Roofing & exteriors in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
Roofing, siding, windows and gutters for Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ.
A small borough just north of Ridgewood, with a brook through the middle and trees over nearly every roof — 07423.
Ho-Ho-Kus is one of Bergen County's smallest boroughs, 1.75 square miles between Ridgewood and Saddle River, and one of its most settled. Colonials, Cape Cods and Tudors on generous, tree-shaded lots make up almost all of it, and three eighteenth-century houses still stand along Franklin Turnpike. The roofs are mostly steep gables and cross-gables in architectural shingle, with slate and wood shingle surviving on the older houses and the Tudors.
We work across the borough on roof repair and replacement, slate, cedar and standing seam, gutters, siding and windows, from our base in Edgewater. The detail is on pages of its own: roof repair in Ho-Ho-Kus, roof replacement in Ho-Ho-Kus, gutters in Ho-Ho-Kus and siding in Ho-Ho-Kus.
Ho-Ho-Kus response, anywhere in 07423. Call (201) 446-5941 or request a free written estimate online.
Roofing in Ho-Ho-Kus: what makes this market different
Colonials, Capes and Tudors
Center-hall and Dutch Colonials, Cape Cods and Tudors make up most of the borough. Their steep, cross-gabled roofs share the same weak points: the valleys, the dormers, and the flashing wherever a roof meets a wall.
Two sides of the borough
The east side toward Saddle River carries the larger houses; the west side near Route 17 and the station runs smaller. Staging a tear-off, and protecting the planting and the driveway, is planned to the lot rather than assumed.
Mature tree canopy
Most streets sit under mature trees, which means leaves in the gutters and valleys every fall and limbs over the roof.
The Ho-Ho-Kus Brook
The brook runs through the downtown, and the low ground along it is the borough’s wet corridor. Roof water on those lots needs somewhere dry to go.
Roofing materials we install in Ho-Ho-Kus
Natural & synthetic slate
Repairs in matching stone on the older houses and the Tudors, full natural slate roofs, and synthetic slate where the framing cannot carry stone.
Cedar shake
Class A fire-treated cedar, hand-split or taper-sawn, where the house had wood shingle or suits it.
Copper & standing seam metal
Copper bays and accent details on the Tudors, and standing seam metal on porches and low-pitched rear roofs.
Window replacement & repair
Wood double-hung sash restoration and energy-efficient replacement, matched to the age of the house.
Architectural shingle
The usual roof on the borough’s colonials and Cape Cods, with ice-and-water membrane at the eaves and valleys.
Neighborhoods we serve in Ho-Ho-Kus
ZIP code served: 07423.
- The Hermitage and the historic core around it
- Franklin Turnpike and the blocks either side
- Brookside Avenue and the shaded streets off it
- Around the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn and the Terhune–Hopper House
- The streets following Ho-Ho-Kus Brook, and out toward Route 17
Ready to discuss roofing for your Ho-Ho-Kus home? Call (201) 446-5941 for a free written estimate. 24-hour response on active leaks, year-round.
Small borough, generous lots, heavy canopy.
Ho-Ho-Kus is a small borough at about a hundred and twenty feet, bordered by Ridgewood to the south, Waldwick to the west and Saddle River, Hillsdale and Washington Township to the east. The Ho-Ho-Kus Brook runs through the downtown, crossed by the Warren Avenue Bridge, and the low ground along it is the borough’s flood-prone corridor — the brook is a Saddle River tributary.
Almost all the housing is single-family detached on generous, tree-shaded lots. Center-hall and Dutch Colonials, Cape Cods and Tudors dominate, with pre-war brick-and-stucco colonials and Tudors among them and larger estate-scale houses on the east side toward Saddle River. The west side, near Route 17 and the station, runs smaller.
Heavy mature canopy over most residential streets is the single biggest working factor. It fills gutters, keeps north slopes damp, and puts limbs over roofs — and on a Tudor or a Dutch Colonial with a complicated roofline, that combination finds every junction that was not detailed properly.
Four things we see repeatedly in Ho-Ho-Kus.
Gutters carrying more than water
Leaf load in a run that was sized for rain alone. Overflow at the eaves under a full gutter is reported as a roof leak more often than any other single thing here.
Damp north slopes
Shade keeps a slope wet, and a wet slope grows moss and holds organic debris. On cedar it shortens the roof; on slate it hides slipped units until one falls.
Tudor and Dutch Colonial rooflines
Steep pitches, gambrels, dormer cheeks and several roof-to-wall junctions per elevation. The field is almost never the problem.
The low ground by the brook
Where the brook corridor runs, where a downpipe discharges matters as much as the roof above it. We look at the whole path, not just the gutter.
Adjacent Bergen towns
Does Johannemann & Sons work in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ?
Yes — the whole borough, ZIP 07423, from the houses along Franklin Turnpike to the streets either side of the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook and out toward Route 17. The work is roof repair and replacement, slate and cedar, gutters, siding and windows. Every job starts with a free inspection and a written, photographed estimate.
What roofing materials suit Ho-Ho-Kus homes?
Most of the borough's colonials and Cape Cods carry architectural asphalt shingle, and that is usually the right material when they are re-roofed. Slate and wood shingle survive on the older houses and the Tudors, and there the first question is whether the existing roof can be repaired in its own material. Standing seam metal suits a porch or a low-pitched rear roof. We match the material to the house, not to a catalog default.
Do you handle window replacement in Ho-Ho-Kus?
Yes. On the older houses, original wood double-hung sash is often worth restoring, and we price that before we price replacement. Where replacement is the right call, the new units are sized to the existing openings and chosen to suit the age of the house.
Roofing for the homes of Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ.
Free written estimate for roofing, siding, gutters, windows and doors, from a Bergen County crew based in Edgewater.