passaic County has about 186,000 housing units, a median build year of 1956, and close to four in ten homes built before 1950. In Paterson, Passaic, Clifton and Haledon that means two- and three-family houses, Victorians with turrets, Colonial Revivals and Tudors around Eastside Park, and slate on some of the oldest homes. In Hawthorne, Wayne, Totowa and Little Falls it means Cape Cods, Colonials, ranches and split-levels, many re-roofed more than once. In the Highlands, lake cottages turned year-round homes sit on wooded lots under deep snow.
The problems follow the housing: plank decking under layers of asphalt, low-slope rear additions that were shingled when they needed a membrane, ice dams on Cape Cods with tight attics, and turrets and valleys that need careful flashing.
Roof repair in Passaic County is mostly leaks at pipe boots, valleys, walls and chimneys, and we fix them at the source. Roof replacement in Passaic County means a full tear-off, new wood where needed, ice and water barrier at eaves and valleys, and architectural shingles from Owens Corning or GAF. We also repair slate, replace and flash skylights, install seamless gutters, and reflash chimneys. We take emergency leak calls Monday to Saturday 7 AM to 8 PM and Sunday 8 AM to 4 PM. Residential replacements carry our written minimum 15-year workmanship warranty, longer depending on the roofing product, plus the manufacturer’s warranty on materials. Repairs carry at least two years on the repaired area. Financing is available. For houses, see roofing for homes in North Jersey.
Commercial roofing
Commercial roofing in Passaic County
Passaic County was built on mills, and Paterson and Passaic still have brick mill and warehouse buildings and mixed-use blocks with stores below and apartments above. Clifton carries retail and office along Routes 3, 46 and 21. Totowa Commerce Park has 13 buildings and more than 500,000 square feet of industrial space at Route 46 and Interstate 80. Add Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, the schools, two university campuses and the apartment buildings that hold about a quarter of Paterson’s housing, and there is a lot of flat roof to keep watertight.
For owners and property managers we install, repair and maintain TPO, PVC, EPDM and modified bitumen with membranes from Carlisle, Elevate (formerly Firestone), GAF, Mule-Hide and Versico. Commercial roof repair in Passaic County starts with a roof walk and a written report with photos. A dry, sound roof can often take a recover instead of a tear-off; a wet one gets replaced. Property managers can put us on an inspection and maintenance schedule. Commercial replacements and recovers carry our 5-year workmanship warranty, plus a manufacturer system warranty of 15 to 30 years where the roof qualifies.
Weather
What Passaic County weather does to a roof
Passaic County runs from about 20 feet above sea level in Clifton to about 1,480 feet on Bearfort Ridge in West Milford. The state climatologist puts northern New Jersey snowfall at 40 to 50 inches a year, with winters that can run more than ten degrees colder than the shore. That means ice dams in Ringwood and West Milford, tree limbs and wet leaves on lake-community roofs, wind-driven rain at flashings during nor’easters, and summer heat baking the flat roofs of Paterson and Passaic. So we run ice and water barrier at eaves, valleys and penetrations, and check attic ventilation on every estimate.
Permits and local rules
Permits and local rules in Passaic County
Under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, repairing or replacing the roof covering on a detached one- or two-family house is ordinary maintenance and needs no permit. A permit is needed when the job goes beyond the covering: replacing sheathing or framing, cutting a new skylight opening, or any work on a townhouse, multi-family or commercial building. We confirm with the construction office and handle any permit. Work-hour and noise rules vary by town, so check with your local construction office.
Paterson adds a step. Its Historic Preservation Commission reviews building permit applications for exterior alterations in the Great Falls, Downtown Commercial, Eastside Park and Court House historic districts, and on designated landmarks. Plan for lead time there.
Services in Passaic County
What we do for Passaic County homes and buildings
Roof Replacement
Tear-off to the deck, new wood where needed, and a complete Owens Corning or GAF shingle system with a minimum 15-year workmanship warranty.
Roof Repair
Leaks at pipe boots, valleys, walls and chimneys, traced to the source and fixed, with a minimum 2-year warranty on the repaired area.
Emergency Repair
We take storm damage and leak calls Monday to Saturday 7 AM to 8 PM and Sunday 8 AM to 4 PM.
Commercial & Flat Roofs
TPO, PVC, EPDM and modified bitumen: repairs, recovers and full replacements for commercial and multi-family buildings.
Skylights
Replace tired skylights and flash them correctly, on their own or as part of a new roof.
Gutters & Chimneys
New seamless gutters, and chimney flashing.
Our work
Recent roofing projects
Before: a worn tile-look roof with missing pieces and open seams around the chimney. During: everything down to the deck, with damaged boards replaced before underlayment. After: new architectural shingles, with the turret shingled to match.
Questions
Passaic County roofing questions
Do I need a permit to replace my roof in Passaic County?
Not for a shingle replacement on a detached one- or two-family house; New Jersey treats that as ordinary maintenance. You do need one to replace sheathing or framing, cut a new skylight opening, or work on a townhouse, multi-family or commercial building.
My house in West Milford or Ringwood gets ice dams every winter. What can be done?
Ice dams form when attic heat melts snow that refreezes at the cold eave. The fix is air sealing, insulation and balanced venting, plus ice and water barrier under the shingles at eaves and valleys. We size that for Highlands snow.
Can you replace the roof on my two-family house in Paterson, Passaic or Clifton?
Yes. A detached two-family house falls under the same ordinary maintenance rule as a single-family home. We plan the dumpster and deliveries around tight lots and street parking, and put a membrane on low-slope rear sections. Attached and three-family buildings need a permit, which we pull.
Do you handle flat roofs on warehouses and apartment buildings in Passaic County?
Yes. We repair, recover and replace TPO, PVC, EPDM and modified bitumen roofs on warehouses, retail, schools and apartment buildings. Replacements and recovers carry a 5-year workmanship warranty, and qualifying roofs can get a 15 to 30 year manufacturer system warranty.
Need a roofer in Passaic County?
Free inspection and written estimate. A Paramus roofer for all 16 Passaic County towns.