Roofing in Kearny, NJ
Lightning Construction installs and repairs roofing in Kearny, New Jersey — a veteran-owned, GAF-certified contractor covering Hudson County with no deposit, no change orders and a 4.9-star rating from 264 reviews. Most Kearny projects run $9,000 to $22,000.
Roofing in Kearny, house by house.
The typical home in Kearny was built in 1951, and of the 15,367 housing units here the median sits squarely in the postwar building boom. Close to 80% of them predate 1980. A little over 38% were standing before 1940.
These are small, simple roofs on small, simple houses, sheathed in planks and originally vented through the gable ends alone. 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.
The mix of single-family houses and two- and three-family homes here means both pitched and low-slope roofs on the same block, and the two are genuinely different jobs with different materials and prices.
Kearny covers about 10 square miles and is home to roughly 40,614 people. At roughly 7 feet above sea level, drainage matters as much as the roof itself. Kearny has been its own borough since 1867. It was carved out of Harrison Township.
What we build against here
Hudson County is the most densely built county in New Jersey, where most roofs are flat and most walls are shared, and Kearny is part of it. Inland New Jersey does not have one dramatic weather problem; it has the freeze-thaw cycle, and it runs all winter. Every cycle widens whatever gap the last one made. A nail pop becomes a leak, a hairline split in flashing becomes a stained ceiling, and none of it happens fast enough to notice. Flashing and underlayment are what stop it, and both are invisible once the job is done — which is exactly why they get skipped. Properties near Passaic River also sit lower and stay damper, and that shows up first at the roof edge and in the basement.
How we work in this town
- $0 down — we invoice when the job is complete
- The quote is the price — we do not write change orders
- Licensed and insured in New Jersey, HIC 13VH12437000, GAF-certified
- A free inspection and an itemized written estimate, no sales pitch
- Permits pulled through the Kearny construction office
- 34 miles from our Manalapan base — crews here most weeks
What roofing costs in Kearny.
Most roofing projects in Kearny 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 Kearny 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 Kearny town.
Our coverage in and around Kearny.
Within the town we cover Arlington, New Jersey, Schuylers Corner and West Arlington. That covers ZIP codes 07032 and 07099. Kearny borders East Newark, Harrison, Lyndhurst and North Arlington, and we are on those streets most weeks of the year.
More for your Kearny home.
Recent Lightning projects around Kearny.
“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 Kearny 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, 80% of the stock built before 1980 and a lot of attached and multi-family building, Kearny 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 Kearny construction office under the state Uniform Construction Code, and we pull the permit, schedule the inspection and meet the inspector ourselves.
Older houses hold more surprises, which is exactly why we look before we quote. Around 80% of the housing in Kearny is pre-1980, and that vintage often means decking or flashing work on top of the covering itself.
Most residential roofs are torn off and replaced in a single day — crews start early, strip, dry-in and finish the same afternoon. Kearny is about 34 miles from our Manalapan base, well inside the area our crews cover daily.
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do here — owner-occupancy in Kearny runs about 43%, so most buildings are owned by someone other than the occupant. We quote per building, schedule around tenants, and the no-deposit terms are the same.
Nothing up front. We finish the job in Kearny, you look at it, then you pay. Financing is available and does not change what we quoted.
We are a veteran-owned NJ contractor — HIC 13VH12437000, GAF-certified, 4.9 stars from 264 reviews — working throughout Hudson County, including East Newark, Harrison and Lyndhurst. You pay nothing up front and the quoted number is the number.
Roofing in Kearny?
Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Kearny home.