Medford Lakes Roofing by a Crew That Takes One Roof at a Time

Twenty-five to thirty years, with the manufacturer standing behind it instead of the company that laid it. What it answers for is the installation — the labour and the detailing — while the material carries its own separate cover. Put this to any roofer you speak to: how long, and who honours it in writing. The answers thin out quickly.

Twenty to twenty-five years is the ordinary span for architectural asphalt, but heavy tree cover shortens it. Shade keeps slopes damp, needles and leaves hold water against the covering, and debris in the valleys backs water up under the courses. A roof under oaks ages faster than the same roof in an open yard.

Yes, and mostly in weight and wind rating rather than looks. Three-tab is the thinnest and lightest and shows every irregularity in an older deck. Architectural shingles are heavier, lie better over imperfect sheathing and carry longer manufacturer ratings. The estimate prices both where both are sensible.

Because it is the quiet killer of new roofs. Air has to come in low at the soffit and leave high at the ridge. Where it cannot, heat and moisture sit against the underside of the deck, the sheathing cups and the covering cooks from below — and the manufacturer's cover expects the airflow to be right.

Square footage and pitch set the floor. After that: layers to remove, boards to renew, how many valleys and stacks interrupt the field, the grade you pick, and whether a container can reach the house at all. Each of those is a separate line on the estimate, not a lump you have to take on trust.

A residential re-roof in this part of Burlington County generally does, and the inspection that follows it is routine. We handle the application and are on site for the inspection. It is not a reason to delay the work and it is not something you should be left to arrange yourself.

Our own crew, the same people from the first morning to the final magnet sweep, and the same people you met at the estimate. Nothing is handed to a crew brought in for the week and gone by the next one.

Not on the bottom line. Compare what each estimate says is coming off, what is going back on, how flashing is treated, what the workmanship cover is and who backs it. Two numbers thousands apart usually describe two different jobs.