Siding Contractor in Arlington, MA

Arlington (02474) is in Middlesex County, about 46 miles northeast of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 87th closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 11 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Belmont (2 mi), Medford (3 mi), Winchester (3 mi), Watertown (3 mi), Somerville (3 mi). From the shop it is 51 road miles to the centre of Arlington, about 74 minutes without traffic, mostly on I-90 and Route 20.

Towns a few miles in from the coast get the worst of both: salt carried on an onshore wind and a full freeze-thaw winter, which keeps opening the seams the salt is working on. The centre of Arlington sits about 70 feet above sea level, 815 feet lower than our shop. Arlington, 11 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 20,746 homes in Arlington. The typical one was built in 1945, which makes Arlington's housing the 8th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 65% went up before 1960 and 86% before 1980. 62% are lived in by their owners, and 33% are in two- to four-family buildings, the three-deckers and two-families this part of Massachusetts is known for. With most of the housing built before 1980, many of these walls are on their second or third exterior, and lead-safe work practices matter: federal EPA rules apply to disturbing paint on homes built before 1978.

Around Arlington, Somerville sits closest to the coast at 8 miles and Lexington farthest at 15; Waltham is the nearest of them to our shop (41 mi) and Malden the farthest (50 mi). All 10 are in Middlesex County with it. Belmont has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Woburn the newest (1968).