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A Delaware River borough of stone, frame and slate. Roof work that respects both the buildings and the borough’s architectural review.
New Hope is a small borough pressed between the Delaware River and the hills above it. Much of the building stock predates the Civil War, with stone and frame houses, deep additions, steep pitches, slate sections and standing-seam metal on porches and bays. Lots are tight, sidewalks run to the curb and many roofs are visible from the street. Mature trees along the river shade the north slopes year round.
Two things follow from that. Access and protection need planning before anyone touches the roof, and material choice is not purely a homeowner decision: New Hope Borough has a Historic Architectural Review Board, and exterior work in the historic district goes through a certificate of appropriateness. Permits are filed with New Hope Borough under the PA 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, metal and asphalt often appear on the same house, and the joints between those systems are where almost every leak in this borough begins.
Slate against metal against asphalt needs transitions built to move, not caulked shut.
Narrow side yards and street-edge sidewalks mean staging and debris control get planned first.
Heavy tree cover keeps north faces damp, which accelerates moss and granule loss.
New Hope Borough issues the permit, and its HARB reviews visible exterior changes.
Same office, same crews, a short drive away.
If your property is in New Hope Borough’s historic district and the work is visible from a public street, it goes before the Historic Architectural Review Board for a certificate of appropriateness before the building permit issues. That review covers material and appearance. We help assemble what the board needs and work to what it approves.
Often, yes. Slate itself outlives the fasteners and the flashing around it, so a roof that is losing individual slates may only need re-pointing of the valleys, new copper at the chimney and slates reset. We assess the condition of the slate before assuming the whole roof has to come off.
It holds water against the roof surface and lifts the edges of slates and shingles as it thickens. On the river side of the borough, where tree cover is constant, that means faster granule loss on asphalt and loosened slate on older roofs. Trimming back branches and improving drying time helps more than repeated cleaning.
With planning rather than luck. On tight lots we tarp the walls and plantings, run debris to a controlled drop point, keep the walkway clear and pull a magnet over the ground at the end of each day. On buildings with fragile porches or trim, we build protection over them before stripping starts.
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