Paragon Exteriors repairs roofs in Seaside Heights, NJ — wind-lifted shingles, corroded flashing, leaking low-slope porch roofs — usually within a day or two of your call, with same-day tarping when water is coming in. Most repairs cost $350–$1,500, quoted as a firm itemized number before work starts. We’re licensed (NJ HIC #13VH13814500) and insured, and we cross the Route 37 bridge constantly; call or text 848-633-6440.
Three kinds of roof, three ways to leak
The borough packs its housing into less than a square mile, but the failure patterns split cleanly:
- Pre-1960 bungalows and converted duplexes — brittle shingles stacked two or three layers deep, nail pops telegraphing through, and the classic Seaside mystery leak: a low-slope porch or addition roof where shingles were never the right material in the first place.
- Post-Sandy elevated rebuilds — raising a house into cleaner wind means the ridge, rakes, and eaves take gusts the same roofline never saw at grade. Creased tabs and edge blow-offs are the tell.
- Boulevard flat roofs — motels and mixed-use buildings fail at seams, ponding spots, and equipment curbs; that’s membrane work, handled by our commercial roofing crew.
Underneath all three: salt off two bodies of water eating galvanized flashing, pipe boots, and fasteners years ahead of schedule.
Where the water actually gets in
A brown ring on the bedroom ceiling almost never sits below the breach — water enters at a flashing joint or penetration, rides a rafter, and surfaces rooms away. We start in the attic, finish on the roof (drone up when slopes are wet or steep), and hand you photos of the entry point with a line-item price for exactly that fix. Nothing padded on because we happened to be up there.
When we’ll tell you to stop repairing
A $500 flashing fix on a roof with ten good years left is money well spent. A third repair this year on a 25-year-old triple-layered bungalow roof is a replacement paid for in installments — and salt exposure here shortens shingle life to begin with. If the honest answer is replacement, we’ll show you why on camera and quote a full replacement in Seaside Heights with financing options; most take one day. Not sure which side you’re on? Run your roof against our checklist of signs you need a new roof.
Either way you get a straight answer from a family-run crew that works this island every week. See how we approach roof repair generally, or everything we handle in Seaside Heights — 848-633-6440.