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More than one home in ten here is a log cabin, set among twenty-two lakes and heavy pine. Roofing for Medford Lakes as it was actually built.
Medford Lakes is unlike anything else in the county. It started in 1927 as a lake colony, and cedar log cabins with stone chimneys still make up more than a tenth of the borough. Twenty-two lakes, trails instead of streets, continuous pine and oak overhead. Roofs here are steep, often complicated, deeply shaded, and tied into log walls and heavy masonry.
Those two junctions, the chimney and the log wall, are where the work really lives. We rebuild counterflashing into stone rather than smearing sealant across it, and we flash to log with a proper transition. Steep-slope staging and fall protection are standard. The permit is issued by the Medford Lakes Borough construction office under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
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Sealant fails on irregular stone and on round logs within a few seasons, so these junctions have to be flashed mechanically or they simply leak again.
Metal cut and set into the masonry joints instead of sealed to the face.
Flashing detailed where a roof plane dies into a round log wall.
Staging and fall protection for pitches that stay damp under heavy canopy.
The Medford Lakes Borough construction office issues the roof permit locally.
Same office, same crews, a short drive away.
Usually yes, and many owners do. It changes the look, so check whether any community rules cover exterior materials before deciding. Structurally, shake was often laid on spaced sheathing, so a switch to shingle means solid decking over it. We price that openly up front.
Because stone is irregular and sealant has nothing flat to bond to, so it cracks within a couple of seasons. The fix is counterflashing cut into the mortar joints with step flashing under the shingle, plus a cricket on the uphill side if the chimney is wide. That lasts.
Yes. Medford Lakes Borough has its own construction office, and it issues the roofing permit under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code. If the lake community also reviews exterior work, that approval is separate and should come first. We file the borough permit and handle the inspection.
Not necessarily, but limbs touching the roof should go. Contact abrades shingle, holds moisture, and drops needles straight into the valleys. Trimming back a few feet, wider open valleys, and algae-resistant shingle give you most of the benefit without clearing the canopy you moved here for.
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