Yes, we serve all of Beachwood, ZIP 08722, from the river streets near Beachwood Beach to the neighborhoods closer to Jakes Branch County Park. Most of our work here is roof replacement and new siding on expanded cottages and ranches. Ring us at (732) 419-1462 any time, day or night.
Why a Beachwood roof is often more than one roof
In 1914 the publishers of the New-York Tribune backed a plan to sell Beachwood lots measuring 20 by 100 feet, and the first cottages went up in the summer of 1915. Over the following century, many of those small houses were winterized, widened and given second stories. The result is a roofline with several pitches, extra valleys and flashing joints that each came from a different decade. Those joints are where most of our Beachwood leak calls start.
River wind, close neighbors and the weather on Beachwood streets
Beachwood sits along the Toms River, and the blocks nearest Beachwood Beach and the marinas catch wind that funnels up the river from Barnegat Bay. It isn't the open-ocean exposure of the barrier island, but a nor'easter still drives rain sideways into siding seams and lifts shingles along the rakes of waterfront homes.
Farther from the water, oaks and pines shade many lots, and roofs there struggle more with debris and damp than with wind. Valleys fill with leaves, gutters overflow and shaded slopes pick up dark algae streaks.
Lot size shapes every job here. With houses set close together, we protect the neighbor's side as carefully as yours: plywood over nearby windows, tarps along shared side yards and a tidy cleanup each day so nails don't end up in someone else's driveway. When we re-side, we often suggest fiber cement siding or heavier vinyl on walls that face a neighbor closely, since those narrow gaps stay damp and shaded.
What we check before replacing a roof on an expanded Beachwood cottage
Additions hide surprises, so we look for these before writing a scope.
- Whether the original cottage roof was overlaid instead of removed when the addition went on
- Plank or mixed decking that needs deck repair before new shingles
- Low-slope sections where a porch or room was enclosed
- Flashing where the old roof meets a second-story wall
- Soffit and fascia condition on the oldest part of the house
- Attic airflow between sections that may not connect
- Gutter sizing on rooflines that now send water to one corner
