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A one-square-mile borough of tight lots and shared walls, with a Historical Architectural Review Board in the historic district.
Kennett Square packs close to six thousand people into just over a square mile, which makes it one of the denser places in the county. The street grid around State and Union is nineteenth century, much of it twins and rows with party walls, porch fronts and shallow rear roofs. The borough has a historic district and a Historical Architectural Review Board established by ordinance. Kennett Consolidated schools serve it.
On a row or a twin, the roof does not end at your property line in any way that matters to water. We flash to the party wall, coordinate where a neighbor’s roof sits higher or lower, and use membrane on shallow rear sections. The permit comes from Kennett Square borough, and work in the historic district may need Historical Architectural Review Board sign-off.
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Shared walls, stepped rooflines between attached houses and shallow back additions create joints that no shingle on its own is going to keep dry.
Where attached roofs step, the taller wall needs counterflashing set into masonry.
Shallow back additions on these rows want membrane rather than shingle.
Work in the borough’s historic district may need review before the permit is issued.
Kennett Square borough, not Kennett Township, issues permits inside borough limits.
Same office, same crews, a short drive away.
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It depends on whether your property sits in the borough’s historic district. Kennett Square borough has a Historical Architectural Review Board created by ordinance, and exterior work on a property in that district can require its review before the permit is issued. We check the address before filing with the borough, which issues the permit under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code.
You do not have to, and most people do not. What matters is the flashing at the shared wall, built so water from both roofs is directed away rather than into the joint. Doing both at once is cleaner and often cheaper per house, but separately is fine as long as that detail is done right.
That points to the party wall rather than the field of the roof. On attached houses the taller roof’s wall needs counterflashing set into the masonry and a proper transition where the two planes step. Mortar joints there fail with age, and sealant over them is a short-term patch.
Yes, with planning. On a narrow borough lot we stage from the street, use a smaller container or a truck-and-tarp setup, and arrange parking so the crew is not carrying shingle a block. We tell you ahead of time what the street will look like for the day.
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