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The oldest part of Monroe Township, settled in the 1730s as Squankum. Village gables off Main Street, newer roofs out along Route 322.
Williamstown is the center of Monroe Township and the oldest part of it. Settled in the 1730s as Squankum, it built up around glassworks and later the Sharp canning plant, and the blocks off Main Street still hold that housing: narrow lots, steep gables, front porches and additions tacked on a century after the original. Out along Route 322 and Route 42 the construction is far newer.
Those two halves need different work. Maze Roofing handles the steep village gables and their shallow porch roofs one way and the 1980s truss roofs on the outskirts another. Because Williamstown is not its own municipality, the roofing permit is issued by the Monroe Township construction office under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
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Village housing was framed for steep pitch and hand-cut valleys, while the subdivisions on the edges run shallow trusses and factory details.
Steep short spans shed water well but make staging and safe access the real cost.
Front porches sit too shallow for shingle and leak back into the main wall.
Subdivision roofs off Route 322 fail at valleys and sidewall flashing first.
Williamstown permits are issued by the Monroe Township construction office, not separately.
Same office, same crews, a short drive away.
The Monroe Township construction office. Williamstown is a census place and a post office name inside Monroe Township, not a borough of its own, so all construction permits go through the township under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code. Maze Roofing files there and handles the inspection afterward.
Usually yes. The main planes on this older village stock take architectural shingle well once we have checked the decking and the framing. What gets handled differently is the porch roof and any rear addition, where the slope is too shallow for shingle and a membrane is the correct system.
It bruises the mat and knocks granules loose, which is not always visible from the ground. The damage shows up later as accelerated aging on the slope that took the hits. After a hard summer storm it is worth having someone look, particularly if you are also finding granules at the downspouts.
Because valleys and sidewall flashing are where a fast build saves time. Thin valley metal, short flashing legs and fastening at the spec minimum all hold up for a while and then do not. The fix is usually targeted rather than a full replacement, which an inspection will tell you.
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