Siding Contractor in Malden, MA

Malden (02148) is in Middlesex County, about 50 miles northeast of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 97th closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 8 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Medford (2 mi), Melrose (2 mi), Somerville (3 mi), Saugus (4 mi), Winchester (4 mi). From the shop it is 55 road miles to the centre of Malden, about 79 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 Malden sits about 11 feet above sea level, 874 feet lower than our shop. Malden, 8 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 27,876 homes in Malden. The typical one was built in 1950, which makes Malden's housing the 14th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 56% went up before 1960 and 71% before 1980. 41% are lived in by their owners, and 36% 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 Malden, Saugus sits closest to the coast at 5 miles and Woburn farthest at 12; Belmont is the nearest of them to our shop (44 mi) and Saugus the farthest (54 mi). Saugus is across the line in Essex County. Melrose has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Woburn the newest (1968).