Find the entry point first
Patching the stain treats the symptom. The repair goes where the water gets in, which is usually a flashing, a seam, a drain or a parapet.
The roofing work we do in New York, NY and on Long Island
Flat roofs, parapets and city rules in the boroughs. Shingles, slate, gutters and siding on Long Island. Phones answered around the clock.
- We answer 24/7
- Two offices
- Flat and pitched roofs
The work
What we do and how we approach it
Summit Roofing & Exteriors repairs, replaces and maintains roofs across the five boroughs and on Long Island. In the city that mostly means flat roofs: EPDM, TPO and modified bitumen membranes, the parapets and coping around them, and the drains, skylights and bulkheads that interrupt them. On Long Island it mostly means shingle, slate and metal roofs, with the gutters, fascia and siding that go with them.
The work starts with finding out what is actually wrong. A ceiling stain is traced back to where the water gets in. A roof that looks tired gets moisture readings before anyone quotes a coating or a replacement. City rules such as the sustainable roofing zone, cool roof reflectivity, the annual parapet observation and Landmarks review are raised at the estimate, not halfway through the job.
How we work
Three rules we work to
Match the roof that is there
EPDM, TPO, modified bitumen, shingle and slate each repair differently. Repairs use materials that bond to the system already on the roof.
Close up every day
On any job that opens a roof, each section is made watertight before the crew leaves, whatever the forecast says.
From call to cleanup
How a job runs, start to finish
- 1
You call, a person answers
Tell us where the water shows, what kind of roof it is and how you reach it. An active leak gets treated as one.
- 2
We get on the roof and look
Seams, flashings, drains, parapets, skylight curbs. We photograph what we find so you can see it without climbing a ladder.
- 3
You get the options in writing
What stops the leak today, what the lasting repair is, and when replacement is the smarter spend.
- 4
Paperwork before tear-off
Where the job needs a Department of Buildings filing, a Landmarks permit or a board's sign-off, that is sorted before material arrives on your sidewalk.
- 5
The work, then the walk-through
We protect the building below, do the work, clear the debris and walk the finished roof with you or send the photos if you cannot get up there.
Our offices
Where we work from
New York service office
1256 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029The service office on Fifth Avenue, near the north end of Central Park, dispatches city work: Manhattan first, then Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island.
Head office, Huntington
73 Soundview Rd, Huntington, NY 11743The head office in Huntington on Long Island's North Shore looks after work in Nassau County and the Huntington area, and it is the company's main address.
Our guides
Who writes our roofing guides
The roofing guides on this site are written and edited by Ada Lombardi, our Roofing Guides Editor. They take the questions owners ask most often, about leaks, flat roof systems, city rules and costs, and answer them in plain language, with sources for any figure or rule they cite.
Read them in our roofing guides.
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Phones are answered around the clock, for emergencies and for planning alike.