Bethlehem Township, Northampton County
Roof replacement in Bethlehem Township, PA
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Bethlehem Township
Bethlehem Township at a glance
Permits
Bethlehem Township Permit Department, 4225 Easton Avenue, Bethlehem, (610) 814-6435 (township permit page).
Homes
About 82% of the township's roughly 9,800 occupied homes are owner-occupied (ACS 2020–2024). The Census population file has no estimate for townships.
Codes
The township enforces the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code with the 2018 International Codes.
Not the city
Bethlehem Township is its own municipality. A Bethlehem mailing address doesn't mean the City of Bethlehem's rules apply.
Check which Bethlehem you are in
The township sits east of the city and shares its name and many of its mailing addresses, which causes real confusion about permits. Homes here deal with Bethlehem Township's Permit Department, not the city's Bureau of Code Enforcement, and the city's historic district rules don't apply.
The township's permit page lists reroofing under construction permits for commercial buildings only, and says its list is not all-inclusive. So for a house, confirm with the Permit Department whether your particular job needs anything, especially if it goes beyond swapping the roof covering, such as new framing, a structural repair or an added dormer (township permit page).
With four in five homes lived in by their owners, much of the demand here is owners replacing the roof on the house they plan to stay in. That is the moment to fix attic ventilation and ice protection too, rather than copying the old roof.
Roof services
Roofs replaced in Bethlehem Township
- Roof ReplacementThe old roof comes off, the deck is checked and the new roof goes on, start to finish.
- New Roofs & AdditionsAdditions, new homes and enclosed porches: framed, sheathed and tied into the old roof.
- Asphalt Shingle RoofsArchitectural shingles, the right underlayment and proper ventilation for Pennsylvania winters.
- Slate RoofsOld slate at the end of its life: new slate, synthetic slate, or shingles where the rules allow.
- Metal RoofsStanding seam on houses, porches and farmhouses; snow behavior and noise explained.
Nearby
Other places this line covers
EastonRowhouse city east of Bethlehem, with its own historic district rules.Roofing in Easton
HellertownSmall borough south of the city, where roof replacements go through the Codes Department.Roofing in Hellertown
Lower Saucon TownshipSpread-out township with Bethlehem and Hellertown addresses and its own permit office.Roofing in Lower Saucon Township
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