Newark is a city of flat roofs and old pitched roofs, often on the same block. A row house in the Ironbound and a detached home in Forest Hill leak in different places and need different repairs. R&E Roofing works on both from its office in Orange.
Office hours Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. Urgent leak calls are triaged when weather and crew capacity allow.
Give the address, the type of building, and what you are seeing. R&E uses that to plan the first visit.
Most roofing advice online assumes a detached suburban house. Newark is different. The Census Bureau's latest five-year housing estimates show how.
121,546
housing units in Newark
About 41%
of units sit in buildings with two to four units
About 22%
of units sit in buildings with 20 or more units
About 13%
of units are detached single-family houses
About 43%
of units were built before 1960, 24% before 1940
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024, table DP04, Newark city. These are survey estimates with margins of error. Percentages are our arithmetic from the table counts.
For a roofer, those numbers mean three things. Shared walls and parapets are common. Access and tenant notice matter as much as materials. And a large share of roofs sit on buildings old enough to have been re-roofed several times, sometimes in layers.
A ceiling stain is rarely right under the entry point. The first job is to find where water gets in. The likely places depend on the roof.
Common on attached row houses, two- and three-family buildings, mixed-use buildings, and small commercial properties.
Common on detached one- and two-family houses, including many older homes with dormers and chimneys.
Found on some older Newark houses. Matching material can matter if the house is in a historic district.
A repair is the right call when the failure is limited and the roof around it still has life. Replacement makes sense when the failures keep spreading.
Two sets of rules decide what paperwork a Newark roof job needs. One is the state construction code. The other is Newark's own historic preservation chapter.
Source: City of Newark Code, Chapter 41:10, Historic Sites and Districts.
District list: Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee. Boundaries are block by block, so confirm your address with the city before planning work.
Multi-family roofs add steps that a single house does not have. Sorting them out early keeps the job moving.
R&E provides photo-documented, itemized estimates. Those are useful for your own records and for an insurance claim.
Move belongings and put containers under every drip.
Keep people away from wet wiring, fixtures, and outlets.
Stay off the roof, especially a wet or flat one with no rail.
Photograph ceilings, walls, and any visible roof damage.
Call (667) 204-1609 with the address and what you see.
Leaks, flashing failures, and limited damage that may not call for a whole new roof.
Seams, drains, parapet flashing, and ponding on flat and low-slope systems.
For widespread wear, repeated leaks, or decking that no longer supports a lasting repair.
Warehouses, mixed-use buildings, and offices with low-slope roof systems.
Published cost ranges to read before you compare written estimates.
Cost per square, shingle types, and what moves a New Jersey roof price.
R&E Roofing is based in Orange. East Orange sits between Orange and Newark's western edge. Share the property address when you call so the team can confirm access and parking.
Yes. Flat and low-slope roofs are a large share of Newark roofing. Most leaks on these roofs start at seams, parapet wall flashing, drains, or places where water ponds. R&E looks at those points first, then at the condition of the membrane around them, before recommending a repair or a larger section of new membrane.
New Jersey's construction code lists repair or replacement of existing roof covering on detached one- and two-family dwellings as ordinary maintenance, which may be done without filing a permit application. That listing does not name three-family houses, attached row houses, mixed-use buildings, or apartment buildings. Work that affects structure is never ordinary maintenance. If your building is not a detached one- or two-family house, ask Newark's construction office before work starts.
Newark's historic preservation rules require review before exterior work starts on a designated landmark or inside a designated historic district when the work is visible from a public street. Minor work and ordinary repair can be cleared by the Historic Preservation Officer with a Certificate of No Effect. Other work goes to the Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission for a Certificate of Appropriateness. Forest Hill, Weequahic Park, Lincoln Park, James Street Commons, Four Corners, Military Park Commons, and North Broad Street are the listed districts.
Move belongings, catch the water, and keep people away from wet wiring or fixtures. Stay off the roof. Take photos before you clean up. Then call R&E Roofing at (667) 204-1609 with the address and what you are seeing. Urgent requests are triaged during office hours, and scheduling depends on weather, crew capacity, and safe access.
Yes. Census estimates put about four in ten Newark housing units in buildings with two to four units, so multi-family roofs are everyday work here. Tell R&E who controls roof access and whether tenants need notice, so the visit can be planned around them.
It depends on the roof type, how far the damage runs, building height, and access. R&E does not quote from a description alone. The New Jersey roof repair cost page and the roof replacement cost guide on this site show the published ranges, and an on-site look turns those into a written scope for your building.
R&E does not publish a fixed response window. The office is in Orange, with East Orange between Orange and Newark's western edge. Timing depends on urgency, weather, crew capacity, and the work already scheduled. Clear details about active water or exposed decking help the team triage the request.
Share the address, the building type, and when the problem started. R&E will use those details to triage the request and plan the first look.
Call (667) 204-1609R&E Roofing, Orange, NJ. Office hours Monday to Friday, 9 to 5.
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