Your home has six sides. In New Jersey, each one takes a beating from something different: nor'easters coming off the water, a winter that freezes and thaws instead of just staying cold, and humid summers that drive moisture into attics and ductwork. ENTER SIX is an advertising and referral company — we match you with one vetted, insured professional near you for chimney work, roofing, air duct cleaning, pressure washing, or attic insulation, licensed where required. The professional does the work; you approve the price before it starts.
New Jersey asks one house to survive a coastal storm, a hard freeze, and a swamp-humid August in the same year. Nor'easter season runs roughly October through April and drives rain sideways from the northeast — the angle roofs and flashing are least prepared for. Winter here crosses the freezing line over and over instead of staying cold, and that freeze-thaw cycle is what actually breaks masonry. Then summer humidity moves the problem indoors.
A schedule that works here:
Much of New Jersey predates 1960, and it came with real masonry — brick and stone chimneys on colonials and Victorians in towns like Montclair, Morristown, and Cape May, plus party-wall chimneys in Jersey City, Hoboken, and Newark rowhomes. What goes wrong most:
New Jersey doesn't license chimney work at the state level, so ask what certification the professional holds and get findings in writing, with photos.
A nor'easter does more damage than a summer thunderstorm because it lasts: a day or more of sustained wind and rain out of the northeast, pushing water uphill under shingle courses and behind step flashing. Late-summer tropical remnants add volume on top of that. After a storm, look for:
Photograph from the ground and note the storm date before calling your insurer. Ask whether your roof has an ice barrier at the eaves — it's required on new roofs across most of the state.
Most of New Jersey sits in climate zone 4A, with the northwest highlands in 5A. Attic guidance for that range runs roughly R-49 to R-60, and plenty of houses here still have three to six inches of original fiberglass — call it R-13.
Ice dams are an attic problem more than a roof problem: heat escapes upward, melts the snowpack, and the meltwater refreezes at the cold overhang. Sequence matters.
New Jersey's Clean Energy Program has offered incentives for this kind of work — confirm current terms with the program directly.
New Jersey duct systems have two local strikes against them. Summer dew points stay high for weeks, and much of the supply ductwork runs through unconditioned basements and crawlspaces, where cold metal meets humid air and sweats. Homes converted from steam or hot water to forced air often have ducts threaded through joist bays with leaky, taped-over joints.
Cleaning earns its money when there's a specific reason:
Ask whether the professional follows NADCA standards and cleans the blower and coil, not just the register boots.
Two ways this goes wrong in New Jersey: too much pressure, and the wrong month. Vinyl siding covers most of the post-war suburbs here and should be soft washed — high pressure forces water up behind the panels. Older brick and stone loses mortar joints under a pressure wand, and repointing costs many times what the wash did. Cedar shake near the Shore needs a light touch and a rinse for salt film.
What genuinely needs washing here: black and green algae streaking on north-facing siding and roof slopes after humid summers, spring pollen, and the road salt and sand ground into driveways and walkways by March. Late spring, once the pollen drops, is the window — Shore rental owners generally go before Memorial Day.
Most home improvement work in New Jersey requires registration with the Division of Consumer Affairs — the "13VH" number that has to appear on contracts and advertising — and that registration requires commercial general liability coverage. Some trades, including electrical and plumbing, are licensed separately by their own state boards. We verify required licenses in the applicable public contractor registry, where available, and we match you only with vetted, insured professionals — licensed where required. You can look up the 13VH number yourself on the Division's site, and you should feel free to ask for it before anyone starts.
No. One request, one professional. You choose the callback time, they reach out once, and you approve the price before any work begins — no lead list, no bidding war, no phone ringing for a week. ENTER SIX advertises and refers; the work itself is performed by the independent professional, not by us. In New Jersey, home improvement jobs over $500 require a written contract with start and end dates, and contracts signed in your home generally carry a three-day right to cancel. Read it before you sign. If the match isn't right, tell us and we'll find someone else.
We match homeowners from North Jersey down through the Shore and South Jersey — Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Morris, and Sussex up north; Middlesex, Somerset, Union, Mercer, and Monmouth through the middle; Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May along the coast; Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester in the south. Availability for a specific service depends on who's near you, so give us your ZIP code and what you need and we'll confirm before we match you with anyone. If we don't have someone genuinely local for that job, we'll say so rather than sending a truck from two hours away.
Stay off the roof — wet asphalt and gusty back-end winds are how people get hurt. From the ground, photograph the debris and any visible damage, then check ceilings and the attic for fresh water staining and write down the date of the storm. If water is actively coming in, a tarp buys time; it isn't a repair. Then request a roofing visit. The professional inspects, documents what they find, and gives you a price you approve before work starts. Keep your own dated photos — your insurer will ask for them, and the professional's report is a separate document from your claim.
One request. One professional. Never a lead list. You choose when we call.
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