Licensed & Insured · Serving Florida, Pennsylvania & New Jersey
Greater Philadelphia: (267) 692-2511
A crossroads hamlet in the lower Brandywine Valley, where old stone houses still carry slate, cedar and standing-seam metal.
Hamorton is a small cluster of buildings where Route 52 crosses US 1, inside Pennsbury Township in the lower Brandywine Valley. Fewer than two hundred people live here. Most of the housing is nineteenth-century stone and frame, set close to the road, and a fair share of it still carries slate, cedar or standing-seam metal rather than asphalt shingle. Longwood Gardens sits just up the highway.
We start by identifying what is actually up there, because slate, cedar and metal each fail differently and each has its own honest repair. Where a full replacement is right, architectural asphalt shingle with ice-and-water membrane at the eaves is the usual answer. Permits for roof work here are issued by Pennsbury Township under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code.
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.
Slate sheds a tile at a time and cedar goes thin before it goes, so the roof looks serviceable from the ground for years after the water has started moving.
We tell you honestly whether the original roof can be repaired or is finished.
Where roof meets stone wall, counterflashing has to be cut in, not caulked.
Ice-and-water membrane along the eaves and up the valleys before any shingle goes down.
Pennsbury Township issues the permit and inspects the work, not Chester County.
Same office, same crews, a short drive away.
Pennsbury Township does. It administers the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code for every property inside its lines, including Hamorton, and Chester County has no role in residential roofing permits. We pull the permit, post it, and meet the inspector so the schedule stays with us instead of with you.
No, but you should know what you are giving up. Slate lasts generations and a good slater can often repair it for less than a full replacement. If the deck or the nails are done and slate is not in the budget, architectural asphalt shingle in a dark, textured profile sits reasonably on a stone house.
Warm air escaping into a cold attic melts snow higher up the slope, and the runoff refreezes over the unheated overhang. On an old stone house the attic is often the problem, not the shingle. Air sealing, balanced ventilation and ice-and-water membrane at the eaves are the durable fix.
Yes. Tight road frontage changes staging more than it changes the roof: we plan dumpster placement, ladder access and tarping before the crew arrives, and we keep the shoulder clear. Our Wayne office at (267) 692-2511 handles Chester County scheduling.
Send the form and the correct local office follows up, or call your market directly.
Fill out the form and we’ll route it to the right person and location.
