Roof Contractor in Union City, NJ | Gaby Roofing
Family-owned roofing contractor in Union City NJ for 23+ years. Modified bitumen torch down, Tri-Built 985 silicone coatings, Owens Corning shingle work — written warranties, free evaluations, and we know the Union City building department by name.
Roofing Services
in Union City
As Union City’s hometown roofer — we’re headquartered on JFK Boulevard — we know every roof along Bergenline Avenue, Summit Ave, and the dense walkup grid down to Palisade. Most are flat: Firestone torch-down modified bitumen, Tri-Built 985 silicone restorations, and emergency leak repair. Shingle work shows up on the few freestanding single-families and exterior siding rounds out the whole-exterior projects. Our 23+ year relationship with Union City’s Construction Code Office on Palisade Avenue means Damian knows the inspectors by first name and permit pulls move in days, not weeks.
Flat Roofing
Modified bitumen torch-down and Tri-Built 985 silicone coatings — the systems that hold up to Union City winters and Hudson humidity.
Learn more →Shingle Roofing
Owens Corning architectural shingles for the pitched roofs you’ll find around Union City and the surrounding Hudson County area.
Learn more →Exterior Siding
Hardie board, vinyl, and full façade replacements — paired with roofing for whole-exterior projects.
Learn more →Union City Was Built on Flat Roofs
This is Gaby Roofing’s home turf — our shop sits at 4404 Kennedy Blvd — so we’ll say it plainly: Union City is a flat-roof town. One of the densest cities in America fits its people into attached row homes and walkup apartment buildings, shoulder to shoulder from Bergenline Avenue across to Palisade, and nearly every one of those buildings tops out in a low-slope membrane roof. Walk far enough, though, and the pitched roofs appear — and when a Union City homeowner needs shingles, we install the same architectural systems we put on houses across Hudson County: Owens Corning, GAF, CertainTeed, full tear-off every time. Flat roof repair and replacement in Union City, NJ is the core of the business and has been for 23 years, with shingle roofing a strong second. We know these roofs from the inside — the layered old membranes, the tired scuppers, the parapets shared with the neighbor on each side.
Silicone restoration over a Hudson County flat roof.
Row Homes Wall to Wall: Roofing Logistics and Drainage in Union City
In Union City, the roof work is often the easy part — getting to the roof is the challenge. Buildings here touch on both sides. Side-yard access is rare, rear access rarer, and on plenty of jobs every roll of membrane goes up through the building or over the front face. We plan tear-offs around those constraints: dumpster placement on tight streets, debris chuted instead of carried, neighbors notified before the first torch lights.
Drainage deserves equal attention, because most Union City, NJ flat roofs have almost no pitch. Water that can’t find a scupper finds your ceiling instead. We clear and resize scuppers, add drains where the roof needs them, and use tapered insulation to push water where it should go rather than letting it pond where it shouldn’t.
Shared parapet walls get new flashing tied cleanly into the neighbor’s side, because half the leaks on attached buildings start at that wall. Gaby Roofing has repeated this process on hundreds of local row homes — it’s a system now, not an experiment.
Union City’s tightly-packed row homes share parapet walls with neighbors on both sides, which means staging, scheduling, and tear-off logistics matter as much as the actual roof work. We’ve done several hundred of them. Side-yard access is rare, rear-yard access is rarer, and the freight elevator approach we developed for Bergenline Avenue 4-unit walkups saves at least a half-day per project.
Union City Roofing
Permits, Inspections, &
The Building Department
Gaby Roofing’s shop is a short drive from Union City’s Construction Code Office, and after 23+ years of regular filings there, the process holds no mysteries for us.
- Hometown turnaround — paperwork hand-delivered when that’s faster than waiting
- Staging and tear-off plans built for blocks where buildings touch on both sides
- Owner and tenant scheduling for Bergenline-area walkups, so nobody is displaced mid-job
- Every inspection booked and met by our crew, not left to the homeowner
The 25% Rule in Union City
Because Union City’s row homes are old and tightly packed, most of the roofs we open up have a history — layer over layer, patch over patch. That history is exactly what New Jersey’s 25% rule polices.
Once repairs exceed 25% of the roof area in any 12-month period, you’re no longer repairing; you’re replacing — and the full roof must be brought to current code with ice-and-water shield, drip edge, and proper underlayment. The code also limits how many layers can sit on a roof before tear-off is required. A landlord patching a Union City, NJ walkup leak by leak can cross that line without realizing it. We track the math on every estimate and give you the honest call: contained repair, code-compliant replacement, or a silicone restoration in between. Guessing wrong invites failed inspections, pulled permits, and trouble at closing.
For Union City homeowners, this matters because patchwork repairs on an aging flat roof can quickly cross the 25% line. We assess every job up-front and tell you exactly where you stand: small repair, full replacement, or a silicone restoration that rides between the two.
Why it matters: doing this wrong opens you up to permit revocation, failed inspections, and insurance issues at sale time.
Local Union City Roofing Company
Union City isn’t a market Gaby Roofing serves — it’s where we live and work. Headquarters on Kennedy Blvd, crews from the neighborhoods we work in, and a customer base close enough that we drive past our old roofs every single day. That proximity keeps us honest: if a roof we installed has a problem, we hear about it fast, and warranty calls get handled in a day, not a month.
Dial 201-638-8556 and you’re talking to a roofer; book an estimate and the owner climbs the ladder himself. Twenty-three years in Union City, NJ, family-owned, licensed, bonded, and insured under NJHIC #13VH11705800 — and still doing business the neighborhood way, with the 4.9-star Google rating our neighbors gave us.
What Our Union City Clients Say
Recent reviews from homeowners and property managers around the city.
“Gaby Roofing just completed our home roof. We are 125% happy with the results and work exhibited by the entire crew!”
“Outstanding Roofing Job! I recently had my roof done in Union City by Damien and his crew, and I couldn’t be more impressed with the results.”
“Gaby Roofing did a great job with my roof replacement in Union City. No surprises, punctual and highly responsive throughout the whole project.”
Roofing FAQ — Union City
Get a Free Union City Roof Inspection
Gaby Roofing is based right here on Kennedy Blvd, which means a Union City inspection barely costs us a drive. Free evaluation, an honest verdict, written pricing — usually within days of your call. Reach Damian at 201-638-8556.