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Roofing, Siding, Windows & Doors in Audubon, NJ
Get Your Free Estimate in AudubonAudubon is a classic streetcar borough of tree-lined blocks and front porches, minutes from the bridge, and that shapes every exterior project we take on here. The housing is 1900s through 1940s colonials, capes, twins and American foursquares with their original details, many still carrying box gutters and old flashing, under mature street trees that keep gutters full and roofs shaded. The work is about replacing systems that have been patched for eighty years without losing what makes these houses worth living in.
Audubon, Block by Block
The land was farms and mills from the late 1600s, and two of the first homesteads still stand: the Low-Stokes-Nicholson house from about 1732 and the Mansion House from about 1740. When the Atlantic City Railroad arrived in the 1880s the farms were subdivided into three communities, Audubon, Cedarcroft and Orston, and houses followed the stations built in the 1890s. The borough was created from Haddon Township on March 13, 1905, and named for John James Audubon, who had studied the birds here in 1829; Audubon Park split off after a referendum in 1947. Nearly everything on these blocks went up between the stations and the war, and it is aging together.
The station blocks and the Merchant Street core
Around the old Audubon station and Merchant Street, the borough's center is the foursquares, colonials and twins of the 1900s through 1920s, on small lots with deep porches, hipped and gabled roofs over plank decking, box gutters built into the cornice, and original wood under later siding. These are the most detailed houses in town, and the neighbors see every job; matching the proportions and doing the flashing right is the whole point.
Orston, Cedarcroft and the Kings Highway side
The Orston and Cedarcroft ends of the borough, laid out from the same 1880s subdivisions, and the blocks along Kings Highway toward Haddon Heights and Oaklyn hold the 1920s and 1930s colonials and twins, and the trees on these streets are the oldest and the tallest. Shade, moss on the north slopes, leaves in the gutters and limbs on the roof after every storm figure into how we spec a roof and where we look for rot.
The pike side and the Audubon Park line
Toward the White Horse Pike, Nicholson Road and the Audubon Park and Mount Ephraim lines the housing is a little later, the capes and colonials of the 1930s and 1940s that finished the borough, with simpler rooflines, aluminum or first-generation vinyl windows and siding that was never backed by a weather barrier. Most of what we do here is full replacement of a system installed before the war and patched since.
Roofing in Audubon
Mature street trees keep gutters full and roofs shaded, and many homes still carry original box gutters and old flashing that need expert hands. When a roof here comes due we replace it as a system: wind-rated architectural shingles from Owens Corning and CertainTeed, algae-resistant on the shaded lots, a high-wind nailing pattern, a sealed starter course at the eaves and rakes, ice and water shield past the code minimum at eaves, valleys, dormers and every wall intersection, and hip-and-ridge from the same system so the roof carries one warranty.
On a foursquare or a colonial the roof is hipped or gabled with dormers and porch roofs over plank decking, and the flashing and the box gutters are most of the job; we strip to the boards, replace what is soft, rebuild or line the gutters properly and flash every transition. On a twin we coordinate with the neighbor where the roofs meet and flash the party wall instead of caulking it.
Siding in Audubon
The character of Audubon's housing, 1920s through 1940s colonials, capes and American foursquares with original details, is exactly what our siding consultations start from. We install CertainTeed vinyl and fiber cement lines over a proper weather barrier, in the clapboard, shake and shingle profiles these houses were built with, and we match exposure, corner boards and trim so a foursquare still reads as a foursquare from the street.
The value is in what you do not see: stripping the old aluminum or asbestos-era cladding rather than covering it, repairing sheathing rot at the corners, under the windows and behind the porch roof where eighty years of weather has been getting in, and adding insulation board where the wall allows so the house is warmer and quieter afterward. On these houses we tell you what is under the aluminum before anything is covered.
Window Replacement in Audubon
Older twins and rowhomes here often still carry drafty originals, sometimes fifty years old or more, that bleed heat and let street noise straight through. We fix that with ProVia Aspect and Endure lines, custom-built for each opening, ENERGY STAR certified, in the tall double-hung, casement and picture configurations these houses were built around, with grille patterns chosen from the house rather than a catalog.
On a foursquare the openings are tall and out of square, so each unit is measured individually and set into a cleaned and repaired frame with the interior stops and exterior trim finished to match. On a 1940s cape the aluminum sliders come out in a day and the new units go in flashed and sealed the way a window is flashed now. A full house is often a single day.
Entry Doors in Audubon
The right entry door lifts the whole front of a house, and Audubon's 1920s through 1940s colonials reward it. Our door lineup is ProVia top to bottom: Legacy steel for value and strength, Ascent fiberglass, and Signet fiberglass with stained wood grain finishes for the porches where a wood look is what the house expects, in the panel layouts, glass patterns and sidelight configurations that suit a colonial's centered entry or a twin's paired doors.
We pay close attention to the threshold, the sweep, the weatherstripping and the storm door pairing, because that is where a door fails first, and on a deep shaded porch we make sure the sill sheds water. A same-size replacement into the existing opening is usually a single day; when a 1920s frame has settled we tell you before the door is ordered.
Audubon Neighborhoods and Zip Codes We Work In
Audubon is a compact borough and we cover all of it. These are the areas homeowners use to describe where they live.
That covers the station blocks, Merchant Street, Orston, Cedarcroft, Kings Highway, the White Horse Pike corridor, Nicholson Road, the Audubon Park line, the Haddon Heights line, the Oaklyn line and the Mount Ephraim line.
The borough's zip code is 08106. We also work Audubon Park, Haddon Heights, Oaklyn and Mount Ephraim next door, and the links below take you to each.
Permits and Inspections
Roofing, siding and window replacement in Audubon go through the borough construction office at Borough Hall, under the state Uniform Construction Code. Most of what we do here is permitted and inspected, and we build the inspection into the schedule so the deck and underlayment are seen before the shingles go on.
We pull the permits, pay the fee, coordinate the inspections and close the job out as part of the work rather than as your homework, and on a twin we coordinate with the neighbor before the first shingle comes off.
Audubon Questions We Hear
Our box gutters leak. Replace them or line them?
Usually line them properly, with the wood repaired first, so the house keeps its cornice. Where they are too far gone we rebuild them to the same profile. Either way they stop leaking.
Our foursquare roof has a hip and three dormers. Can you handle it?
Yes, and it is the kind of roof we like. The shingles are the easy part; the flashing at every dormer, valley and porch transition is where the job is won or lost, and we strip to the plank deck and do all of it properly.
My roof has two layers already. Can you put a third on?
No, and you would not want us to. Two layers is the code limit, and a third hides whatever the first two have been doing to the deck. We strip to the boards, replace what is soft and start clean.
We share a wall with the neighbor. How does that work?
We coordinate with them before we start, flash the party wall properly where the roofs meet, and finish our side so the two halves still read as one building. It is routine on Audubon's twins.
There is aluminum siding on our old house. What is under it?
Usually the original wood, sometimes in fine shape, sometimes not. We open a section before quoting so you know what you are dealing with, and we never side over rot.
Our north slope under the street trees stays green. Is that a problem?
Moss and algae hold moisture against the shingle and shorten its life. Algae-resistant shingles, proper attic ventilation and keeping the gutters clear are the fixes, and we spec the first two into every roof on the tree-lined blocks.
Do you handle the borough permits?
Yes, the application, the fee, the inspection scheduling and the close-out through Borough Hall. It is part of the job, not your homework.
How long does a typical Audubon job take?
A cape roof is usually a single day once materials are on site, a foursquare or a colonial can run longer because of the flashing and the gutters, siding runs a few days depending on trim and repair, and a full window replacement is often a day. We give you a schedule at the estimate and hold to it.
Do you offer financing?
Yes. Ask about financing at the estimate and we will walk you through the options before you commit to anything.
Get a Free Estimate
Talk to us before your next exterior project in Audubon. The estimate is free, the number is (609) 623-5523, and the advice is honest either way: we come to you, walk the roof and the gutters, check the attic and the sills, and give you a real number and a schedule before you decide anything. Nearby, our crews also serve Audubon Park, Haddon Heights, Oaklyn and Mount Ephraim, and the links below take you to each.