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Roofing Contractor in Northport, NY

Smart Choice Contracting replaces and repairs asphalt roofs throughout Northport, from the harbor blocks to the inland neighborhoods. Michael Falco, the owner, prices every job personally. We're one ten Owens Corning Platinum Preferred contractors on Long Island.

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Where we work

Serving Northport and the 11768 Area

We work the whole of 11768, inside the Village down by the harbor and Main Street, up along Bayview and Ocean Avenue, and out through the unincorporated stretches toward Fort Salonga and Eatons Neck. Give us the address and Michael will come out, get on the roof, and tell you plainly what he finds.

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Why Northport roofs fail

What Northport Roofs Actually Need

Northport isn't one kind of house. Near the harbor you've got steep-pitched Victorians with turrets, dormers, and more flashing than shingle. Head inland and it's postwar ranches and colonials on quieter streets. The two need different things from a roofer, and the distance from the water changes the math on both. Here's what we run into.

Salt air eating the metal

This is the one that separates Northport from the rest of Huntington. Salt off the Sound corrodes aluminum flashing, drip edge, and fasteners years faster than it does inland. On homes close to the water we specify copper at the chimney and the critical transitions, because replacing cheap flashing twice costs more than doing it right once.

Victorian flashing detail

On a steep old roof with turrets, valleys, and multiple roof planes meeting at odd angles, the shingle isn't what fails. The joint is. These roofs need step flashing done course by course and counter-flashing cut into the masonry, not a bead of caulk and a prayer.

Original slate or cedar coming off

A lot of the older housing stock started under slate or cedar shake. If yours is being replaced with asphalt, the substrate and the weight change, and so does the ventilation math. We look at all three before quoting.

Ice dams

Snow melts, refreezes at the eaves, and drives water backward under the shingles. Most roofers lay three feet of ice and water shield along the gutter line. We run six to nine.

Ventilation that was never right

Older attics were often built with exhaust and no intake, and Northport's summer humidity off the water makes it worse. Moisture sits in the attic and the shingles cook from below. We size the ventilation so air actually moves through.

Our Roofing Services in Northport

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

PRIMARY

Roof Replacement

Asphalt roof replacements across Northport. Warranty coverage reaches 50 years.

Asphalt Shingle Installation

Roof Repair

Wind damage, chimney leaks, corroded flashing. When a repair is genuinely 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, 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 Northport

$11,000 to $18,000
Typical roof · average 2,000 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 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.

Northport Roofing Questions

Who issues my permit — the Village or the Town?

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My house is near the water. Does that change the roof?

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How much does a new roof cost in Northport?

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How long does a Northport roof take?

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Are you licensed and insured?

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Get a Free Estimate in Northport

Book a time and Michael Falco comes to your Northport home, shows you what he found up there, and leaves you with an itemized quote. Nobody calls you afterward with a pitch.

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