Roofing in Haddon Township
Haddon Township grew up along the Haddon Avenue trolley line and later the Westmont PATCO station, and that history is written into the rooflines. Step off the avenue onto the residential blocks and you are mostly looking at frame houses from the 1910s through the 1940s, set close together on narrow lots: bungalows with wide overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails, American Foursquares under low hipped roofs, and side-gable colonials wearing a dormer or two. None of them are big or complicated as roofs go. What they are is old, and the spots that leak on a house like this are the same details that gave it its character.
On these homes the porch roof is usually the first thing to go. A bungalow's front porch runs at a shallow pitch and dies into the main wall, and at the point that low slope butts into the siding you need proper apron and step flashing tucked behind the courses, not a smear of roof cement doing the job. The dormers are the next weak point, where water works in along the cheek walls once the step flashing has been skipped or reused one time too many. And where a rear kitchen ell or a shed-roofed addition ties back into the main roof, the valley and the sidewall flashing at that junction take on more water than almost any other part of the roof.
Under the shingles, many of these houses still carry the spaced board sheathing from a first life under wood shingles, so a tear-off can expose deck gaps that have to be closed up before anything new goes down - the kind of thing worth knowing before the first bundle is opened. Run from North Jersey, the drive down to Haddon Township only pencils out for a full roof or a genuine repair rather than a quick patch. When we do come south, the plan is to handle the deck, the flashing, and the underlayment in one trip instead of scheduling a return.
The pre-war frame house, from porch to ridge
Because so much of the housing stock predates modern building practice, the honest work on a Haddon Township roof lives in the flashing and the transitions. A chimney built into one of these older frame houses wants step flashing set into the brick joints course by course, capped with a counter-flashing over it, and a chimney sitting low on the back slope of a colonial usually wants a cricket behind it so runoff splits and runs around the masonry instead of pooling against it. Around dormers and where a porch roof meets the house, the principle is the same: layered metal that sheds water by geometry, backed by a self-adhering ice-and-water membrane laid at the eave line and through the valleys, where wind-driven rain and freeze-thaw cause the most trouble.
The other reality of these blocks is how tightly the houses sit. Lots in Westmont are narrow, so tear-off debris, dumpster placement, and ladder staging all have to be worked out in a side yard only a few feet wide before anyone gets on the roof. Attic ventilation is worth a look while the roof is open - many of the bungalows and Foursquares here were built with almost none, and adding intake at the eaves with an exhaust path at the ridge or hip does more for shingle life through a hot Camden County summer than any premium-shingle upgrade. If a roof still has good years left in it, we will say so instead of steering you toward a tear-off.
Camden County Weather & Wear
Mild South NJ winters but heavy summer thunderstorm activity. Hail damage assessments are a regular call we field from Camden clients.
Services for Haddon Township Homes
Every Tri-State service is available to Haddon Township homeowners. Click any service for the full scope and pricing details.
Roof Inspection
Comprehensive multi-point inspections that catch problems early.
Roof Repairs
Fast, lasting fixes for leaks, missing shingles, and storm damage.
Roof Replacement
Full tear-off replacements with architectural shingles and a written warranty.
Gutter Cleaning & Installation
Keep water moving away from your home with clean, well-pitched gutters.
Chimney Repair & Servicing
Crown repair, tuckpointing, flashing, and chimney rebuilds.
Concrete Slab Foundations
Poured slab foundations for additions, garages, and outbuildings.
Vinyl Siding Installation
Modern, low-maintenance siding that boosts curb appeal and value.
Metal Roofing Installation & Repair
Standing-seam and metal roofing built to outlast asphalt by decades.
Slate Roofing Installation & Repair
Natural and synthetic slate — the longest-lasting roof you can buy.
Tile Roofing Installation & Repair
Clay and concrete tile roofing with a 50+ year lifespan.
Flat Roof Repair & Replacement
TPO, EPDM, and modified bitumen for flat and low-slope roofs.
Skylight Installation & Repair
Leak-free skylight installation, replacement, and re-flashing.
Foundation Repair & Waterproofing
Crack repair, basement waterproofing, drainage, and structural fixes.
Masonry, Brick & Concrete
Brick & stone repointing, steps, walkways, concrete repair, and restoration.
Retaining Walls & Hardscaping
Engineered retaining walls, paver patios, walkways, and drainage.
Roofing Materials We Install in Haddon Township
Different Haddon Township homes need different roof systems. Here are the material tiers we install most often in this part of Camden County — picked based on the housing stock, climate exposure, and the kind of work Haddon Township homeowners actually ask us for.
Architectural Asphalt Shingle
Best value for most NJ homes
Designer / Luxury Asphalt
Upgraded curb appeal + longer warranty
Cedar Shake & Shingle
Natural look for historic homes
Standing-Seam Metal
Lifetime roof for steep pitches
Slate Repair & Restoration
Specialty work on pre-1940 homes
How Your Haddon Township Roof Project Runs
Every job follows the same five steps, from the first call to the final magnetic nail sweep:
- 1Free on-site inspection
- 2Written estimate with photos
- 3Material delivery and crew dispatch
- 4Tear-off, deck inspection, and install
- 5Final walkthrough and warranty registration
Common Haddon Township Roof Problems We Fix
Patterns we see again and again on Haddon Township roofs — most driven by the local housing stock and Camden County climate. If any of these sound familiar, give us a call for a free on-site assessment.
- Shallow-pitch bungalow porch roofs that die into the main wall need apron and step flashing behind the siding, and often a low-slope membrane, because asphalt shingles alone will not hold water at that pitch.
- Bungalows here carry deep overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails and open soffits, so overflowing gutters and wind-driven rain rot the fascia and tail ends, and the drip edge at the eave usually needs rebuilding along with the shingles.
- Dormer cheek walls on the township's Foursquares and side-gable colonials are a routine leak point where step flashing was skipped, caulked over, or reused during an earlier reroof.
- Pre-war frame houses often still carry the spaced board sheathing from an original cedar-shingle roof, so a tear-off can expose gaps that must be re-decked before new underlayment and shingles go on.
- Masonry chimneys on these houses need counter-flashing cut into the mortar joints over woven step flashing, and a chimney sitting low on a rear slope wants a cricket to split runoff and carry it around the brick.
Coverage in Haddon Township
We serve this part of New Jersey for roofing, chimney, and full replacement work. We're a North Jersey-based company, so we plan South Jersey jobs deliberately rather than promising same-day service — but the crews, the materials, and the written workmanship warranty are the same wherever the job is.
Call (201) 779-3961 and we'll confirm exactly when we can be at your Haddon Township property.
Nearby Camden County Cities
We take on projects across Camden County as a North Jersey-based contractor — scoped and scheduled deliberately rather than promised same-day. It's the same crew, the same materials, and the same written workmanship warranty wherever the job is.
Every NJ County We Serve
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