Roofing in Union, NJ
Lightning Construction is a veteran-owned roofing contractor serving Union, New Jersey and the rest of Union 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.
Roofing in Union, house by house.
The typical home across the township was built in 1956, and of the 22,068 housing units here the median sits squarely in the postwar building boom. Roughly 78% were standing before 1980.
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.
Union is home to about 61,071 people.
What Union weather does to a house
Union County is tight, established suburbs with housing mostly built before 1960, and Union is part of it. 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.
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 Union construction office
- 28 miles from our Manalapan base — crews here most weeks
The cost of roofing in Union.
Most roofing projects in Union 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 Union is valued at about $450,000. 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 Union township.
Our coverage in and around Union.
Our roofing coverage in Union takes in Vauxhall as well — same crews, same pricing, same written estimate. We work throughout ZIP codes 07083 and 07088.
More for your Union home.
Recent Lightning projects around Union.
“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 Union 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 1956 and 78% of the stock built before 1980, Union 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 Union'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.
Not harder, but less predictable. About 78% of homes in Union were built before 1980, and on houses that age we regularly find board decking, more than one layer of shingle, or flashing that was never done properly. We inspect for all three before quoting.
A single day covers most homes here — tear-off, deck repair, dry-in and the new roof, start to finish. Union is about 28 miles from our Manalapan base, well inside the area our crews cover daily.
Yes — Vauxhall is part of the same municipality as Union, and our crews cover the whole of it at the same pricing.
Nothing up front. We finish the job in Union, 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 Union County, including Kenilworth, Hillside and Roselle Park, take no deposit, and write no change orders.
Roofing in Union?
Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Union home.