Siding Contractor in Reading, MA

Reading (01867) is in Middlesex County, about 52 miles northeast of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 101st closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 11 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Wakefield (2 mi), Stoneham (3 mi), Woburn (4 mi), Melrose (5 mi), Burlington (5 mi). From the shop it is 61 road miles to the centre of Reading, about 84 minutes without traffic, mostly on I-90, I-95 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 Reading sits about 91 feet above sea level, 794 feet lower than our shop. Reading, 11 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 9,951 homes in Reading. The typical one was built in 1960, which makes Reading's housing the 26th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 51% went up before 1960 and 75% before 1980. 82% are lived in by their owners, and 71% are single-family houses. 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 Reading, Saugus sits closest to the coast at 5 miles and Burlington farthest at 15; Arlington is the nearest of them to our shop (46 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 Burlington the newest (1972).