Siding Contractor in Wakefield, MA

Wakefield (01880) is in Middlesex County, about 53 miles northeast of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 102nd closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 9 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Reading (2 mi), Stoneham (2 mi), Melrose (3 mi), Saugus (4 mi), Woburn (4 mi). From the shop it is 61 road miles to the centre of Wakefield, 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 Wakefield sits about 102 feet above sea level, 783 feet lower than our shop. Wakefield, 9 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 11,750 homes in Wakefield. The typical one was built in 1956, which makes Wakefield's housing the 20th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 57% went up before 1960 and 71% before 1980. 71% are lived in by their owners, and 24% 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 Wakefield, Lynn sits closest to the coast at 2 miles and Burlington farthest at 15; Burlington is the nearest of them to our shop (47 mi) and Lynn the farthest (57 mi). Saugus and Lynn are across the line in Essex County. Melrose has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Burlington the newest (1972).