Roofing in Stewartsville, NJ
Lightning Construction is a veteran-owned roofing contractor serving Stewartsville, New Jersey and the rest of Warren County — GAF-certified, rated 4.9 stars across 264 reviews, with nothing due up front and no change orders. Expect $9,000 to $22,000 for most homes in town.
What roofing in Stewartsville actually involves.
The typical home across the township was built in 1994, and of the 1,758 housing units here the median sits squarely in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Roofs from this period carry more valleys and more square footage than the houses that came before them. Because they were built with plywood and reasonable ventilation, the work here is mostly about the shingle and the valleys.
Big lots and heavy tree cover produce two recurring problems here: north slopes that stay shaded and grow moss, and limb damage after every real storm.
Stewartsville covers about 1 square miles and is home to roughly 5,512 people.
What we build against here
Warren County is farmland and ridges along the Delaware, with winters closer to Pennsylvania's than the shore's, and Stewartsville is part of it. This is the high, cold corner of New Jersey. Warren County carries a design ground snow load of 35 pounds per square foot under the state's construction code — more than double what most of the state is built for. Snow that sits, melts against a warm attic and refreezes at the cold eave is what causes ice dams, and ice dams are what put water into ceilings on houses whose roofs are otherwise fine. 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.
What Stewartsville homeowners get from us
- Nothing due up front — you pay when the job is finished
- The quote is the price — we do not write change orders
- GAF-certified, licensed and insured, NJ HIC 13VH12437000
- Free, unhurried inspection and a written number the same visit
- Permits pulled through the Stewartsville construction office
- Ice-and-water protection specified for Warren County's 35 psf snow load
Stewartsville pricing, and what moves it.
Most roofing projects in Stewartsville land between $9,000 and $22,000. That band covers essentially every house in town. Which end yours falls at is decided at the inspection, not after the work starts. For context, the median home in Stewartsville is valued at about $470,000. 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 Greenwich township and ground snow load is from New Jersey DCA Bulletin 19-1.
Where we work around Stewartsville.
That covers ZIP code 08886.
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Recent Lightning projects around Stewartsville.
“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 Stewartsville 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 1994 and 24% of the stock built before 1980, Stewartsville sees more of that variation than a newer town would. The inspection settles it before you get a number.
Yes — this work is permitted by Stewartsville'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.
It does. Warren County carries a design ground snow load of 35 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. Stewartsville is about 49 miles from our Manalapan base, well inside the area our crews cover daily.
Nothing up front. We finish the job in Stewartsville, you look at it, then you pay. Financing is available and does not change what we quoted.
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 Warren County, including Phillipsburg, Lopatcong and Alpha, take no deposit, and write no change orders.
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