Essex County sits directly south of our Clifton base, and we focus on the northern half of it — the architecturally rich towns of Montclair and Glen Ridge, and the established colonial-and-cape suburbs of Bloomfield, Nutley, Belleville, and the Caldwells. It's some of the most character-driven housing stock in the state.
Housing across Essex County
Northern Essex is defined by Montclair and Glen Ridge's Victorians, Tudors, and slate-roofed period homes, surrounded by Bloomfield, Nutley, and Belleville's dense pre-war and mid-century colonials, capes, and two-families. Steep pitches, slate, and copper detailing are common in the historic towns.
What we most commonly find on Essex County roofs
- Original slate roofs on Montclair and Glen Ridge period homes
- Steep Victorian and Tudor rooflines
- Pre-war and mid-century asphalt in Bloomfield, Nutley, Belleville
- Copper and tall masonry chimney flashing
- Historic-character material matching
Slate and Period Roofs in Montclair and Glen Ridge
Northern Essex has some of the most character-driven housing in the state, and Montclair and Glen Ridge are the center of it — Victorians, Tudors, and slate-roofed period homes with steep pitches, turrets, dormers, and copper detailing. Roofs like these are not a shingle-swap job. Matching material and profile matters as much as watertightness, because a repair that reads wrong from the street is a failed repair on a home like this.
We handle slate repair and replacement, slate-look designer shingles where a full slate system is not the right call, and the copper flashing and valley work these roofs depend on. On a steep, cut-up period roof the flashing and the transitions are where the leaks actually start, so that is where the detailing effort goes.
Pre-War and Mid-Century Colonials in Bloomfield, Nutley, and Belleville
Surrounding the historic towns are Bloomfield, Nutley, and Belleville — dense pre-war and mid-century colonials, capes, and two-families. This is the volume of the county's roofing work: asphalt systems reaching the end of their run, original-era decking that only reveals itself at tear-off, and the tall masonry chimneys common on this stock, where original step and counter-flashing is usually overdue well before the field of the roof is.
Essex County towns we serve
We service roofs in Montclair, Bloomfield, Nutley, Belleville, Glen Ridge, Verona, Cedar Grove, Caldwell, West Caldwell, Livingston, Maplewood, West Orange, South Orange, Millburn, and Essex Fells — plus the surrounding Essex County communities. Several have their own page below.
Why we work in Essex County
Northern Essex County is a quick run south from Clifton — Montclair and Bloomfield border our service core, and the historic housing here is exactly the careful, detailed roofing we do best.
Familiar landmarks
Montclair Art Museum · Eagle Rock Reservation · Branch Brook Park · Brookdale Park
