Roofing in Lincoln Park, Cranford

For a typical Union County house in architectural shingle it is well above the published $11,000 to $18,500. For a large or steep roof with a full redeck and a 50-year system warranty it may not be: at the $14 to $18 per square foot a New Jersey roofer gave for that scope, 2,000 square feet of roof comes to $28,000 to $36,000. Ask which warranty level and how much decking the number includes. The total alone tells you little; the itemized lines tell you a lot.

The New Jersey HIC registration number on the quote, which the Division of Consumer Affairs will confirm; a written contract for anything over $500, with the three-day cancellation notice; a roofer who goes on the roof rather than pricing an older Cranford house from a drone image; materials named; and both warranties in writing, the manufacturer's with its conditions and the roofer's own workmanship term. A good one will also tell you when a young roof should go back to whoever installed it.

It can be, if you know what the 50 years covers. Published guides describe the strongest version as a full-system, non-prorated manufacturer warranty available only through installers the manufacturer has certified, and one leading shingle maker limits its lifetime warranty to single-family detached homes owned by individuals. The price is in the scope: a New Jersey roofer put a complete system with a 50-year warranty and a full redeck at $14 to $18 per square foot of roof. And it covers the materials, not how they were installed, so ask the roofer's own workmanship term too.

Published 2026 figures put most New Jersey replacements at $9,000 to $40,000 or more, and most North Jersey asphalt roofs on single-family homes at $9,000 to $25,000. Closer to home, a Union County guide puts architectural shingle on an 1,800 to 2,200 square foot home at $11,000 to $18,500, and a roofer serving Cranford publishes $10,000 to $20,000 or more. Size, pitch, layers and the warranty level move it, so yours is a written quote once the roof has been seen.