Middlesex County · New Jersey
Roofing Contractor in Carteret, New Jersey
Century Roofing is based in Carteret, New Jersey. Our shop is at 80 Willow St, which means Carteret is not a service-area listing for us — it is where our trucks start the day.
That matters most on emergency calls. When a homeowner on the west side of town calls about water coming through a bedroom ceiling, we are not driving in from another county.
Call (201) 682-1155Roofing conditions in Carteret
Carteret's housing stock is dominated by compact frame houses and capes built through the mid-twentieth century, many with modest attic volume and original soffit configurations that were never designed for the insulation depth homeowners have since added.
That combination — shallow attic, blocked soffit intake, added insulation — is the ventilation problem we correct most frequently in this borough. It shows up as winter condensation that gets reported to us as a roof leak.
The other local factor is wind exposure. Carteret sits on the Arthur Kill with limited tree cover in the eastern sections, and open exposure to storm wind coming across the water finds any shingle course whose sealant strip never bonded.
Commercial roofing along the industrial corridor
Carteret has a dense concentration of warehouse and distribution buildings with large low-slope roofs. Those roofs share a common failure profile: drains that have not been cleared in years, HVAC curbs re-penetrated by service contractors, and ponding at the low corners.
Because we are local, we can run semi-annual maintenance visits on these buildings without travel time inflating the cost.
What we do here
- Residential roof replacement and repair on pitched shingle roofs
- Low-slope roofing on rear additions, porches, and flat-roofed homes
- Commercial EPDM, TPO, and modified bitumen work on industrial buildings
- Emergency leak response, with the shortest response time in our service area
- Roof inspections for real-estate transactions
Frequently asked questions
- Are you actually located in Carteret?
- Yes. Century Roofing's office and shop are at 80 Willow St, Carteret, NJ 07008. This is our only physical location.
- How fast can you get to a leak in Carteret?
- Faster than anywhere else we work, because we are in the borough. Call (201) 682-1155 and describe what you are seeing so we can triage it.
- Do you do commercial work in Carteret?
- Yes — a significant portion of our commercial work is on the warehouse and light-industrial buildings in and around town.
Roofing services in Carteret
Residential RoofingMost homeowners do not shop for a roofer until something forces the decision: a stain spreading across a ceiling, shingles in the driveway after a nor'easter, or a home inspector's report during a sale. Century Roofing works on all three situations, and the honest answer is usually narrower than what the internet suggests.
Roof RepairA roof repair is only worth paying for if it addresses the thing that is actually failing. A surprising number of the repairs we are called to redo were competent work applied to the wrong part of the roof — sealant at a stain's location instead of at the entry point twelve feet uphill.
Commercial RoofingCommercial roofing is a different trade from residential work. The systems are low-slope rather than water-shedding, the failures start at details and terminations rather than in the field, and the building underneath usually cannot stop operating while you work on it.- Emergency Roof RepairEmergency roofing is a two-stage job. Stage one stops water from entering the building tonight. Stage two fixes the roof properly once conditions allow. Anyone who tries to do both at once in the middle of a storm is doing neither well.
Get a straight answer about your roof
Tell us what you're seeing and we'll inspect it, photograph it, and explain what it actually needs — repair or replacement.