About
The business in short: the Paterson roofs we work on, how a job gets scoped and priced in writing, and the kinds of work we say no to.
A Paterson roofing business built around the joint between two roofs
Hinchliffe Roofing works Paterson: replacement, repair, leak tracing, emergency cover, flat roof repair and metal roofing, on a housing stock that runs from Eastside Park's slate and clay tile to the two- to four-family buildings that hold more than half the city's homes.
The site is built around one observation about those houses: many have two roofs, and the trouble starts where they meet. That joint is checked first on every visit, each roof is priced as the roof it is, and every quote is written before any work starts.
- Roofing only, no siding, windows or general remodeling
- No storm paperwork of any kind
- Paterson's neighborhoods only
- No price without seeing both roofs, and the space under them
Four steps, no surprises
The joint between flat and pitched roofs checked first, and a written quote before any work starts.
Call and say which roof
Tell us the address and what you are seeing: a stain, a drip, shingles in the yard, water standing on the back roof.
The joint first, then each roof
The tie-in between the flat and pitched roofs, then parapets and drains, then chimney, valleys and boots.
A written quote, roof by roof
The pitched roof on its own lines, the flat roof on its own, and the tie-in named between them, with permit status for your building.
The work, then the walkaround
Membrane turned up and fixed, shingles woven in over it, flashing cut into brick rather than caulked.
How to choose a roofer in Paterson, NJ before you hire one
Every one of these is checkable, and every one of them is on ours.
They look at both roofs
A roofer who prices the pitched roof without looking at the flat one behind it, or the other way around, has priced half the job.
They name the joint
The tie-in between the flat and pitched roofs should be a line on the quote, with how it will be built, not left to whoever gets there last.
They show the registration number
New Jersey registers home improvement contractors. The number belongs on the quote and the contract, and you can check it.
They know your permit status
A detached one- or two-family re-cover is ordinary maintenance; a three-family, an attached house or new decking is not.
Want a figure on it?
The estimated range before we travel, and the figure in writing before any work starts.