Siding Contractor in Shirley, MA

Shirley (01464) is in Middlesex County, roughly 33 miles northeast of our Charlton shop. It is the 52nd closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 38 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Ayer (3 mi), Harvard (4 mi), Lunenburg (5 mi), Leominster (6 mi), Lancaster (6 mi). From the shop it is 40 road miles to the centre of Shirley, about 57 minutes without traffic, mostly on I-190, I-290 and Route 20.

Inland, the damage comes from freeze-thaw. Water gets into a seam, freezes, expands and opens the joint a little further, night after night through the winter. The centre of Shirley sits about 253 feet above sea level, 632 feet lower than our shop. Shirley, 38 miles from salt water, is in that group.

The Census counts 2,413 homes in Shirley. The typical one was built in 1984, which makes Shirley's housing the 98th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 27% went up before 1960 and 44% before 1980. 77% are lived in by their owners, and 68% are single-family houses. A younger housing stock usually means original builder-grade siding, windows and trim reaching the end of their first life, with less old paint and fewer hidden layers to deal with.

Around Shirley, Boxborough sits closest to the coast at 30 miles and Fitchburg farthest at 46; Lancaster is the nearest of them to our shop (27 mi) and Groton the farthest (39 mi). Harvard and Lunenburg and Lancaster and Leominster and Bolton and Fitchburg are across the line in Worcester County. Fitchburg has the oldest housing of them (typical 1950) and Boxborough the newest (1989).