Alden Bridge was built out mostly in the 1990s, so many of its houses have reached, or are reaching, their first full re-roof. That makes it the village where owners most often ask whether to upgrade the material.
A roof put on by a builder in the 1990s was almost always composition shingle, often a three-tab. Replacing it is the first moment an owner chooses the roof rather than inheriting it. Architectural shingle is the common step up. Standing-seam or stone-coated metal and cement fiberboard are on the Township’s list too, and suit owners planning to stay a long time.
Any of them goes to the Alden Bridge committee first. A change of material is the kind of application the committee examines closely, so a physical sample and the manufacturer’s color name belong with it.
Thirty-year-old attics can show what a roof has been doing: water trails at nail tips, stained decking at a valley, insulation packed down by an old leak. Builder-era ventilation sometimes falls short of what a current shingle manufacturer requires for its warranty. A re-roof is the right time to correct it.
Siding on houses of this age may be fiber-cement, wood or other composite boards. Where it is failing at joints and bottom edges, doing it near the time of the roof lets the flashing between them be done once.
The Alden Bridge Residential Design Review Committee, or Township staff where the standards allow staff approval. See how design review works.
Approved materials · Roof replacement · Standing-seam and stone-coated metal
Call and say what the roof or wall is doing. The contractor you are connected with works this part of the area.
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Woodlands Roofing