Clogged or undersized gutters cause more foundation damage than any other exterior failure. We install seamless aluminum, copper, and zinc gutter systems sized correctly for your roof's drainage area, with downspout extensions or French drains where needed. Serving Newark and neighborhoods like Ironbound, Forest Hill, Vailsburg.
Flat-roofed Newark buildings do not have gutters in the suburban sense — they have internal drains, scuppers, and leaders that run through or down the face of the building. When those clog, water ponds on the roof and finds the weakest seam. Clearing and correctly sizing those drainage paths is a different job from hanging a gutter, and it is most of what we do here.
On pitched Newark roofs the constraint is where the water can legally go. With buildings this close together, we route leaders to the street or to an approved connection rather than discharging into a shared alley or against a neighboring wall, and we set the discharge points during the estimate so there are no surprises at inspection.
Newark's housing stock spans Ironbound row-homes, Forest Hill Victorians, Vailsburg two-families, and Weequahic's mix of capes and colonials, plus a substantial share of flat-roofed multi-family buildings citywide. Flat roofs don't have gutters in the suburban sense — they rely on internal drains, scuppers, and leaders running through or down the building face, and when those clog, water ponds on the roof rather than overflowing an eave. On pitched-roof properties, tight row-home spacing in Ironbound means downspout discharge is constrained by what's legally and practically available: the street, an approved connection, or nothing, since there's rarely a side yard to work with.
Standard gutter replacement on Newark's pitched-roof homes doesn't require a construction permit. Flat-roof drainage work — resizing internal drains, adding scuppers, or altering leader routing through the building — is typically reviewed alongside any roofing permit already required for membrane work on multi-family buildings. Downspout discharge on tight Ironbound and Vailsburg lots is a practical constraint the city cares about: discharging into a shared alley or against an adjoining wall tends to get flagged during any related inspection, so we plan legal discharge points as part of the estimate.
Flat-roof drainage jobs in Newark price differently than pitched-gutter work — clearing and resizing internal drains and scuppers on a multi-family building can run higher than a comparable single-family gutter job due to access and the roofing coordination involved. Pitched row-homes in Ironbound and capes in Weequahic land toward the lower end since linear footage is modest. Where an old alley discharge needs to be relocated to a legal outlet, that rerouting adds a noticeable line item regardless of building type.
Price your own Newark roof with our NJ cost calculatorCleared two blocked internal roof drains that had let water pond nearly two inches deep on the membrane, resized a third to handle the building's actual roof area, and rerouted one exterior leader that had been discharging directly into a shared side alley to a proper street-side connection. One and a half days, roughly $3,600.
Real tear-off, installation and finished roof photos from Alba Pro Construction crews working in Newark and the surrounding North Jersey towns.
Finished chimney crown and flashing sealed into the surrounding shingles.
Crew on the slope with the wall and plantings shielded by tarps.
Full townhome building roof replaced end to end.
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Written and reviewed by the Alba Pro Construction roofing team. Last reviewed September 2026.
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It is a drainage issue: blocked or undersized internal drains and scuppers, or a deck that has developed a low spot. We clear and resize the drainage path and add tapered insulation where the deck itself is the problem.
To the street or an approved connection. Discharging into a shared alley or toward an adjoining wall causes disputes and, on inspection, gets flagged.
It's a drainage problem rather than a gutter problem in the usual sense: blocked or undersized internal drains and scuppers, or sometimes a low spot that's developed in the roof deck itself. We clear and resize the drainage path first, and add tapered insulation only if the deck's slope is actually the issue.
To the street or an approved connection point. Discharging into a shared alley or directly against an adjoining building's wall is a common source of neighbor disputes here and tends to get flagged if it comes up during an inspection for other work.
Usually yes — a flat roof needs enough drains and scuppers sized for its actual square footage, and older Newark buildings are frequently under-drained relative to additions or re-roofing done over the years. We size to current roof area, not just what was there originally.