Plain-English guides
Two reads for before the ladder comes out
One helps you choose between patching and replacing. The other follows the Newark weather record through the year. Still stuck? Call (732) 487-3991.
Patch It or Replace It? A Way to Decide on an Older Rahway Roof
Census figures count 6,281 of Rahway's 13,002 homes as built before 1960, so the patch-or-replace question comes up on a lot of roofs here. This guide goes through the 10 percent rule, the layer count, the deck and the paperwork.
A Year of Rahway Roof Checks, Month by Month, from the Newark Record
Newark's 1991-2020 normals and the storms of 2026 make a calendar for the roof: ceilings after the thaw, gutters in October, a look at the attic before the next freeze. Each stop names one thing to check and one thing to leave alone.
