Roofing a borough built in the 1890s
Paragon Exteriors is a licensed, family-run roofing and exteriors contractor (NJ HIC #13VH13814500) serving Spring Lake, NJ — roof replacement, roof repair, cedar and architectural shingle work, siding, windows, and gutters. Most Spring Lake roofs come off and go back on in a single day, estimates are free and itemized, and we handle the Borough permit. Call 848-633-6440.
Spring Lake’s housing stock didn’t come off a subdivision plat. The heart of town is late-1800s and early-1900s resort architecture — Victorians and shingle-style homes with turrets, steep cross-gables, stacked dormers, and wraparound porch roofs — joined over the last two decades by a steady wave of teardown custom rebuilds that keep the same scale. That means the average roof here isn’t a 17-square ranch; it’s 30 to 50 squares spread across six or eight planes, with valleys and flashing details that punish sloppy work. We price and build for that complexity instead of pretending it isn’t there.
What three blocks from the Atlantic does to a roof
The whole borough — Ocean Avenue to the train tracks — lives inside the salt-air zone. Uplift on oceanfront homes tests every shingle edge, nor’easters drive rain sideways under laps and around chimneys, and salt quietly eats bargain-grade flashing and fasteners years before the shingles themselves wear out. The south end near Wreck Pond adds standing-water and wind-fetch exposure of its own. Sandy tore up the boardwalk badly enough that the town had to rebuild it; the storms haven’t gotten gentler since. Every roof we install in Spring Lake gets full coastal spec — wind-rated shingles, six-nail fastening, sealed edges, and metals chosen for salt — as the baseline, not an add-on. Our guide to nor’easter-proofing a coastal roof covers the details.
Keeping the look Spring Lake expects
This is one of the Shore boroughs where the streetscape genuinely matters — cedar shakes, shingle-style siding, and detailed rooflines are part of why the town looks the way it does. When we re-roof a Victorian, we’re careful with the parts that carry the character: ridge and hip details, turret courses, porch roof transitions. Owners choose between natural cedar, synthetic cedar alternatives, and high-definition architectural asphalt shingles that hold the look with far less upkeep — our Jersey Shore shingle comparison walks through the trade-offs honestly. And because you can’t see a three-story Victorian roof from the ground, we document every project by drone, so you inspect the finished ridges, valleys, and flashing from your porch instead of a ladder.
What Spring Lake homeowners call us for
- Roof replacement — full tear-off, coastal fastening spec, Borough permit handled, most homes finished in a day
- Roof repair — wind-lifted shingles after a blow off the ocean, chimney and dormer flashing leaks, slipped ridge caps
- Siding — cedar, cedar-look, and premium vinyl that stands up to salt air without chalking
- Gutters — sized for big rooflines and the downpours nor’easters deliver
- Windows and doors — tightening century-old openings without cheapening the facade
If a storm did the damage, we document it and work the insurance claim before you spend out of pocket, and financing is available on larger projects.
Nearby
We work the whole stretch of coast around Spring Lake — neighboring Sea Girt, Manasquan, Wall Township, and Asbury Park are usually on the same week’s schedule.
