A new roof on an addition, a dormer, or a piece of new construction is a rare chance to do everything right from the deck up, with none of an old roof's compromises baked into it. Mastercraft Roofing installs new roofs as complete systems, matched to the home and to the New Jersey climate, and finished to code with the permit pulled and the town inspection passed. Whether you are building from scratch, expanding the footprint, or changing materials entirely, we install it to last for the long term.
- Asphalt, metal, or tile to suit the home
- Complete system built from the deck up
- Balanced intake and exhaust ventilation
- Detailed flashing at every transition
- Permit pulled, town inspection passed
- Free, no-pressure planning consultation
Choosing a roof that fits the house and the climate
The right new roof depends on the home and on how long you intend to keep it. Architectural asphalt shingles remain the practical workhorse for most Summit homes, offering a long service life and a look that suits the local housing stock at a sensible cost. Standing-seam metal costs more up front but sheds snow cleanly off a Summit roof and lasts decades longer, which can make it the better lifetime value on a home you mean to keep for good. Tile suits certain architectural styles but carries real weight and detailing requirements the structure has to be ready for.
We walk you through the honest trade-offs between these rather than steering you toward whatever happens to be easiest for us to install. The material has to match the roof's pitch, the structure's load capacity, the architectural look of the house, and your own plans for how long you will be under it. We work all of that out with you before anyone orders a single bundle of materials, so the choice is yours and it is informed.
Building the complete roof, layer by layer
A new roof is a great deal more than its visible top surface. We start from a sound, properly fastened deck, lay ice-and-water shield wherever the code and the local climate call for it, run quality underlayment across the full field, and detail the flashing at every wall, valley, and penetration by hand. Each of those layers does a specific job, and skipping or shortcutting any one of them is exactly where roofs begin to fail years before they should.
Ventilation gets built into the design from the very start, with balanced intake at the soffit and exhaust at the ridge so the whole assembly can breathe through both the summer heat and the deep winter cold. A roof that can move air properly stays drier underneath, runs noticeably cooler in summer, and resists the ice dams that a poorly vented New Jersey roof practically invites every January. That balance is engineered in, not added on later.
Done to code, inspected, and backed in writing
A new roof is worth doing properly from the paperwork up, and for us that means we pull the required permit, build to the manufacturer's published specification, and schedule the town inspection ourselves as part of the job rather than leaving it for the homeowner to chase down later. The paper trail that results is not bureaucracy for its own sake; it is real protection for your investment and for your home's value when it eventually comes time to sell.
On new construction we coordinate closely with the rest of the build so the roof goes on at exactly the right point in the schedule and the trades are not tripping over one another or working under an open roof. When the roof is finished it is backed by a written workmanship warranty, so you have it in hand and not just in conversation. Call 908-279-1073 to start with a free, no-pressure planning consultation.
Your whole roof, one accountable crew
A roof is a system, so new roof installation rarely stands alone, it connects to re-roofing, roof patching, roof inspection, gutters and downspouts, storm damage repair, and our crew handles all of it under one roof. We bring the same service to New Roof Installation in Madison, Florham Park new roof installation, Mountainside new roof installation, Maplewood new roof installation and everywhere else across the Summit area.
If you searched for local roofing service, you have reached a local crew, call 908-279-1073 any time. For background, read Nor'easter Season in Summit, NJ: Getting a Hilltop Roof Ready Before the Storm on our blog, or head back to our Summit home page to see everything we do.