About Garfield and Its Roofing Needs
Garfield is a densely built city in southern Bergen County where a hardworking, multicultural community has put down roots in a housing stock dominated by two-family and multi-family properties. The city's residential blocks along Passaic Street, Midland Avenue, and Palisade Avenue are packed tightly — a development pattern that creates both roofing challenges and opportunities for homeowners who invest in quality.
Roofing Expertise for Garfield Properties
Two-family homes are Garfield's signature housing type. These typically three-story structures with owner-occupied and tenant units feature both pitched-roof attic levels and flat or low-slope sections over rear additions. A single Garfield roofing project often requires both shingle expertise for the main pitched roof and membrane waterproofing for the flat rear section — a combination many contractors handle poorly. We treat it as a single integrated system. Garfield also has a growing number of multi-family apartment buildings along River Drive and Monroe Street that need commercial flat-roof maintenance.
Addressing Garfield's Specific Roofing Challenges
Garfield's tight lot lines mean equipment access is limited on many streets — our crews are experienced in staging materials in constrained spaces without blocking sidewalks or neighboring driveways. The city's location along the Passaic River and Saddle River creates a humidity corridor that affects roofing material longevity. Many Garfield two-family homes have been reroofed multiple times over their 80-100 year lifespan, and we always strip to the deck to inspect structural integrity before installing new material.