Roofing built for a town four blocks wide
Paragon Exteriors is a licensed and insured roofing and exteriors contractor (NJ HIC #13VH13814500) serving Lavallette and the surrounding Barnegat Peninsula. We handle roof replacement, roof repair, siding, windows, decks, and gutters on barrier-island homes — most roofs torn off and finished in a single day, with free itemized estimates and financing available. Call 848-633-6440 or request an estimate online.
Lavallette’s geography is the whole story. No house in the borough is more than a few hundred yards from saltwater — the Atlantic to the east, Barnegat Bay to the west — so your roof takes salt spray and wind load from both directions. That double exposure is why we treat coastal spec here as the baseline, not the upgrade.
Two Lavallettes: cottage streets and post-Sandy rooflines
The borough has been a seaside resort since 1887, and the oceanside blocks east of Grand Central Avenue still carry the DNA: tight rows of shore cottages and capes from the early and mid 1900s, many on their third or fourth roof. West of the highway, the bayside took the worst of Superstorm Sandy’s flooding, and the rebuild reshaped the streetscape — elevated homes, reversed-living new construction with the kitchen upstairs for the view, steeper pitches, rooftop decks, and more complicated flashing details than the cottages ever had.
Both types keep us busy for different reasons. Old cottages hide layered shingles and soft decking; new elevated builds catch more wind at height and depend on edge sealing done exactly right. Small lots and narrow streets also mean staging and dumpster placement take real planning — we handle that, not you.
What the ocean and the bay do to a roof here
Nor’easters hit Lavallette head-on with nothing offshore to slow them down, and the bay side adds a second fetch of wind-driven rain most towns never deal with. Salt air quietly eats cheap flashing and exposed fasteners years before the shingles themselves wear out. So we spec accordingly: 130 mph wind-rated shingles, six nails per shingle, sealed starter courses, upgraded drip edge, and full ice & water protection. For the deeper reasoning on materials, read our guides to nor’easter-ready coastal roofing and the shingles that actually last at the Shore.
Locals call us for:
- Roof replacement in Lavallette — full tear-off, coastal spec, usually done in one day
- Roof repair — wind-lifted shingles, ridge cap damage, and flashing leaks after storms
- Siding that resists salt chalking, plus gutters sized for wind-driven rain
- Windows and decks on oceanside and bayside homes alike
- Storm damage documentation and insurance-claim support after a blow
The 08735 quirk: one zip code, two permit offices
Here’s something plenty of owners learn the hard way: Ocean Beach, Chadwick Beach, and Silver Beach all carry Lavallette mailing addresses, but they sit in Toms River Township — so their roofing permits go through the Township, not the borough. Homes inside Lavallette proper permit through the borough’s own construction office on Grand Central Avenue. We’ve filed with both, we know which one your address belongs to, and the paperwork is part of the job.
Second homes, handled like you’re standing there
A large share of Lavallette houses are summer places, and owners are often an hour or more away when a roof needs attention. We built our process for that: shoulder-season scheduling that never collides with your rental calendar, drone photography that documents the roof before, during, and after the work, and a written itemized scope you can approve from anywhere. You see exactly what we saw and exactly what we did — no drive down Route 37 required.
Up and down the peninsula
We work the whole barrier island and the mainland behind it, including Toms River (and Ortley Beach just south of the borough line), Seaside Heights, Mantoloking, and Bay Head — often on the same trip over the bridge.
