Roofing in Wallington, NJ
Lightning Construction installs and repairs roofing in Wallington, New Jersey — a veteran-owned, GAF-certified contractor covering Bergen County with no deposit, no change orders and a 4.9-star rating from 264 reviews. Most Wallington projects run $14,000 to $35,000.
Roofing in Wallington, house by house.
Wallington counts about 4,988 housing units, and the median one went up in 1961 — through the 1960s and early 1970s. Roughly 84% were standing before 1980.
Roofs from this period step up and down across the house, so a single home can carry three or four separate planes meeting walls. Done properly, those junctions stop being a maintenance item; done with sealant, they come back every few years.
Attached and multi-family housing dominates here, so most roofs are low-slope rather than shingled — modified bitumen, TPO and EPDM — and the job gets staged from the street. We price it as flat roofing because that is what it is.
Wallington packs roughly 11,889 people into about 1 square miles, so staging a job here means working off the street and keeping the sidewalk clear. Wallington was incorporated in 1894, 132 years ago. It was carved out of Bergen Township.
The conditions this work has to survive
This is Bergen County: New Jersey's most populous county, running from the Hudson palisades out to Ramapo foothills. Nothing extreme happens to roofs in this part of the state. What happens instead is water freezing and thawing, night after night. Water gets into a small opening, freezes, widens it, and comes back the next night. Over a few seasons that is what turns a nail pop into a leak, and a hairline crack in flashing into a stained ceiling. Flashing and underlayment are what stop it, and both are invisible once the job is done — which is exactly why they get skipped. Ground near Passaic River holds water longer, which puts more demand on drainage than a drier lot half a mile away.
What is included, every time
- No deposit; payment comes after the work does
- The quote is the price — we do not write change orders
- GAF-certified, licensed and insured, NJ HIC 13VH12437000
- Free inspection and a written estimate, with no pressure
- Permits pulled through the Wallington construction office
- 41 miles from our Manalapan base — crews here most weeks
The cost of roofing in Wallington.
Most roofing projects in Wallington land between $14,000 and $35,000. That range reflects the size of house that is typical here rather than a starting price for the smallest job we do. For context, the median home in Wallington is valued at about $530,000. Attached and multi-family buildings price differently again, and we quote those per building rather than per unit. 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 Wallington borough.
Our coverage in and around Wallington.
We work throughout ZIP code 07057. Immediate neighbors are Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Garfield, South Hackensack and Wood-Ridge, and we work in every one.
More for your Wallington home.
Recent Lightning projects around Wallington.
“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 Wallington typically runs $14,000 to $35,000. 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 1961, 84% of the stock built before 1980 and a lot of attached and multi-family building, Wallington sees more of that variation than a newer town would. The inspection settles it before you get a number.
Yes. New Jersey issues construction permits at the municipal level, so a roof in Wallington is permitted through the local construction office under the state Uniform Construction Code. We pull it and meet the inspector; you file nothing.
It changes what we look for. With roughly 84% of Wallington housing predating 1980, plank decking, stacked layers and improvised flashing are all common — so the inspection covers them and the written estimate reflects whatever is actually there.
Most residential roofs are torn off and replaced in a single day — crews start early, strip, dry-in and finish the same afternoon. Wallington is about 41 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 Wallington runs about 38%, 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 Wallington, 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 Bergen County, including Carlstadt, East Rutherford and Garfield, take no deposit, and write no change orders.
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Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Wallington home.