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An old village core inside Gloucester Township, with nineteenth-century rooflines around Main Street and Blackwood Lake, and subdivision beyond.
Blackwood was a working village long before Gloucester Township became a suburb around it. The blocks near Main Street and Blackwood Lake still hold nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century houses: steep pitches, cross gables, standing-seam porch roofs, some slate under later shingle. Further out the stock turns to post-war and 1980s subdivision, with the Camden County College campus at the edge.
Two eras, two scopes of work. In the old core we deal with steep access, slate remnants, box gutters and porch roofs that need metal rather than shingle. Outside it the work is straightforward tear-off and replacement. Either way the permit and the inspection come from Gloucester Township’s construction office under the New Jersey 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.
The oldest Blackwood houses were built for slate and metal, so putting asphalt over their steep pitches and tight details takes more than a standard tear-off.
Old village roofs need jacks, staging and slower work before a shingle goes down.
It is common to find original slate or its nails beneath a later asphalt layer.
Standing-seam and flat-lock porch roofs are repaired or replaced in kind, not shingled over.
Blackwood addresses are permitted and inspected by Gloucester Township’s construction office.
Same office, same crews, a short drive away.
No. Blackwood is a village and postal name within Gloucester Township, which is the municipality that governs it and issues its permits. The village identity is real and old, but for a roof permit the address goes to Gloucester Township.
Gloucester Township’s construction office, under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code. If your house is in the older part of the village, ask the township directly whether anything applies beyond the standard construction permit before you commit to a material change. We file the permit either way.
It means more tear-off weight, more disposal and more careful work at the eaves and valleys, and sometimes sheathing that was never meant to carry asphalt. None of that is a reason not to re-roof, but it belongs in the quote up front rather than as a surprise mid-job.
Yes, and usually we treat them as two systems. The main roof gets shingle; the porch keeps metal or membrane because its pitch is too low for anything else. The important part is the flashing where the porch meets the wall and the main roof above it.
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