Basking Ridge isn't its own municipality. It's part of Bernards Township, along with Liberty Corner, Lyons and West Millington, and that's the first thing worth knowing when you're lining up roofers in Basking Ridge, NJ. Any permit comes from the township's Construction Code Division on South Maple Avenue, not from Somerset County. Most of the housing is newer than the old village center suggests: the township's master plan found that more than 60 percent of its homes were built between 1980 and 2000, including developments like The Hills.
That building boom left two kinds of roofs. There are large single-family homes with multiple valleys, dormers and long eaves, many now on their first or second roof. And there are a lot of townhouses; about one home in five in the township was an attached unit at the 2000 Census. For a detached house, replacing the roof covering needs no construction permit under New Jersey's code. Townhouses and structural work do need one, and townhouse owners usually have an association to coordinate with as well.
Then there are the trees. The township has its own Shade Tree Commission, and mature trees shade a lot of lots. North slopes under heavy cover stay damp, grow moss and wear out ahead of the sunny side, and gutters fill with leaves every fall. On a full roof replacement, the attention goes to valleys, eaves and anywhere a roof meets a wall. On wooded lots, gutter guards are usually worth adding with new gutters. Call (877) 298-2340.
Around Basking Ridge
We regularly work near:
- 📍Lord Stirling Park
- 📍Environmental Education Center
- 📍Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church
- 📍Ridge High School
Roofing Company in Basking Ridge — Local Notes
- •Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, Lyons and West Millington share one Bernards Township Construction Code Division. A detached house needs no permit for a new roof covering; townhouses and structural work do.
- •Shaded north slopes hold moisture and grow moss. Expect them to wear before the south side, and judge the roof by its worst slope, not its best.
- •Larger homes from the 1980s and '90s often have many valleys and dormers. Those intersections need new flashing and ice-and-water shield, not reused metal.
- •Leaves fill gutters on wooded lots every fall. Guards help with that, but they don't prevent ice dams; insulation and attic ventilation do.
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