Siding Contractor in Medford, MA

Medford (02155) is in Middlesex County, about 48 miles northeast of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 91st closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 9 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Malden (2 mi), Somerville (2 mi), Arlington (3 mi), Winchester (3 mi), Cambridge (3 mi). From the shop it is 55 road miles to the centre of Medford, about 78 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 Medford sits about 13 feet above sea level, 872 feet lower than our shop. Medford, 9 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 25,587 homes in Medford. The typical one was built in 1942, which makes Medford's housing the 7th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 64% went up before 1960 and 76% before 1980. 54% 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 Medford, Somerville sits closest to the coast at 8 miles and Woburn farthest at 12; Watertown is the nearest of them to our shop (43 mi) and Melrose the farthest (51 mi). All 10 are in Middlesex County with it. Somerville has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Woburn the newest (1968).