Roof Replacement Services in Haworth, NJ

Haworth is a small borough where roughly a sixth of the land is water, much of it the Oradell Reservoir, and where landmarks like the Garret Zabriskie House and the 1915 White Beeches clubhouse speak to a long local history. Many of its homes have a masonry chimney rising through the roof, and when the roof is replaced, the chimney is the single feature most likely to decide whether the new roof stays dry. Monarch Roofing & Construction plans every roof replacement in Haworth, NJ with the chimney front and center, with crews based at Monarch’s East Rutherford headquarters and at our Cresskill regional location. To book a free estimate, ring or text (551) 241-0470.

This page explains how a chimney and a new roof come together: what to check on the masonry first, how the flashing is rebuilt, when a cricket belongs behind the chimney, and how the work is sequenced. The rest of the page covers the replacement decision, materials, and practical details.

Monarch Roofing & Construction — Roof Replacement in Haworth, NJ

Main Headquarters: 168 Humboldt St, East Rutherford, NJ 07073

Regional Location Serving Haworth: 488 12th St, Cresskill, NJ 07626

Phone/Text: (551) 241-0470 · Email: monarchroofingnj@gmail.com

NJ Home Improvement Contractor Registration: #13VH12036000

Roof replacement services: complete tear-off and replacement, architectural and three-tab asphalt shingle roofs, slate and cedar roofing, EPDM, TPO, and modified bitumen low-slope roofs, decking replacement when needed, new underlayment, flashing, and ventilation. Free roof replacement estimates. Ask about financing options.

Why the Chimney Deserves Special Attention

A chimney is a large, heavy masonry structure that passes straight through the roof. It weathers and moves differently from the wood and shingles around it, it interrupts the flow of water down the slope, and it often has years of patches around its base. Leaks near a chimney can come from three places: the masonry itself (crown, mortar, brick), the flashing where it meets the roof, or water pooling on its uphill side. A replacement is the right time to address all three.

Step One: Look at the Masonry Before the Roof

The crown

The crown is the cap of concrete or mortar on top of the chimney around the flue. If it is cracked or crumbling, rain runs straight down into the masonry and can show up as stains near the chimney inside.

Mortar joints and brick

Freeze-thaw cycles erode mortar and can make brick faces flake. Open joints let water into the chimney body.

The cap

A metal cap over the flue keeps rain, snow, and animals out. A missing or damaged cap lets water fall down the flue.

Why order matters

New counter-flashing is set into cuts in the mortar joints. If the chimney needs repointing or rebuilding above the roof, doing that work before the new flashing goes on lets the flashing be installed into sound masonry. Doing it afterward may mean disturbing new flashing. Our Haworth chimney page covers masonry repair.

Step Two: Strip the Old Metal and Start Fresh

Around a Haworth chimney that has seen decades of patching, you may find tar layered on tar, sealant smeared across brick, and bent strips of metal that no longer lap the right way. None of it is reused. Once the shingles near the chimney come off, the old pieces are pried away and the brick base is cleaned so new metal can sit tight against it. Before any metal goes back on, a peel-and-stick membrane is wrapped around the base of the chimney onto the deck where required, so even if water someday sneaks past the metal, it meets a sealed surface underneath.

The new metal goes on in layers. Small bent pieces climb each side of the chimney in step with the shingle courses, one per course, so every piece throws water onto the shingle below it. Over those, a second layer of metal is let into a groove sawn into a mortar line and folded down like a lid, covering the tops of the side pieces so rain sheeting down the brick cannot get behind them. Across the downhill face, a single apron laps out over the shingles beneath. The uphill face gets its own treatment, described next.

Step Three: The Uphill Side and the Cricket

The uphill face of a chimney is where trouble collects. Water running down the roof hits the brick and has to go somewhere; leaves and snow pile up in the same pocket. On a narrow chimney, carefully lapped back flashing can handle it. On a wider one, a cricket is usually the better answer: a small framed ridge built on the roof behind the chimney, roofed and flashed like the rest, that parts the flow and sends it around both sides. Whether your chimney needs one depends on its width and the slope of the roof, and the decision is written into your scope.

Step Four: Order of Work Around the Chimney

Masonry repair, if any, comes first. Then the old roofing comes off, and the sheathing around the chimney opening gets a careful look, since years of slow leaks there often leave it soft. Rotten wood is shown to you and replaced only with your okay. Next come the membrane wrap, underlayment, and any cricket framing; then shingles rise course by course with the side pieces woven in; then the folded cap is set into the mortar and the apron and uphill flashing are fitted. Last, we check every lap to be sure water has only one direction to go: outward and down. If framing around the chimney opening looks damaged, you will hear it from us so an engineer can weigh in; engineering is not part of Monarch’s services.

Chimneys That Are No Longer Used

Some Haworth houses have a chimney that no longer serves a fireplace or furnace. A roof replacement is a natural moment to decide what to do with it. Keeping it means it needs the same careful flashing as a working chimney, plus a cap to keep rain and animals out of the flue. Some owners choose to have an unused chimney taken down below the roofline by a masonry contractor, after which the opening is framed, decked, and roofed over as part of the new roof. That decision involves the structure of the chimney and sometimes the house, so it is worth discussing early. Either way, we will make sure the plan for the chimney is settled before the roof scope is finalized.

Everything Else on the New Roof

Away from the chimney, the replacement follows a full sequence: old layers stripped as the scope directs, sheathing checked and repaired with approval, metal edging at the eaves and rakes, the same peel-and-stick protection along the cold lower edge and in valleys where required, underlayment, new metal at every sidewall (with a diverter at its foot) and every pipe, a sealed first course, shingles nailed in the maker’s pattern, ridge caps, and attic vents arranged to pull air from the eaves out through the top. A container hauls off the debris, a magnet rolls across the lawn, and we review the finished roof with you.

Chimney Repair or Whole Roof?

When the roof itself is healthy and only the chimney flashing has failed, rebuilding that flashing, with masonry work if needed, may be all you need. The case for a full replacement comes from the rest of the roof: shingles worn bare or brittle over most slopes, water appearing at places other than the chimney, wide storm damage, sheathing gone spongy, an overlay already in place, and other joints failing. Age is background. We weigh how far the trouble reaches, the years left in the shingles, whether a clean repair is possible, the cost of repeat fixes, the wood, and how long you will stay. See our Haworth roof repair page.

By the Reservoir

Houses near the Oradell Reservoir’s tree-lined edge deal with damp air, shade, and heavy leaf fall. Leaves gather in the pocket behind chimneys and in valleys, and shaded slopes can grow moss. A cricket behind a wide chimney is especially useful where leaves pile up every autumn, and attic airflow helps the deck stay dry.

Roofing Products

Laminated architectural and flat three-tab shingles both pair with the chimney flashing described here. Slate calls for flashing shaped to stone and a framing review for weight; cedar has its own flashing and airflow needs. Nearly flat porch or addition roofs get a membrane such as TPO, EPDM, or modified bitumen.

The Business Side

The estimate comes after an inspection and reflects the roof’s footprint and slope, layers being stripped, your material, access, the chimney work and any cricket, other metal, sheathing repairs, vent changes, borough fees if any, crew time, and hauling, with masonry repair scoped separately when needed. Prices are not published, and financing options can be raised at the estimate. Whether a permit is required is the Haworth construction office’s call; who files is settled between us beforehand. Product warranties come from each maker and lean on proper installation; we explain yours, and Monarch’s workmanship terms are written down for you. Before work starts, open the driveway, take pictures off upstairs walls, drape attic storage, and keep pets and kids inside. Rain and hidden rot can stretch the job, so you will get a probable order of work rather than a fixed end date.

Weather and the Chimney

Freezing and thawing pry at mortar and crowns, snow drifts into the pocket behind the chimney, sideways rain tests every lap, and summer heat ages shingles. New layered metal, a membrane wrap, a cricket where it belongs, and good attic airflow are what let a new roof hold up.

About Monarch

New Jersey lists Monarch Roofing & Construction as HIC #13VH12036000. We operate from an East Rutherford headquarters and a Cresskill regional location, and because our crews do chimney masonry as well as roofing, gutters, and siding, the chimney and the roof can be planned as one job. Estimates are written and free.

Roof Replacement Near Haworth

Monarch Roofing & Construction also provides roof replacement in these nearby communities:

• Closter
• Demarest
• Roof replacement in Dumont, NJ
• Roof replacement in Oradell, NJ
• Roof replacement in Emerson, NJ

More from Monarch Roofing & Construction: our New Jersey roof replacement guide, our roofing services, roofing contractor services in Haworth, NJ, roof repair in Haworth, NJ, chimney repair in Haworth, NJ, gutter cleaning in Haworth, NJ, siding repair in Haworth, NJ, and our list of New Jersey service areas.

Chimney-and-Roof Questions

Who replaces roofs in Haworth, NJ?

Monarch Roofing & Construction, all over the borough. Phone (551) 241-0470.

Masonry first or roof first?

Masonry first, when the crown or mortar needs work, so the folded cap goes into sound joints.

What is that metal set into the brick?

Counter-flashing: it is let into a mortar groove and folded down over the side pieces so water cannot slip behind them.

Does my chimney need a cricket?

Wide chimneys usually benefit; narrow ones may not. We will tell you which yours is.

Can I just redo the chimney flashing?

If the rest of the roof is healthy, that may be enough.

How is my price figured?

From roof size, slope, layers, material, chimney and other flashing, and deck and vent work. Free and written.

Rotten wood around the chimney?

Shown to you after tear-off; replaced only on your approval.

Permit?

The borough construction office decides; filing is agreed first.

Old roofing?

Hauled off, then a magnet sweep.

Financing?

Options are available; ask at the estimate.

Booking?

Online, or by phone, text, or email.

Other Services in Haworth

Monarch Roofing & Construction also provides these services in Haworth:

• Roofing contractor in Haworth
• Roof repair in Haworth
• Chimney repair in Haworth
• Gutter cleaning and repair in Haworth
• Siding repair in Haworth

Schedule Your Haworth Roof Replacement Estimate

If the chimney is where your leaks begin, let our crew look at it and the roof around it and write up a plan. Ring (551) 241-0470, email monarchroofingnj@gmail.com, or book through online scheduling.