Siding Contractor in Salem, MA

Salem (01970) is in Essex County, about 61 miles northeast of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 108th closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 2 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Peabody (2 mi), Beverly (3 mi), Danvers (4 mi), Lynn (5 mi), Saugus (7 mi). From the shop it is 69 road miles to the centre of Salem, about 97 minutes without traffic, mostly on I-90, Route 1A and Route 20.

This close to the ocean, salt air is what ages an exterior: it gets into the laps and corrodes fasteners and flashing long before it marks the face of the siding. The centre of Salem sits about 14 feet above sea level, 871 feet lower than our shop. Salem, 2 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 21,492 homes in Salem. The typical one was built in 1938, which makes Salem's housing the 5th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 61% went up before 1960 and 76% before 1980. 50% are lived in by their owners, and 47% 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 Salem, Beverly sits closest to the coast at 2 miles and Reading farthest at 11; Malden is the nearest of them to our shop (50 mi) and Beverly the farthest (63 mi). Wakefield and Melrose and Reading and Malden and Stoneham are across the line in Middlesex County. Melrose has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Peabody the newest (1966).