Siding Contractor in Watertown, MA

Watertown (02472) is in Middlesex County, about 43 miles east of our Charlton shop, a run our crews make regularly. It is the 82nd closest of the 109 towns we serve, and 12 miles from the coast. The towns next to it are Belmont (2 mi), Newton (3 mi), Waltham (3 mi), Arlington (3 mi), Cambridge (4 mi). From the shop it is 47 road miles to the centre of Watertown, about 64 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 Watertown sits about 63 feet above sea level, 822 feet lower than our shop. Watertown, 12 miles from the water, is in that group.

The Census counts 17,206 homes in Watertown. The typical one was built in 1947, which makes Watertown's housing the 11th oldest of the 109 towns we serve; 63% went up before 1960 and 78% before 1980. 48% are lived in by their owners, and 46% 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 Watertown, Brookline sits closest to the coast at 8 miles and Weston farthest at 18; Weston is the nearest of them to our shop (38 mi) and Medford the farthest (48 mi). Brookline is across the line in Norfolk County. Belmont has the oldest housing of them (typical 1938) and Lexington the newest (1965).