SERVICE AREA: PATERSON, NJ
Metal Fabrication for Paterson Contractors
U Design Fabricators cuts standing seam roofing, metal siding, edge metal, and custom sheet metal at its East Orange shop, about twelve miles south of Paterson. Send the spec, pick up off the floor or take delivery up.
PASSAIC COUNTY, A SHORT RUN NORTH
Metal fabricator Paterson NJ crews order straight from the shop
For a metal fabricator Paterson NJ roofers and rehab crews can order from directly, the East Orange shop sits about twelve miles south, a straight run up the Parkway or Route 19. Paterson is in Passaic County, which is part of the shop's wider delivery reach rather than one of the four primary counties U Design is built around. The plain version: the shop fabricates for Paterson and delivers up there regularly, but Passaic is served reach, not a core county, and we would rather say that than dress it up.
What keeps Paterson steady work is the building stock. It is one of the older, denser cities in the state: the Great Falls historic district, blocks of brick row houses, and a lot of older multifamily. That mix skews toward reroof and rehab on aging housing more than ground-up new construction, and that is exactly the kind of cut-to-spec metal the shop turns out.
U Design fabricates and supplies. We cut standing seam roofing, metal siding, edge metal, custom sheet metal, and soffit and fascia to your spec, then deliver it up to Paterson or hand it off at the shop. The contractor installs. That split keeps the line clean: you run the crew and the jobsite, we run the metal.
Buying from one shop also keeps a phased job honest. When a reroof now and an addition next season pull from the same floor and the same coil source, the metal on the second phase still matches the first. On older Paterson housing where work happens in stages, that matched finish is worth more than a catalog price from out of state.
PATERSON'S OLDER HOUSING STOCK
Metal cut for reroof, rehab, and second-phase work
Most of what Paterson generates is reroof and rehab on older homes. Brick row houses and aging multifamily reach the end of an asphalt roof and the crew puts standing seam back up. We roll-form those runs to the real roof length and bend the tight transitions and one-off flashing that old roofs always seem to need from a field measurement.
Additions and second-phase work are the other steady call. A dormer, a back addition, or a porch roof added to an existing house has to match what is already up there. Because we fabricate to a finish family rather than pull a random catalog part, the new metal lands in the same color as the original run instead of close enough to bother a homeowner.
Older multifamily and the mill-district buildings near the Passaic River lean on edge metal and matched trim: coping, fascia, gravel stops, and parapet caps cut to the building's real perimeter. We fabricate that trim in the same finish as any panel it sits beside, so a rehab reads as one job and not a parts run.
GETTING METAL UP TO PATERSON
Twelve miles, three ways to get your order
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Orders ship from the shop up to Paterson on a schedule that lines up with where the job sits in its sequence. Delivery is priced with the quote once we have the jobsite address, so the freight is in writing on the order rather than a surprise at the end. Twelve miles keeps that line short.
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Pickup at the East Orange shop is always open, and for a crew running jobs back-to-back it is often the fastest path. Coordinate a time, drive down, and load the order straight off the floor without waiting on a truck. It suits a crew already heading that direction.
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When a standing seam run is too long to ship in one piece, panels can be roll-formed at the Paterson jobsite, cut to field measurements at full length instead of pieced together from shorter sections. It saves handling on exactly the panels that are hardest to move intact through a tight, older block.
WHAT WE FABRICATE
Five lines, all delivered up to Paterson
Every line below is cut to your spec at the East Orange shop and delivered up to Paterson or picked up off the floor. The contractor installs; we supply the metal.
PATERSON QUESTIONS
Questions a metal fabricator Paterson NJ crews ask
Is Paterson one of your primary counties?
No, and we will be straight about it. Passaic County is part of the shop's wider served reach, not one of the four primary counties (Essex, Hudson, Union, Bergen) the shop is built around. We fabricate for Paterson and deliver there regularly, but it sits in the delivery reach rather than the core.
How far is the shop from a Paterson jobsite?
About twelve miles, a straight run south to 10-12 Hedden Place in East Orange. It is a short haul, which is why both quick delivery up and pickup at the shop work well for Paterson crews.
Can I pick up my order instead of waiting on delivery?
Yes. Pickup at the East Orange shop is always open, and for a crew already running back-to-back jobs it is often the fastest path. Coordinate a time and load straight off the floor.
What do you fabricate for Paterson jobs?
Standing seam roofing, metal siding and wall panels, edge metal and trim, custom sheet metal, and soffit and fascia. Most Paterson work is reroof and rehab on older housing, plus matched metal for additions and second-phase jobs.
Can you match metal for an addition or a phase-two job?
Yes, and it is a common Paterson order. Because we fabricate to a finish family and source from one coil supplier, new metal for an addition or a later phase lands in the same color as the original run instead of close enough to notice.
Do you install the metal too?
No. U Design fabricates and supplies only. We cut the metal to your spec and deliver it up or hand it off at the shop. The contractor handles the install and the jobsite.
Is delivery up to Paterson charged separately?
Delivery is priced with the quote based on the jobsite address and the order size. You see the freight on the order before you commit. The twelve-mile run keeps that line short.
Do you work with both small roofers and larger crews?
Both. A two-truck reroof crew and a contractor running a multi-building rehab order the same way: send the spec, the metal is quoted and delivered up or picked up. We scale the order, not the standard.
THE SHOP
A local shop, not a national counter
U Design was founded in 2014 and brings more than two decades in metal fabrication to the floor. The shop runs in English and Portuguese, which matters in a city and a trade as mixed as Paterson's. About 70% of what leaves the floor is finished in 70% PVDF for the color hold and warranty that demands.
The shop fabricates Englert and Sheffield material, plus Drexmet coil, so every panel and trim package carries the manufacturer finish warranty that comes with the coil. Orders pick up at the East Orange shop or deliver within roughly 150 miles, and for Paterson the run is about twelve. The phone is (201) 306-5845, and a contractor can actually reach the people cutting the metal.
SUPPLIER LINES
The lines behind the work
Every Paterson order runs in the Englert, Sheffield, and Drexmet profiles and colors your spec calls for, so each panel and trim package carries the manufacturer finish warranty that comes with the coil.
Have a Paterson job ready to spec?
Send the jobsite address with your panel, trim, and soffit spec, and the shop will quote the fabrication and the delivery up together. Pickup twelve miles away in East Orange is always open.