Siding Contractor in Lynn, MA

Lynn (01901) is in Essex County, about 57 miles northeast of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 105th closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 2 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Saugus (3 mi), Peabody (4 mi), Salem (5 mi), Melrose (6 mi), Malden (7 mi). From the shop it is 64 road miles to the centre of Lynn, about 89 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 Lynn sits about 36 feet above sea level, 849 feet lower than our shop. Lynn, 2 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 37,960 homes in Lynn. The typical one was built in 1946, which makes Lynn's housing the 10th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 63% went up before 1960 and 78% before 1980. 48% are lived in by their owners, and 38% 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 Lynn, Salem 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). Melrose and Malden and Wakefield and Stoneham and Reading are across the line in Middlesex County. Salem has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Peabody the newest (1966).