Siding Contractor in Waltham, MA

Waltham (02451) is in Middlesex County, about 41 miles northeast of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 75th closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 14 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Watertown (3 mi), Newton (3 mi), Belmont (3 mi), Weston (4 mi), Lexington (5 mi). From the shop it is 45 road miles to the centre of Waltham, about 63 minutes without traffic, mostly on I-90 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 Waltham sits about 63 feet above sea level, 822 feet lower than our shop. Waltham, 14 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 26,728 homes in Waltham. The typical one was built in 1961, which makes Waltham's housing the 27th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 49% went up before 1960 and 69% before 1980. 50% are lived in by their owners, and 33% 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 Waltham, Cambridge sits closest to the coast at 8 miles and Wayland farthest at 21; Wayland is the nearest of them to our shop (35 mi) and Cambridge the farthest (47 mi). Wellesley is across the line in Norfolk County. Belmont has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Lincoln the newest (1972).