Enduring On Construction
Roof replacement
Complete tear off and replacement in architectural shingle systems, with the gutters, fascia and soffit that go with it. The condition report and the written scope come before the price.
Tell us what needs doingPerformed in East Hanover · Woodbridge · Middlesex
- NJ HIC 13VH13745900
- Public Works 753861
- Fully insured
The price comes last
A condition assessment and a written scope come before any number, so what is being bought is on paper first.
Occupied and weather tight
The tear off is staged so the building stays occupied and weather tight through the work.
The whole edge
Gutters, downspouts, fascia and soffit go with the roof, or on their own, rather than being left to somebody else.
Where we have done it
Full roof replacement
East Hanover, NJ · General contractor · 3 frames
Full roof replacement, frame 2 of 3
Full roof replacement, frame 3 of 3
Each entry is a project on our register. Nothing here is a reference job we cannot name the town for.
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Full roof replacement
East Hanover, NJ · General contractor
Complete tear off and replacement in East Hanover, GAF Timberline architectural shingle system.
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Roof assessment and estimate
Woodbridge, NJ · Preconstruction
Roof condition assessment, scope and pricing in Woodbridge. Preconstruction, so nothing was built.
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Gutter, fascia and soffit replacement
Middlesex, NJ · General contractor
Gutter, downspout, fascia and soffit replacement in Middlesex.
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Tell us what needs doing
An address and a few photographs off your phone are enough to start. We will tell you what we are looking at before anyone talks about a price.
What the work covers
- Condition assessment, written scope and pricing before any work is bought.
- Complete tear off and replacement, architectural shingle systems.
- Ridge, valley and flashing detail.
- Gutter, downspout, fascia and soffit replacement, with the roof or on its own.
- Staged so the building stays occupied and weather tight through the work.
Reference
What you are looking at
Pick the one closest to what is in front of you. This is the part worth reading before anyone gives you a number.
Granule loss, and the bare mat under it
Granules are what keep ultraviolet light off an asphalt shingle, and the mat beneath them goes brittle quickly once they are gone. Granules piling up in the gutters and at the base of the downspouts are the first sign, and bald or shiny black areas visible from the ground are the confirmation. Loss concentrated in one run is usually mechanical, from foot traffic or from runoff coming off an upper roof onto a lower one. Loss spread across the whole field is age, and age does not reverse.
Curling, cupping and shingles that snap
A shingle at the end of its service life has lost the oils that kept it flexible. It curls at the edges or cups in the middle, lifts in wind that never used to move it, and snaps rather than bends when it is raised. Once a field has gone brittle it cannot be walked or worked without breaking more of it than is made good. That is the point at which selective work stops being possible and replacement is the honest answer.
Flashing, valleys and the details that keep getting patched
Most water gets in at a detail rather than in the middle of a field. Valleys, step flashing against a wall, chimney counterflashing, pipe boots and skylight curbs are where it happens, and a split boot or a counterflashing that has pulled out of its reglet will let water through a roof that is otherwise sound. A history of sealant smeared over those details is worth reading carefully: the same spot treated again and again says the detail was never right, and each layer of sealant buys less than the one before it.
What the tear off finds
A roof is a system and only its top layer is visible from the driveway. Layers built up over an original roof, sheathing gone soft around an old leak, ventilation that was never adequate and underlayment that has broken down are all found when the field comes off, and none of them can be confirmed before that. That is why the scope is written before any of the work is bought, and why sheathing condition is called out as it is uncovered rather than covered straight back over.
None of these quite it? Send a photograph and we will tell you what we are looking at.
Questions we get asked
- My roof is leaking. Can you come and patch it?
- No. The work here is complete tear off and replacement, and patch work is not taken on. What is worth doing first is a condition assessment, which says plainly whether the roof has reached the end of its life or whether a detail has failed on a roof with service left in it. If it is the second, that is what the assessment says, and no replacement is pushed on the back of it.
- How do I know whether the roof has reached the end of its life?
- The field tells you before the ceiling does. Granules in the gutters, bald or shiny areas on the slopes, edges curling or cupping, shingles that snap instead of bending, and nail heads working up through the field are the indicators that matter. Several of them together across the whole roof, rather than one of them in one place, is the line between a failed detail and a failed roof. A written condition assessment sets that out before anything is decided.
- Why tear off instead of going over the existing shingles?
- Going over hides everything that matters. The sheathing cannot be inspected, soft decking stays soft, old flashings stay buried under new material, and the added weight and trapped heat shorten what goes on top. Tear off is the only way to see what the roof is actually built on and to set the flashings and underlayment correctly against it. It is also the difference between a roof system and a layer.
- What happens if the decking under the shingles is bad?
- It is not knowable until the field is off, which is why it is handled as its own item rather than assumed either way. Soft, delaminated or rotten sheathing is called out as it is uncovered, shown to the owner, and written into the scope instead of being covered back over. Ventilation and whatever turns up at the eaves get the same treatment. Nothing goes back down on a deck that will not hold a fastener.
- Do the gutters have to come off when the roof is replaced?
- Not always, but the drip edge, the fascia and the gutter line are one detail, and the roof is the moment to deal with them. Gutter, downspout, fascia and soffit replacement is done with the roof or on its own, which is what was done in Middlesex. Where the fascia behind the gutter has gone soft, hanging new gutter on it is throwing good work after bad.
- Can we stay in the building while the roof is off?
- Yes. The work is staged so the building stays occupied and weather tight through it, which means only what can be dried in that day gets opened up, and the site is cleared at the end of each day. Access, parking and where material lands are agreed before the first load arrives rather than negotiated on the morning.
- What about a flat or low slope roof?
- What is covered here is architectural shingle systems, with the ridge, valley and flashing detail that goes with them, and the gutter, fascia and soffit work around them. A low slope or membrane assembly is a different system with different details and it is not what these pages describe. Many buildings carry both, and the shingle portion is the part covered here.
The rest of what we do on a building envelope
Stucco and EIFS repair
Cracked and failed stucco repaired, or stripped back to substrate and rebuilt.
Masonry repair
Crack routing, sealant and spot repointing on elevations that stay in service.
Exterior painting and coatings
Preparation, primer and the specified coating system, on masonry, stucco and trim.
Send us the job
Drawings, or a building that needs work. We will come and look at it with you.
Enduring On LLC, license, registration and contact details
Contractor
Enduring On Construction
Enduring On LLC · New Jersey general contractor
Home improvement
13VH13745900
NJ Div. of Consumer Affairs
Public works
753861
NJ Dept. of Labor
New home builder
0058509
NJ Dept. of Community Affairs
Based
Clark, New Jersey
Telephone
(908) 887-3118Fully insured, with certificates and additional-insured endorsements issued on request. Registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor to perform public work at prevailing wage.
Verifiable with the State of New Jersey