Hunterdon County is rural western New Jersey: historic farmhouses and river-town homes, standing-seam and slate roofs, large custom houses on open ridges, and real wind exposure.
Hunterdon has an older and more varied roof inventory than almost any county in the state. Clinton, Flemington, Lambertville, Frenchtown and Milford are river and canal towns with 18th- and 19th-century buildings — slate, standing-seam metal, tin, and steep-pitched frame homes with original details. Outside the towns you get working farms with barns and outbuildings, and large custom homes set on open ridges where wind exposure is significant.
Two practical consequences follow. First, material matching matters: putting asphalt over a historic standing-seam or slate roof is often the wrong long-term decision as well as a visible one, and a genuine assessment of what the existing system has left is the honest starting point. Second, structure matters: hand-framed rafters, board sheathing and generations of previous repairs mean the deck has to be inspected before anyone quotes a price.
On the newer ridge-top homes the concerns flip to exposure and complexity — uplift at rakes and ridges, long valleys, and multiple roof planes on a large footprint.
The Hunterdon County building stock we work on
18th- and 19th-century homes in Clinton, Flemington, Lambertville and Frenchtown with slate, metal and steep frame roofs
Working farms with barns and outbuildings using exposed-fastener or standing-seam metal
Hand-framed rafters and board sheathing on the historic stock
Large custom homes on open ridges with significant wind exposure
Long rural driveways and open lots that make staging simple but access planning necessary
Roof problems we find most often in Hunterdon County
Historic slate and metal misrepair
Mastic, asphalt patches and sealant over slate or standing seam buy a season and cost a system. Correct like-for-like repair is the durable route.
Board sheathing that will not hold a modern nail pattern
Gapped or split board decks need overlay or replacement. We assess it before quoting rather than discovering it at tear-off.
Ridge-top wind uplift
Exposed sites tear edges first. Starter course, nailing pattern, rake detail and ridge treatment do the work here.
Old chimney flashing on large masonry stacks
Historic homes often have oversized chimneys with degraded mortar and caulked flashing. Cut-in counter-flashing plus masonry repair is the real fix.
Communities we cover in Hunterdon County
Each community below has its own page with local detail. City pages keep their original addresses from the current Done Rite site — this county hub adds hierarchy without moving a single existing URL.
Hunterdon permits are municipal, and several river towns have historic-district review that applies to visible roof work. On agricultural buildings the requirements can differ again. We confirm before specifying materials.
Warranty, licensing and credentials
Done Rite Roofers is a GAF Certified roofing contractor licensed in New Jersey (HIC #13VH12674100), Pennsylvania (#PA192943) and Connecticut (#HIC.0698708), carrying $2 million in insurance plus bond. Workmanship in Hunterdon County is backed by our 25-year workmanship warranty, alongside the manufacturer's separate material coverage.
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Bergen County is home base — the Done Rite office is in Garfield. Local housing stock is dominated by pre-war and post-war homes carrying multiple shingle layers, with rear additions creating pitched-to-flat transitions.
Every county and community listed here has its own page on this site. Duplicate legacy URLs are kept reachable but deliberately left out of this index.
Real projects
Recent New Jersey roof projects
A look at recent New Jersey roofs we have worked on: the town, the roof system, the problem the homeowner called about and how we solved it.
Ventnor City, NJ · Atlantic County
Architectural asphalt full replacement
Problem
Recurring second-floor ceiling stain traced to failed original chimney counter-flashing on an early-1900s barrier-island home, with two existing shingle layers and soft decking at the north valley.
Solution
Full tear-off of both layers, decking replacement at the valley, ice-and-water shield at eaves and valleys, rebuilt chimney step and counter flashing, new open metal valley, balanced soffit intake with ridge exhaust.
Ponding water on a row-home roof with a clogged interior drain and shrunken seams at the parapet termination, leaking into the top-floor rear bedroom.
Solution
Tear-off to deck, tapered insulation to re-establish slope toward the drain, heat-welded TPO membrane, new drain assembly and clamping ring, fully terminated and coped parapet.
Storm-torn shingles across the rear slope of a two-family with active water entering the second-floor hallway during a nor'easter.
Solution
Same-visit tarping and water diversion, photo documentation for the insurance claim, then permanent slope repair with new underlayment, matched shingle courses and replaced pipe boots.
