Roofing in Bergen Point, Bayonne

For a Bayonne two-family row home, published estimates put the pitched front alone at about $8,000 to $13,000 and the front with the flat rear at $12,000 to $20,000. A three-family or larger building is estimated at $16,000 to $28,000, and another local page puts house roof installation at $5,000 to $20,000. Your figure depends on which roofs are being done, how many layers come off and the deck under them, so it is a written quote once the roof has been seen.

For a Bayonne row home it is above the published estimates: about $12,000 to $20,000 for the front and flat rear of a two-family, and $16,000 to $28,000 for a three-family or larger building. Ask what is driving it. Several layers to strip, a lot of soft decking or a metal roof, estimated at $18,000 to $32,000 locally, can explain it; the total alone does not. The itemized lines do.

Leaks in more than one place at once; a flat roof that feels soft underfoot; shingles curling or bare of granules across whole slopes; daylight through the boards in the attic; and repairs needed every season. Asphalt shingles commonly give 15 to 20 years and torch-down flat roofs are reported at 15 to 25, so age is a prompt to have the roof looked at, not a verdict. One sign alone is usually a repair.

Yes, most of the time, if the roof under the repair is sound. A failed seam, a parapet flashing that has let go or a drain that ponds can all be repaired in the same membrane system. Where a core shows several layers with wet insulation or rotten boards beneath them, a repair will not hold for long, and you should be told that before you pay for one.