Roofing Contractor in Totowa, NJ

Totowa’s Homes at a Glance

Totowa is a compact borough of about four square miles and 11,065 residents (2020 Census), carved out of Wayne Township and the old Manchester Township in 1898. Its housing looks very different from its neighbor Paterson. The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2019-2023) counts 4,002 housing units in Totowa, and about 71% of them are detached single-family homes. Another 9% are attached single-family homes such as townhouses, about 15% are in two-unit buildings, and fewer than 5% are in buildings with three or more units.

The borough’s single biggest building decade was the 1950s: about 28% of Totowa’s homes were built between 1950 and 1959. Another 19% date from 1939 or earlier, so roughly 57% of the borough’s housing is more than 65 years old, while only about 5% has been built since 2010. About 76% of occupied homes are owned by the people who live in them.

What that means for your roof

• Most postwar roofs in Totowa are now on their second or third replacement, and some still carry an older layer underneath.
• Many houses have added dormers, rear additions or enclosed porches, each with its own roof tie-in.
• Owner-occupants tend to keep a house for years, so a roof done right now is a roof you will live under for a long time.

What We Do in Totowa

Every job starts with a free inspection, photos of what we find and a written estimate. Here is what we do for Totowa homeowners, with a page for each:

• Roof repair in Totowa: leaks at chimneys, vents, valleys and additions, plus wind and storm damage documented for your insurance company.
• Roof replacement in Totowa: tear-off, decking repair, architectural asphalt shingles, low-slope sections and attic ventilation.
• Siding in Totowa: vinyl, fiber cement, engineered wood and aluminum, plus soffit and fascia.
• Gutters in Totowa: seamless aluminum gutters, guards, copper and half-round, and gutter cleaning and repair.

We also repair skylights and chimney flashing, install attic ventilation, and handle emergency roofing when a storm opens up a roof at night or on a weekend.

Permits and the Totowa Building Department

Under New Jersey’s Uniform Construction Code, replacing the roof covering on a detached one- or two-family dwelling is ordinary maintenance, so no construction permit is needed. In Totowa, where about 71% of homes are detached single-family houses and another 15% are in two-unit buildings, that covers most re-roofs. It does not cover the borough’s townhouses and other attached homes, or apartment and commercial buildings, where a re-roof is permitted work. On any building, replacing rotted sheathing or rafters is structural and requires a permit.

Totowa Streets and Areas We Cover

We work throughout the borough, from the homes around the municipal building on Totowa Road to the streets off Union Boulevard and Riverview Drive, Vreeland Avenue and Preakness Avenue, and the neighborhoods around Artillery Park Road, Greene Avenue and Echo Glen. With Interstate 80 and Route 46 running through town, Totowa is an easy trip from our Clifton office.

Totowa’s weather risks are local, too. In August 2018, a storm flooded Greene Avenue, Echo Glen, Shepherds Lane and other parts of town, according to borough council minutes. That kind of storm tests roofs and gutters along with streets and storm drains. Flooding has been serious enough that, in 2016, four homes on Norwood Terrace were slated for demolition under a flood buyout program. We are honest about what roofing and gutters can and cannot do in places like that.

Neighboring towns

Totowa borders Paterson, Woodland Park, Little Falls, Wayne and Haledon, and many of our customers own homes in more than one of these towns or are comparing contractors across them. The same free inspection and written-estimate process apply wherever you are.

Totowa Roofing Questions

More Roofing Help in Totowa

Each of our Totowa service pages goes into more detail: roof repair in Totowa, roof replacement in Totowa, siding installation and repair in Totowa and gutter installation and repair in Totowa.

For the wider area, see our roofing services across Passaic County and our roofing services in New Jersey. We also work in nearby towns, including roofing in Paterson, roofing in Woodland Park and roofing in Little Falls.

Want to understand the process first? Read what happens during a roof inspection in New Jersey, or get a rough number with our roof cost calculator.