Roofing in Collingswood, NJ
For roofing in Collingswood, New Jersey, Lightning Construction brings GAF-certified crews, a written price that does not move, and no deposit — rated 4.9 stars by 264 New Jersey homeowners. Typical Collingswood jobs land between $9,000 and $22,000.
The Collingswood houses we work on.
Collingswood counts about 6,901 housing units, and the median one went up in 1941 — in the postwar building boom. Close to 91% of them predate 1980. Around 49% of homes here predate 1940 entirely.
Housing from these years was built to a formula — simple gable or hip roofs, plank sheathing, minimal ventilation, and no ice barrier anywhere. The work is usually straightforward once the old layers are off; getting them off is what takes the day.
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.
Collingswood covers about 2 square miles and is home to roughly 14,205 people. The borough dates to 1888.
What we build against here
This is Camden County: a dense inner ring across the river from Philadelphia, thinning into farmland to the east. Nothing extreme happens to roofs in this part of the state. What happens instead is water freezing and thawing, night after night. The mechanism is slow and cumulative: water enters a small defect, expands as it freezes, and leaves the defect slightly larger than it found it. Flashing and underlayment are what stop it, and both are invisible once the job is done — which is exactly why they get skipped.
What Collingswood homeowners get from us
- $0 down — we invoice when the job is complete
- The quote is the price — we do not write change orders
- GAF-certified, licensed and insured, NJ HIC 13VH12437000
- A free inspection and an itemized written estimate, no sales pitch
- Permits pulled through the Collingswood construction office
- 46 miles from our Manalapan base — crews here most weeks
The cost of roofing in Collingswood.
Most roofing projects in Collingswood 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 Collingswood is valued at about $380,000. 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 Collingswood borough.
Our coverage in and around Collingswood.
Within the town we cover Knight Park. Zip codes 08107 and 08108 are all inside our normal service area. Immediate neighbors are Camden, Cherry Hill, Haddon Township, Oaklyn and Pennsauken Township, and we work in every one.
More for your Collingswood home.
Recent Lightning projects around Collingswood.
“Honest about everything. They showed up on time, kept the property clean, and the roof came out amazing. Made everything stress free.”
Straight answers.
Roofing in Collingswood 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 1941, 91% of the stock built before 1980 and a lot of attached and multi-family building, Collingswood sees more of that variation than a newer town would. That is all visible at the free inspection, so the written number accounts for it.
Yes — this work is permitted by Collingswood's own construction office under New Jersey's Uniform Construction Code. Handling the permit and the inspection is part of what we do, and it is already in the price.
Older houses hold more surprises, which is exactly why we look before we quote. Around 91% of the housing in Collingswood is pre-1980, and that vintage often means decking or flashing work on top of the covering itself.
A single day covers most homes here — tear-off, deck repair, dry-in and the new roof, start to finish. Collingswood is about 46 miles from our Manalapan base, well inside the area our crews cover daily.
No deposit, in Collingswood or anywhere else we work. Nothing is due until the job is finished and you have walked it with us. Financing is available if you would rather spread the cost, and it does not change the quoted price.
Three things separate us: no deposit, no change orders, and a written price that holds. We are GAF-certified, veteran-owned, NJ HIC 13VH12437000, rated 4.9 from 264 reviews, and we work across Camden County, including Camden, Cherry Hill and Haddon.
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Roofing in Collingswood?
Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Collingswood home.