Roofing & exteriors in Old Tappan, NJ
Roofing, siding, windows and gutters for Old Tappan, NJ.
Dutch farmhouses, postwar homes and the colonials of the 1990s and 2000s, along the New York line, 07675.
Old Tappan sits at the northern edge of Bergen County, with Pearl River and Tappan across the state line and Lake Tappan, a reservoir on the Hackensack River, along its western side. It stayed a small farm community into the twentieth century; its population then grew by more than a quarter between 1990 and 2010, when many of its larger colonials went up on lots around the reservoir and the golf course.
Johannemann & Sons works across the borough from our Edgewater office, from repairs in matched material on the oldest houses to a full roof replacement on a newer colonial.
Old Tappan response, anywhere in 07675. Call (201) 446-5941 or request a free written estimate online.
Roofing in Old Tappan: what makes this market different
Three layers of housing
Eighteenth-century Haring farmhouses, a postwar suburban base, and the colonials of the 1990s and 2000s building wave.
Lake Tappan and the river
The low western ground near the reservoir and the Hackensack is the wet side of the borough. Gutters and discharge there are designed, not assumed.
Bigger roofs on bigger lots
Low density and larger lots mean larger roofs with more valleys and dormers, and the junctions are where the risk sits.
Roofs that have been worked on
With homeowner vacancy at one percent, most roofs have had earlier repairs, and how well they were done matters as much as the age of the roof.
Roofing materials we install in Old Tappan
- Natural & synthetic slate. Full natural slate roofs, and synthetic slate where the framing calls for the lighter system.
- Cedar shake. Class A fire-treated cedar on breathable underlayment with stainless fixings.
- Standing seam metal & copper. Panels in steel, aluminum, zinc and copper, including bay roofs, valleys and accent details.
- Architectural shingle. The usual roof on the postwar and newer colonials, with ice-and-water membrane at the eaves and valleys.
Neighborhoods we serve in Old Tappan
ZIP code served: 07675.
- Old Tappan Road and De Wolf Road
- Westwood Avenue and Washington Avenue
- Orangeburg Road and the blocks off it
- The Haring houses — Frederick, Gerrit, Teunis and the Haring-DeWolf — and their surrounding streets
- Toward Lake Tappan, Stone Point Park and Oaks Park
Ready to discuss roofing for your Old Tappan home? Call (201) 446-5941 for a free written estimate. 24-hour response on active leaks, year-round.
A stable, owner-occupied borough on low-density lots.
Old Tappan sits at the northern edge of the county on the New York state line, with Pearl River and Tappan directly to the north. Its western side is defined by Lake Tappan, a reservoir on the Hackensack River straddling the Old Tappan and River Vale line, and water occupies a substantial share of the borough’s area.
That puts the borough’s likely flood-exposed ground on the low western properties near the reservoir and the river corridor. For roofs the practical consequence is drainage: where the water goes after it leaves the roof is a live question on that ground in a way it is not on the higher eastern streets.
The census counts around two thousand housing units for just under six thousand people, with homeowner vacancy at one percent — a stable, owner-occupied single-family town with almost no rental market. Density is low even for this county, consistent with larger lots around the reservoir and the golf course, and the oldest layer is the Haring houses: Frederick, Gerrit, Teunis and the Haring-DeWolf.
Two consequences of a town almost nobody moves out of.
Roofs are on their second or third, not their first
In a town with one percent homeowner vacancy, most roofs have been worked on before — and how well matters more than the age on the paperwork. We look at the earlier repairs as closely as at the roof itself.
Drainage on the western ground
Near the reservoir and the river corridor, roof water has to go somewhere that is not already wet. Gutter sizing and discharge get designed rather than assumed.
Adjacent Bergen towns
Does Johannemann & Sons serve Old Tappan, NJ?
Yes. We work across the 07675, from the borough's few Dutch sandstone farmhouses to its postwar houses and the custom colonials on the larger lots around Lake Tappan and the golf course. Our office is in Edgewater.
What makes Old Tappan roofs different?
Two things. Lake Tappan and the Hackensack River define the western side of the borough, so on the low ground near them, where roof water discharges matters. And with almost nobody moving out, most roofs have been repaired before, so we check the earlier repairs as closely as the roof itself.
Can you work on a large or complicated roof in Old Tappan?
Yes. Many of the colonials from the borough's 1990s and 2000s building wave have roofs with several planes, dormers and valleys. On a roof like that the risk sits in the junctions, so every valley, wall and dormer is flashed on its own terms.
Do I need a permit to replace a roof in Old Tappan?
Not for replacing the roof covering on a detached one- or two-family house: New Jersey treats it as ordinary maintenance, with no permit, notice or inspection. Replacing roof sheathing does need a permit, as do townhouse and condominium roofs and any structural work. The construction official has the final word.
Roofing for the homes of Old Tappan, NJ.
Free written estimate for roofing, siding, gutters, windows and doors, from a Bergen County crew based in Edgewater.