Our Credentials

Issued by the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs. Every contractor in the business of making or selling home improvements in New Jersey has to be registered — there is no dollar threshold that exempts small jobs, though a separate rule requires any home-improvement contract of $500 or more to be in writing. Verifiable at njconsumeraffairs.gov. The registration number appears on every contract, every COI, and every permit we pull on your behalf.

Standard coverage required by most NJ property managers and condo associations for contractor work on their properties. We can name your property, management company, or condo board as additional insured on request — COI typically issued within 24 hours of award.

Every installer on our crew is covered by NJ workers' comp — required by law and protects you from liability if a crew member is injured on your property. We don't subcontract to day-labor uncovered crews; our installers are W-2 employees with full benefits.

GAF is the largest roofing manufacturer in North America, and its certified tier requires a contractor to be properly licensed, insured, and in good standing. You can look us up in GAF's own contractor directory — the listing carries our Garfield address. What the directory says there is what we are: the entry certification tier. Master Elite and Master Select are GAF's higher tiers, with requirements we haven't met. A contractor's tier shows on their directory listing, so check ours the way you'd check anyone's.

Two warranties sit on a finished roof and they fail in different ways. The manufacturer's covers the shingle — a defect in the product itself, which is rare. Ours covers the hands that put it on: the flashing, the fasteners, the seams and the transitions. In practice the second one is the one that gets called, because most roofs that leak early leak at a detail rather than in the middle of a shingle field. Ours runs ten years and transfers with the property, so it is worth something to the next owner rather than expiring at your closing. Ask any contractor you are comparing for the term and whether it transfers, and ask for it in writing — under N.J.A.C. 13:45A-16.2 any warranty offered verbally has to appear in the contract anyway.

We're an independent installer, not a single-brand dealer — we install across the major manufacturer lines and pick the right product for the roof or the opening instead of pushing whichever brand pays us the largest volume discount. Be clear on what that does and does not mean, because the distinction gets blurred in sales pitches: we install Owens Corning and CertainTeed shingles, and we are a certified contractor with GAF only. Some contractors hold credentials with several manufacturers, which lets them register that manufacturer's enhanced system warranty; on an Owens Corning or CertainTeed roof from us you get the standard product warranty plus our own ten-year workmanship warranty, not an enhanced registered system. If an enhanced manufacturer system warranty is what you specifically want, say so early and we will tell you honestly whether we can register it. The commitment we make on every job is on method: the crew pulls the manufacturer's current installation instructions for the exact product going on, and those instructions are on site during the install, not filed at the shop. Ask to see the sheet on your own job — the flashing sequence and fastener schedule on it are specific to that product, and you can hold the finished work against them.

For larger commercial projects (typically $50K+), we provide performance bonds and payment bonds through licensed surety partners. Most commercial GCs and property managers require bonding on projects over a certain threshold; we have ongoing relationships with surety underwriters for quick turnaround.

We have a business file at bbb.org carrying our name, address, and phone. Worth knowing what that is and isn't before you weigh it: BBB Accreditation is a separate, fee-bearing status a business applies for and has to qualify for — it is not a substitute for a State credential, and its absence is not a mark against a contractor. What it does not tell you either way is whether the crew flashes a sill pan correctly. The credential you can independently check is our NJHIC registration, #13VH13970900, which the Division of Consumer Affairs lookup returns with its current status and the registered name and address. Operating out of the same Garfield shop since 2009 is our own account of ourselves, not something a State database attests to — so ask us for job references from whichever year you want to test, and call them.