Sussex County, New Jersey
Roofing contractor in Sussex County, NJ
Sussex County is the far northwest corner of the seven counties we serve. ProTech Roofing & Exterior is a locally owned roofing contractor based in Paramus with 12 years of roofing experience and more than 3,000 completed projects. We are a registered New Jersey home improvement contractor (NJ HIC Reg. #13VH12667100) with general liability and workers’ compensation insurance.
- Registered & insured NJ HIC Reg. #13VH12667100
- Family-owned in Paramus, NJ
- Free written estimates, no obligation
Where we work
Roofing across Sussex County
Our work runs along Route 23 through Hardyston, Franklin and Hamburg, and along Interstate 80, Route 15 and Route 206 in Hopatcong, Sparta and Newton. As your roofing contractor in Sussex County, we put the scope, materials and price in writing and photograph the roof before and after.
Sussex County has 24 municipalities. Here is what roofs look like in some of them. If yours is not listed, call anyway.
- SpartaLake Mohawk, Route 15 commercial frontage and thousands of homes on wooded lots.
- NewtonThe county seat, with a National Register historic district downtown and Newton Medical Center.
- VernonThe largest township in the county, with Highland Lakes at 1,260 feet and Great Gorge Village.
- HopatcongNeighborhoods above the largest lake in New Jersey, many of them summer homes before Interstate 80.
- ByramThe Township of Lakes, with Cranberry Lake and Lake Lackawanna along Route 206.
- StanhopeA Morris Canal borough on Lake Musconetcong, served by Route 183 and Route 206.
- HardystonHighlands terrain along Route 23 and Route 94, from Stockholm to the Wallkill Valley.
- FranklinA former zinc-mining borough with about 2,200 homes and Route 23 retail.
- HamburgA compact borough of about 1,500 homes where Route 23 meets Route 94.
- OgdensburgA small borough built around the Sterling Hill zinc mine, which closed in 1986.
- Andover TownshipRoute 206 country with lakeside homes on Lake Iliff and Lake Lenape.
- LafayetteA Route 15 township whose village center is a National Register historic district.
- WantageA 67-square-mile rural township along Route 23, with farmland and homes around Lake Neepaulin.
- Sussex BoroughA small borough surrounded by Wantage, with a Main Street downtown on Route 23.
- FrankfordHome of the county fairgrounds in Augusta; Route 206 meets Route 15 at Ross Corner.
- FredonA rural township on Route 94 next door to Newton.
Residential roofing
Residential roofing in Sussex County
Sussex County has about 63,000 housing units, and 79 percent are detached single-family homes. The median home was built in 1975, and about 12 percent date from before 1940. What sets the county apart is the lakes. Lake Mohawk filled in 1928, and Hopatcong was a summer getaway before Interstate 80 made it a year-round town. Many homes started as seasonal cottages and were enclosed, heated and added onto over decades.
Additions built in stages leave low-slope sections and odd valleys where leaks start. Attics never meant for winter have thin insulation and no real ventilation, the recipe for ice dams. Trees hang over most lots, so shingles stay damp and a fallen limb is a normal winter call. Most roofs are asphalt shingle. Slate shows up on some pre-war village homes, and we repair it rather than tear it off.
Roof repair in Sussex County means we find the source, fix it, and warrant the repaired area in writing for at least two years. Roof replacement in Sussex County means a tear-off to the deck, new plywood where boards have rotted, ice and water barrier at eaves and valleys, and Owens Corning or GAF architectural shingles under our minimum 15-year written workmanship warranty plus the manufacturer’s material warranty. We also replace skylights, install seamless gutters, and reflash chimneys. Storm damage? Call Monday to Saturday 7 AM to 8 PM or Sunday 8 AM to 4 PM. Our residential roofing page covers repairs and new roofs on homes.
Commercial roofing
Commercial roofing in Sussex County
Commercial buildings in Sussex County follow the highways. Route 23 through Hardyston, Franklin and Hamburg carries strip retail, offices and small industrial buildings. Route 15 through Sparta and Lafayette mixes retail with light industrial, including the White Lake Commerce Park in Sparta, laid out for spec buildings of 10,000 to 30,000 square feet. Route 206 through Stanhope, Andover and Newton has offices and retail. Add downtown Newton, the 146-bed Newton Medical Center, Great Gorge Village in Vernon and schools in most towns, and that is a lot of flat roof.
For owners and property managers we install, repair and recover flat roofs in TPO, PVC, EPDM and modified bitumen, using membranes from Carlisle, Elevate (formerly Firestone), GAF, Mule-Hide and Versico. Commercial roof repair in Sussex County usually starts with a leak at a drain, a curb or a seam that pulled back after a hard freeze. A sound but tired roof gets a recover, which saves the tear-off; a wet one gets replaced. Every commercial replacement and recover carries our 5-year written workmanship warranty, plus a manufacturer system warranty of 15 to 30 years where the roof qualifies. We also inspect and maintain roofs for property managers.
Weather
What Sussex County weather does to a roof
This is the highest ground in New Jersey and among the coldest and snowiest, topping out at 1,803 feet at High Point. The weather station near Sussex Borough averages 38.7 inches of snow a season and a January mean of 25.8 degrees, and the snow belt north of Newton sees 40 to 50 inches. For a roof that means snow that stays for weeks, colder nights than Bergen County, ice dams over under-insulated attics, and heavier snow loads on flat roofs. We build for it: ice and water barrier well past the wall line, real ventilation, and a hard look at the decking.
Permits and local rules
Permits and local rules in Sussex 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, so no permit, inspection or notice is needed. Gutters and leaders are the same. The exemption stops at the covering. Replacing rotted sheathing or framing, cutting a new skylight opening, and any roof work on a townhouse, condo, apartment or commercial building needs a permit from the local construction office. We pull it when required.
Most Sussex municipalities run their own construction office, but some, including Andover Township, Fredon, Lafayette and Ogdensburg as of this writing, use the state Department of Community Affairs regional office instead. We confirm which office covers your address. Newton has a Historic Preservation Advisory Commission for its downtown historic district, so ask whether exterior work there needs review. Lake Mohawk is a private community with its own board of trustees, and any lake association may want a word before the roof changes color. Work hours and Sunday rules vary by town, so we check before we schedule.
Services in Sussex County
What we do for Sussex 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
New plywood decking and synthetic underlayment going down on a house in the woods. A finished charcoal architectural shingle roof with new vents and pipe boots.
Questions
Sussex County roofing questions
Which parts of Sussex County do you cover?
All 24 municipalities, from Hopatcong, Sparta and Newton to Vernon and the Route 23 towns. Sussex County is part of our regular seven-county service area. You get the same free written estimate, the same crews and the same warranty as a customer in Paramus.
My lake house started as a summer cottage. Why does the roof leak every March?
March is when ice dams let go. A cottage attic enclosed later usually has thin insulation and little ventilation, so house heat melts the snow, it refreezes at the eave, and the next melt backs up under the shingles. The lasting fix is air sealing, insulation and ventilation, and we check all three before we quote.
Do I need a permit to replace my roof in Sussex County?
Not for a like-for-like roof covering on a detached one- or two-family house. That is ordinary maintenance under the state code. You do if we replace sheathing or framing, cut a new skylight opening, or work on an attached, multi-family or commercial building. We handle the paperwork.
Can you handle the snow and ice on a flat commercial roof out here?
Yes. Flat roofs here carry snow for weeks, so drains, scuppers and seams take a beating in the freeze-thaw cycle. We inspect before winter, clear drains, and reseal seams and curbs that have pulled back.
Need a roofer in Sussex County?
Free inspection and written estimate, with the same crews and warranty as in Paramus.