Roofing & Siding Contractor in Camden County, NJ

The 5 Most Common Roofing Problems We Fix in Camden County

These are not pulled from a general roofing article. These are the conditions we encounter on South Jersey homes week after week. If you recognize one of these, it’s worth calling us for a free inspection — problems identified early are almost always cheaper to fix.

1. Shingle Granule Loss on 1990s–2000s Roofs

If your gutters look sandy or gravelly after rain, your shingles are shedding their granule coating — the protective layer that blocks UV radiation and shields the asphalt core. Once granules are gone, South Jersey’s summer sun degrades the asphalt rapidly. A roof that still looks okay from the ground may be 3–5 years from full failure. We see this constantly on Cherry Hill, Voorhees, and Gloucester Township homes that had their roofs replaced in the 1990s.

2. Storm Damage from Summer Thunderstorms and Nor’easters

South Jersey’s severe pop-up storms can cause significant roof damage in a matter of minutes. The most common storm-related issues we repair: missing or cracked shingles from high winds, lifted or separated flashing around chimneys and vents, and punctures or bruising from hail or falling branches. Storm damage often isn’t visible from the ground — we use ladders and systematic inspection to find every affected area, not just the obvious ones.

3. Ice Dam Formation and Attic Moisture Damage

Ice dams form when heat escaping from the attic melts snow on the upper roof, which then refreezes along the colder eaves. Water backs up behind the ice dam and forces its way under shingles and into the attic. We see attic insulation damage, stained ceiling drywall, and rotted roof decking from ice dam events in Camden County homes every winter — most of it traceable to inadequate attic ventilation in homes built before modern energy codes.

4. Chimney Flashing Failure (The #1 Source of Roof Leaks in South Jersey)

Flashing — the metal strips that seal the joint between your chimney and the roof surface — is the single most common source of roof leaks we find in Camden County homes. Flashing corrodes, separates, or gets improperly sealed during previous repairs, and water runs directly into the attic. The leak usually appears as a brown stain on a ceiling near an interior chimney — by then, moisture has already been sitting in the structure for weeks or months. This is a repairable problem, not a replacement situation, but it needs to be caught before the decking rots.

5. Gutter Separation and Fascia Board Rot

Gutters on homes built in the 1970s and 1980s were typically attached with spike-and-ferrule fasteners that work loose over time. When gutters pull away from the fascia board — even slightly — water overflows directly behind them, saturating the wood trim and eventually the roof decking and soffit. We repair this combination (gutters plus rotted fascia) regularly in Haddonfield, Collingswood, Audubon, and Barrington, where the housing stock is older and the original gutters have simply aged out.