Stain on a Colonia ceiling? Let a roofer read the roof above it

A stain that spreads after rain, shingles on the lawn, ice along the eaves: say which one you have when you call (732) 568-2812, and a local roofer can take it from there.

Call (732) 568-2812 Find your roof's symptom

Read: Where 500 gallons from one roof go next

498 Inman Ave, Colonia, NJ 07067

Colonia roofer kneeling on a roof fitting a new shingle, ranch houses behind

Stains and leaks
Wind and storm damage
Flat roofs, gutters
Ice and flashing
Colonia, Iselin, Edison

Four things people ask from the driveway

Can I climb up and look?
NIOSH says over 100 people die in ladder falls every year, and puts about 40 percent of the cases down to a wrong setup angle. A phone zoomed in from the lawn shows a roofer most of what is worth describing.
Is a ceiling stain an emergency?
A flat stain that is not growing can wait for daytime hours. A ceiling that bulges or sags, or one that drips where a light is mounted, calls for stepping out of the room and phoning 911 before anything else.
How much of the roof is involved?
The Department of Energy's repair brief quotes a guide that sets the line at ten percent of the roof; beyond that, it recommends a new roof.
What about a wire in the yard?
PSE&G's advice: any wire on the ground, even a phone or cable line, is live. Keep back and call 911.

When you want the long version

Where 500 gallons go
What a one-inch rain sends off an 800-square-foot roof, and where the downspout sends it next.
A ground-level look after wind
What the lawn, the gutters and the ceilings can tell you without a ladder.
A roof job in order
From the old shingles to the ridge, and what each step is for.
Ice at the eaves, compared
Heat cable, roof rake, ice belt and air sealing, side by side.

Twelve months on the Newark gauge

Jan to Mar33 to 42 F on average

Month	Average temperature	Rain and melted snow	Snow	What the roof meets
Jan	32.8 F	3.42 in	9.1 in	22.6 nights at or below 32 F, and ice along the eaves
Feb	35.1 F	2.98 in	10.1 in	The most snow of any month
Mar	42.5 F	4.13 in	5.6 in	12.4 freezing nights, then the thaw shows what winter did

Apr to Jun53 to 73 F on average

Month	Average temperature	Rain and melted snow	Snow	What the roof meets
Apr	53.3 F	3.87 in	0.5 in	A good month for a lawn-level look at shingles and gutters
May	63.3 F	3.97 in	0.0 in	1.9 days at 90 F or above
Jun	72.7 F	4.34 in	0.0 in	5.4 days at 90 F or above

Jul to Sep69 to 78 F on average

Month	Average temperature	Rain and melted snow	What the roof meets
Jul	78.2 F	4.66 in	The wettest month, and 11.3 days at 90 F or above
Aug	76.4 F	4.15 in	7.4 days at 90 F or above
Sep	69.2 F	3.82 in	Leaves begin to gather in gutters

Oct to Dec38 to 58 F on average

Month	Average temperature	Rain and melted snow	Snow	What the roof meets
Oct	57.5 F	3.79 in	0.2 in	Leaf fall fills valleys and gutters
Nov	47.0 F	3.33 in	0.6 in	6.0 nights at or below 32 F
Dec	38.0 F	4.14 in	5.4 in	17.5 nights at or below 32 F

The numbers come from NOAA's 1991-2020 normals for the Newark Liberty International Airport station, which is the gauge this site uses. A Colonia address will see different weather.

Three towns on this phone line

Colonia street of ranch homes under big oaks

Colonia roofing
A section of Woodbridge Township, with a median house year of 1959 and about one home in nine rented.
Iselin roofing
Next door to the south and also part of Woodbridge Township, median year 1959, with just over a third of homes rented.
Edison roofing
Its own township to the west, a median year of 1975, and about two homes in five rented.

The three towns side by side are on one page.

Facts to gather before the call

This line posts no hours, and nothing here promises a day for the visit; the contractor picks that once the job has been described. Worth gathering first: street address and town, the roof's age if known, the room or spot where water shows, the date it first appeared and a photo or two.

Tenants phone the landlord or the property manager first. Everyone else, with those details in hand, can call (732) 568-2812.

Call (732) 568-2812

Roofer crouched on a low-pitched roof making notes on worn shingles

Find the line that sounds like your roof

Repairs
A brown stain on the ceiling that grows after rain

roof repair
Replacement
Shingles that curl, crack or shed grit across the whole roof

roof replacement

Storm damage
Shingles, tarps or branches in the yard after a blow

storm damage
Inspections
No leak yet, but you want a roofer's eyes on an aging roof

roof inspection

Flat roofs
Water standing for days on a garage or porch roof

flat roofs
Gutters
Overflow at a gutter corner, or a downspout that drops its water against the foundation

gutters and downspouts

Ice dams
Ridges of ice at the eaves and drips along the outer walls

ice dams
Chimney flashing
A leak around a chimney, skylight or vent pipe

chimney and flashing

Asked at the door

What happens after I call the number?

Your call is taken by a local roofing contractor that works in Colonia, Iselin and Edison. This business connects callers and does no roofing itself. Have the street address, what you see and roughly how old the roof is. A tenant phones the landlord or the property manager before anyone else. Dial (732) 568-2812 once the address and the symptom are in front of you.

Which roof problems can wait, and which cannot?

Now: a ceiling that bulges or sags, water dripping at a light fixture or an outlet, or a wire down in the yard. Step out of the way and call 911. This week: a stain that returns with every rain, insulation that stays wet, shingles missing after wind. Call (732) 568-2812. Next dry spell: one old, dry stain or a single curled shingle. Photograph it with the date and watch whether it changes.

What do I photograph before the roofer looks?

Stand back for a whole slope, then step in on the stain or the damage, and date every picture. Keep receipts for anything bought to cover a hole. New Jersey's insurance department also asks homeowners to photograph damaged property before throwing any of it out. When the pictures are on your phone, call (732) 568-2812 and describe them.

How rough do storms get around Colonia?

On 16-17 January 2022 the National Weather Service logged a 66 mph gust in Hopelawn, another section of Woodbridge Township, from a public report; Edison's station read 36 mph. In the January 2016 blizzard a trained spotter in Woodbridge measured 19 inches of snow. The 2022 figures are marked preliminary. If a storm left shingles missing, call (732) 568-2812.

The houses under these roofs, by the Census numbers

Town	Median year built	Homes rented	Source
Colonia	1959 (give or take 2)	695 of 6,262 occupied homes, 11.1%	Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024
Iselin	1959 (give or take 3)	2,258 of 6,512 occupied homes, 34.7%	Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024
Edison	1975 (give or take 2)	15,020 of 38,098 occupied homes, 39.4%	Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024

A median of 1959 means half the houses in Colonia and Iselin are older than that, with more than sixty years of weather on them. The Department of Energy's repair brief adds that homes built before 1978 may hold lead paint and that homes older than 1977 may have asbestos in roofing and insulation, so give the house's age when you call.

Notes from the sources

Checked 1 Nov 2026