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A streetcar borough of twins, Foursquares and porch roofs, most of it built before 1930. Roof replacement and free inspections throughout Collingswood.
Collingswood filled in when the trolley ran up Haddon Avenue, most of it between about 1910 and 1930. The residential historic district, on the National Register since 1990, runs through the streets around Knight Park and Park Avenue: Colonial Revival and Dutch Colonial houses, American Foursquares, bungalows, Queen Anne porches, and block after block of twins. Steep pitches, front dormers, and a low-slope porch roof on nearly every one.
The porch roof is where we usually start, because a shallow porch deck fails long before the main slope and takes the band joist with it. We use EPDM or TPO there and architectural asphalt above, with the twin’s party wall flashed. Permits go through the borough construction office, and exterior work in the historic districts is reviewed by the preservation commission.
The full Maze Roofing range, residential and commercial, from the local team.
Shingle, tile, metal and flat roofing for homes and townhomes across the area.
Shingle, tile, metal, flat and TPO. Managed from tear-off to cleanup.
Flat, TPO and metal systems, with maintenance programs that protect the asset.
Storm damage, active leaks and fallen trees, with 24/7 phone response.
A 1920s twin carries a steep shingle slope that lasts and a nearly flat porch roof that does not, and the two need different systems.
Low-slope porch decks need a membrane, and they fail decades before the main roof.
Where two houses share a wall, the flashing and the seam decide everything.
Narrow lots and steep pitches make staging and debris control matter as much as shingles.
Exterior roof work in the historic districts goes to the borough’s preservation commission first.
Same office, same crews, a short drive away.
Knight Park · Newton Lake · Park Avenue · Haddon Avenue · Browning Road · Collings Avenue · Cooper River Park
Two things, usually. The construction permit comes from the borough construction office under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code. If the house sits in one of Collingswood’s historic districts, the historic preservation commission also reviews exterior changes, roofs included, on its regular monthly agenda. Check with the zoning office before you schedule work.
Probably not. Porch roofs on Collingswood twins are nearly flat, they were often roll roofing or old built-up, and they give out while the steep main slope is still sound. A membrane replacement on the porch alone is a normal repair here. We will show you photographs of both before you decide.
You do not have to, but it is worth asking. On a twin the shingle plane and the flashing at the party wall are continuous, so doing both halves at once removes a seam that will otherwise want attention later. If your neighbor is not ready, we terminate cleanly at the wall and flash it to last.
From outside, mostly, and from whatever crawl or knee-wall space exists. We look at the underside of the sheathing wherever it is visible, then read the roof: soft spots underfoot, nail pops, the ridge line, valley metal and the vent stacks. Older Collingswood houses often have almost no ventilation, and that shows up at the eaves.
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