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Roofing Contractor in East Northport, NY

Smart Choice Contracting replaces and repairs asphalt roofs across East Northport. Michael Falco, the owner, prices every job personally, and most roofs go on in a single day. We're one of ten Owens Corning Platinum Preferred contractors on Long Island.

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Where we work

Serving East Northport, 11731

We cover all of 11731 — the neighborhoods either side of Larkfield Road, the streets around the train station, the blocks running toward Elwood and Clay Pitts Road, and everything up toward the Northport line. Send us the address and Michael will come out, get on the roof, and tell you plainly what he finds.

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Why East Northport roofs fail

What East Northport Roofs Actually Need

East Northport filled in after the war as a commuter neighborhood, and the housing stock reflects that: capes, splits, and ranches, built close together in age and style. Being a couple of miles inland means you skip the salt-air problems the harbor homes deal with. What you get instead are attic and ventilation problems, because of how these houses were framed. Here's what we see.

Capes with nowhere for air to go

This is the East Northport problem. A cape has knee walls, which leaves almost no path for intake air at the eaves. Heat and moisture stall in the attic, the shingles bake from underneath, and you get ice dams every winter at the same spots. Fixing a cape roof properly means solving the airflow, not just laying new shingles. Any roofer who quotes you a cape without going into the attic is guessing.

Ice dams at the eaves

Snow melts, refreezes at the gutter line, and forces water backward under the shingles. Most roofers lay three feet of ice and water shield there. We run six to nine, and more on a cape.

Decking from the original build

Homes from this era were often sheathed with planks rather than solid plywood. You don't find out until the tear-off. We check the decking during the estimate so it's a line on your quote, not a phone call halfway through the job.

A second layer nobody mentions

Plenty of these roofs got shingled over rather than stripped, sometime in the 80s or 90s. That traps heat, hides rot, and adds weight. We tear off to the deck every time.

Failed chimney flashing

On a straightforward cape or split, the chimney is almost always where water gets in first. Masonry chimneys get copper flashing from us and proper step and counter-flashing, not caulk.

Our Roofing Services in East Northport

Roofs are the whole business, not a sideline. Three ways we help East Northport homeowners.

PRIMARY

Roof Replacement

Asphalt roof replacements across East Northport, most finished the day we start. Pick one of two complete Owens Corning systems, and our own crew installs it. Warranty coverage reaches 50 years.

Asphalt Shingle Installation

Roof Repair

Chimney leaks, wind damage, failed flashing. When a repair is the right call, that's what we'll quote. Michael goes up himself and gives you a straight read on repair versus replace.

Emergency Roof Repair

Roof Inspection

An honest look at where your roof stands, including the attic, with a written estimate and nobody pressuring you. Smart before a purchase, before listing, or when your homeowners policy renews.

Leak Detection

What a New Roof Costs in East Northport

$10,000 to $13,000
Typical roof · average 1,800 sq ft home

We quote the job as a whole rather than by the square, because square footage alone doesn't tell you what a roof actually needs. Everything gets itemized, so nothing on the invoice is a surprise.Where you fall in that range depends on:

  1. Which Owens Corning system you pick — the materials and the warranty are what separate them
  2. How cut up your roof is — a roof with four dormers and a chimney is a different animal from a plain gable covering the same footprint
  3. What we find under the old shingles — rotted decking has to be replaced before anything new goes down
  4. How many layers are coming off — a tear-off down to two or three existing layers means more labor and more disposal
  5. How much metal the job needs — copper, drip edge, and flashing vary more than square footage suggests
  6. Which underlayment goes down — synthetic costs more than felt, and ice-and-water shield along the eaves adds to it

Standard

Limited Lifetime warranty

Duration shingles from Owens Corning, Rhino ice and water shield, ProArmor underlayment. The Limited Lifetime material warranty pays 100% on manufacturer defects through year ten, then steps down gradually until year fifty.

Best value

Ultimate

Owens Corning Platinum warranty

The Standard system with the underlayment and leak barrier stepped up to Deck Defense and WeatherLock Mat. That upgrade unlocks the Owens Corning Platinum Warranty, a full fifty years of 100% material coverage, plus fifty years on workmanship, warrantied by Owens Corning rather than by us.

You choose between two complete Owens Corning systems. We install both with the same crew and the same care. The difference is the materials and the warranty.

Why East Northport Homeowners Choose Us

Platinum certified

Only ten contractors on all of Long Island carry Owens Corning Platinum Preferred status. We're one of them, and you can verify it on Owens Corning's contractor locator.

50-year warranty

Half a century of coverage on materials and labor both.

Insured for roofing

Our policy is written for roofing specifically. A lot of general contractor coverage excludes roof work in the fine print.

East Northport Roofing Questions

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Get a Free Estimate in East Northport

Book a time and Michael Falco comes to your East Northport home, goes through the attic as well as the roof, and leaves you with an itemized quote. Nobody calls you afterward with a pitch.

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