Roofing Contractor in Fort Lee, NJ

Both, when the deck is coming off. We tear the old shingles off first and then look at the deck underneath. On the Fort Lee job in September 2026 the entire old plywood deck came off with the shingles, down to the bare rafters, and the whole roof was re-decked in new 5/8 inch plywood before any ice-and-water shield or underlayment went down. Shingles are only as good as what they are nailed to, so the deck is not a detail to skip past.

Yes — the whole job is on our Fort Lee project page, in order. The first is a drone shot of the tear-off, with a tarp hanging down the front of the house to protect the entry and the dumpster on site. The second is taken from the roof with the deck removed, where you can see the bare rafters with the attic insulation and ductwork between them. After that comes the new plywood deck, the GAF FeltBuster underlayment going down over it, and then the finished charcoal roof from the air, front and rear, with the skylights and the two attic fans in it. Other jobs are on our projects page.

Yes, and that is the right time to do it. The deck is open and the underlayment is new, so a skylight is set into new work rather than worked around an existing roof. On the Fort Lee home we installed 4 new VELUX skylights with shades and 2 GAF electric attic fans during the replacement. The skylights carry the VELUX 10-year no-leak warranty. Mention it at the estimate so it is priced with the roof.

Top Roof is a GAF Certified contractor. When we install the full GAF system, meaning the ice-and-water shield, the FeltBuster synthetic underlayment and the Timberline HDZ shingles together as we did in Fort Lee, the roof is eligible for GAF’s enhanced system warranty coverage rather than shingle coverage alone. The VELUX skylights carry the VELUX 10-year no-leak warranty. We are licensed and insured in New Jersey, HIC registration #13VH11535000. Ask us to walk you through what each warranty covers.

We do not quote a roof we have not walked. Size, pitch, how many hips and valleys the roof has, whether the deck has to come off, and any skylights all move the number, so we come out and look first. Right now we are taking $1,000 off a full roof replacement through November 30, 2026, and we offer financing through Wisetack, including 0% for 24 months for qualified homeowners, subject to credit approval. Call 201-989-0999 or book a free on-site estimate.

Because of its shape. The roof is a complex hip design with many planes meeting at hips and valleys, plus a lower section over the rear. Every hip and every valley is a seam, and seams are where water gets in. That is why the layers under the shingles mattered here: new plywood, then GAF ice-and-water shield, then GAF FeltBuster synthetic underlayment, and only then the Timberline HDZ shingles.

A dumpster sat in the driveway for the old shingles and the old plywood that came off behind them. Tarps hung down the front of the house to protect the entry, and more tarps covered the landscaping, the backyard deck and the pool area while the roof was open. You can see the tarp and the dumpster in the tear-off photo above, and the whole sequence on the project page.