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Roofing contractor in Newtown, PA
A Penn-era borough where most houses predate 1940, wrapped by a township built mostly in the 1980s and 1990s, where nearly half the homes share a wall and a roofline.
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Roofing in Newtown
Newtown’s houses and their roofs.
Our office is on University Drive in Newtown Township, so this is the town we drive through every morning. It is really two towns. The borough, half a square mile laid out around a common in 1683 and 1684, was the county seat until 1813, and the census counts 58 percent of its 961 homes as built before 1940.
The township around it went from about 4,500 people in 1980 to more than 18,000 by 2000. Eight in ten of its houses date from 1980 or later, and 44.5 percent are single-family attached: townhouse rows where one continuous roof covers several owners.
Those two housing stocks need different conversations. A frame Queen Anne with a turret and steep cross gables is detail work with historic-district questions attached. A 1988 townhouse row is a scheduling question, because the association usually decides when its roofs are replaced and with what.
Know the house
Roofs you’ll find around Newtown.
Borough Queen Annes and Gothic Revivals
Most of the historic district's later buildings are two-and-a-half-story frame houses with projecting dormers, turrets, cross gables and steep pitches. Every one of those intersections is a valley or a flashing detail, and that is where leaks begin long before the open field of shingles wears out.
Early stone houses
On the Sycamore Street side of town, the buildings put up before 1850 are largely stone, with plain gable roofs. The walls are rarely the problem. Chimney and gable-end flashing that has been patched for generations usually is.
Township townhouse rows
Nearly half of township homes are attached. When one owner re-roofs, the new shingles meet the neighbor's at a party wall, and many associations fix the shingle line and color for the whole row, so the board's answer comes before our quote.
1980s and 1990s single homes
Colonials from the township's building boom, now 25 to 45 years old and often on their second roof. Before quoting the third, we check the deck, the valleys and whether the attic ventilation ever matched what the shingle maker requires.
What the April 1, 2023 tornado left behind
On the evening of April 1, 2023, the National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado, 95 to 105 mph, that formed in Wrightstown and ran nearly four miles into Newtown Township in about four minutes. It uprooted trees at the community college campus and on Valley View Drive, damaged homes on Skyview Way and in Tyler Walk, and ended near the cemetery at Washington Avenue and Elm Street.
Most wind damage here is quieter than that: a limb across the shingles, tabs lifted along a ridge. After a big blow, scan your ridges and rakes from the yard. Creased or missing pieces deserve a free inspection before the next rain.
Services in Newtown
What we do for Newtown homes.
Free Roof Inspection in Newtown
Free, about 45 to 60 minutes. On a borough house we photograph the existing material and details first, because that record is how you prove to the borough that a job matches the original.
Roof Replacement in Newtown
Tear-off to the deck, new flashing at every dormer and turret wall, Owens Corning Duration as the standard shingle, and on most township houses the whole roof done in one day.
Storm Damage & Insurance Claims in Newtown
After a wind event like April 2023, we document what the storm did, meet your adjuster at no charge and send supplements for anything hidden under the shingles.
Roof Repair in Newtown
A township roof installed in the last ten years rarely needs replacing; when it leaks, it's usually a pipe boot or flashing, and we repair just that.
Also available in Newtown: Siding · Commercial Roofing
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From our Google reviews
“Dave and his team at Mission Roof were wonderful to work with. First, Dave’s insight and knowledge was invaluable (from picking the shingle type, to explaining ice shield and drip edge, to sharing some concerns about our chimneys stability). Although we had a small existing leak already, he gave us a really detailed summary and view of the current condition of the whole roof to help us decide what we wanted to do next. He also outlined all the various ways to improve our current roof configuration (e.g removing an old attic fan that was too small to adequately cool the attic - in exchange for a ridge vent system that is already much better at cooling the space, adding bathroom fan vents where they were missing, replacing old sheeting, and more). His team was respectful, efficient, and diligent. They kept trash contained, used magnets to find dropped nails, and left the place better than they found it. We are so happy with the result - both in appearance and function.”
Newtown questions
Roofing in Newtown, answered.
Something else? Call or text (484) 647-7466, or read the full questions & answers.
Do I need HARB approval to re-roof a house in Newtown Borough's historic district?
It depends on what goes back on. The borough HARB does not review replacements-in-kind, where the new material matches the old in type, style, dimension and texture. A switch to a different material, or a replacement that doesn't match the original exactly, needs a Certificate of Appropriateness, and applications are due at least 30 days before the HARB meeting.
Is the township's historic district under the same rules as the borough's?
No. Newtown Township has its own historic preservation chapter, and work in its historic district needs a certificate from the Board of Supervisors after a township HARB recommendation. If your house is in that district, ask the township early; either way, we pull every permit the job requires.
My township townhouse shares one roof with two neighbors. Can my section be done alone?
Physically, yes: a section can be torn off and tied in cleanly at each party wall. Permission is your association's call, and many specify the shingle and color. Get that answer first, and we'll give you a photographed, written scope to bring to the board.
Your office is in Newtown. Does that make you faster to get here?
It shortens the drive, not the process. Estimates are scheduled within a few days, usually sooner, and once you're a customer your project manager answers the same day during business hours, usually within an hour. For an active leak, nights and weekends are fine.
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(484) 647-7466That’s (484) MISSION · team@mission-roof.org
- Hours
- Mon–Sat 8 am – 4 pm
- Office
- 41 University Dr, Suite 400
Newtown, PA 18940