Roofing in Clifton, NJ
Lightning Construction installs and repairs roofing in Clifton, New Jersey — a veteran-owned, GAF-certified contractor covering Passaic County with no deposit, no change orders and a 4.9-star rating from 264 reviews. Typical Clifton jobs land between $9,000 and $22,000.
Roofing in Clifton, house by house.
The typical home in Clifton was built in 1951, and of the 34,611 housing units here the median sits squarely in the postwar building boom. About 84% of the stock is pre-1980. A little over 31% were standing before 1940.
The Capes and ranches from this stretch went up fast and plain: one-by-six plank decking, a single layer of three-tab, gable vents and little else. Most have been re-roofed at least twice since, and second and third layers are common — which is why an honest estimate starts with how many layers are actually up there.
Single-family houses sit alongside two- and three-families on the same streets, which means pitched and low-slope roofs a few doors apart. They are different jobs with different materials and different prices.
Clifton packs roughly 89,379 people into about 11 square miles, so staging a job here means working off the street and keeping the sidewalk clear. Clifton was incorporated in 1917, 109 years ago.
What we build against here
This is Passaic County: historic mill towns in the south and lake communities up in the highlands. This is the high, cold corner of New Jersey. The code figure for Passaic County is 40 psf of ground snow load — a real number with real consequences. What actually damages houses is not the load but the ice dam that forms when a warm attic melts the underside of the snow and the cold eave freezes it again. The fix is not a bigger gutter; it is ice-and-water shield carried well past the interior wall line, and a ventilated attic that keeps the deck cold. Properties near Passaic River and Weasel Brook also sit lower and stay damper, and that shows up first at the roof edge and in the basement.
What the estimate covers
- $0 down — we invoice when the job is complete
- No mid-job add-ons, ever
- GAF-certified, licensed and insured, NJ HIC 13VH12437000
- Free inspection and a written estimate, with no pressure
- Permits pulled through the Clifton construction office
- Ice-and-water protection specified for Passaic County's 40 psf snow load
What roofing costs in Clifton.
Most roofing projects in Clifton land between $9,000 and $22,000. The lower half of that range covers most straightforward houses in town; the upper half is where you get into steep pitches, multiple layers to remove, or decking that has to be replaced. For context, the median home in Clifton is valued at about $460,000. The number on your estimate is the number you pay — we do not write change orders.
Housing figures are American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates for Clifton city and ground snow load is from New Jersey DCA Bulletin 19-1.
Our coverage in and around Clifton.
We work throughout ZIP codes 07011, 07012, 07013, 07014 and 07015. Clifton borders Paterson, Woodland Park, Elmwood Park, Garfield and Lyndhurst, and we are on those streets most weeks of the year.
More for your Clifton home.
Recent Lightning projects around Clifton.
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Straight answers.
Roofing in Clifton typically runs $9,000 to $22,000. What moves a given house within that band is size, pitch and what is already on the roof — and with a median build year of 1951 and 84% of the stock built before 1980, Clifton sees more of that variation than a newer town would. We work that out at the inspection, not after the job starts.
You do, and we take care of it. Permits for a roof come from the Clifton construction office under the state Uniform Construction Code, and we pull the permit, schedule the inspection and meet the inspector ourselves.
It does. Passaic County carries a design ground snow load of 40 pounds per square foot under New Jersey's construction code — among the highest in the state. In practice that means ice-and-water shield carried well up the eaves and a properly ventilated attic, because ice dams, not the weight itself, are what damage homes here.
One day, for the large majority of houses. The crew arrives at first light, strips the old roof, dries the deck in and finishes before dark. Clifton is about 41 miles from our Manalapan base, well inside the area our crews cover daily.
Indirectly, yes. Properties near Passaic River sit lower and stay damper, which speeds up moss and algae growth on shaded slopes and puts more demand on gutters and downspouts than a drier lot a mile away.
You pay when the work is done and you are satisfied with it — there is no deposit and no progress payment. Financing exists if you want it, at the same price.
Lightning Construction is veteran-owned and GAF-certified, registered in New Jersey as Home Improvement Contractor 13VH12437000, and rated 4.9 stars across 264 Google reviews. We cover Passaic County, including Paterson, Woodland Park and Elmwood Park, take no deposit, and write no change orders.
Roofing in Clifton?
Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Clifton home.