Siding replacement in Morris County, NJ
In Dover and Boonton, more than half the homes went up before 1960, and about one in six is a two-family house. The siding on a house like that may cover an older wall, and what is under it shapes the job, so we look before we price.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney replaces siding on houses across Morris County, NJ, including Dover, Boonton, Chatham Borough and Madison. These are the older towns in the county, where the median house dates to the 1950s or early 1960s. Before any price, we lift a panel in a hidden spot to see what is underneath. NJ HIC 13VH13268400.
The older towns along the rail line
The county as a whole is younger than its rail towns. Dover's median house is from 1954, Boonton's from 1956, Chatham Borough's from 1951 and Madison's from 1961. Many of those houses have been resided at least once, over wood clapboard, over cement shingles, or straight onto the sheathing. Which one is under yours changes the tear off and the price.
Cement shingles were common on houses from those years, and they can contain asbestos. We do not touch them. If we find them at the inspection, we tell you and refer you to a company that tests for asbestos and removes it.
Dover and Boonton each have about one two-family house in six. On a house with two units, we check inside both where the tenant agrees, because water behind the siding can stain a wall in either one.
Lifting one panel tells us more than walking around the house twice. That comes before any price.
What is behind the panels on a Morris County house
New siding is only as good as the wall it goes on. We check that wall before we write anything down.
In Dover, Boonton and the Chathams, we note
- What is under the panels, seen by lifting one where it will not show.
- Cement shingles under the siding. We leave those alone and refer the owner to an asbestos company.
- Soft or dark sheathing below the windowsills.
- Panels that are cracked, loose or wavy, and how they were fastened.
- The trim at windows and doors, and any open gaps along it.
- Inside walls in both units of a two-family house, if the tenant agrees.
A couple of broken panels on a sound wall usually just get swapped. Siding repair
How a siding replacement works in Morris County
The wall under the old siding gets checked before anything new goes up. All seven steps are on the siding replacement page.
Free inspection
We walk all sides of the house, lift a panel in an out of the way spot to see what is under it, and photograph what we find.
Written estimate
Which walls, what goes on them and the price, on paper.
Strip and check the wall
The old panels and trim come off down to the sheathing. If the wood is soft or rotted, you get photos and a price before we replace it.
New siding and clean up
The new vinyl panels and trim go up. We haul the old siding away, run a magnet over the lawn for nails and go over the walls with you.
Do you need a permit for new siding in Morris County?
On a one- or two-family house, no. New Jersey's construction code treats new siding on a one- or two-family house as ordinary maintenance, as long as the new siding is not polypropylene, so there is no permit and no notice to the town. Mendham Borough has a historic district, where exterior work that needs a permit also needs Historic Preservation Commission review, and roofing and siding changes are reviewed too. We check with your town before we start, and any permit goes on the estimate.
What you can check on us first
- Our New Jersey Home Improvement Contractor license is 13VH13268400. Look it up with the Division of Consumer Affairs.
- We carry insurance and can send you the certificate before work starts.
- The inspection is free, and the estimate comes to you in writing.
- We are open 24 hours.
If it is in Morris County, yes. We cover all 39 municipalities, from Boonton to Wharton. Put your ZIP code in the estimate form and we confirm it when we call you back.
Not a construction permit on a one- or two-family house, attached or detached, unless the new siding is polypropylene. State code counts it as ordinary maintenance. For a building with three or more homes, the town decides, and we ask the construction office before we start.
Yes, but the borough reviews it first. In Mendham Borough's historic district, siding changes go to the Historic Preservation Commission. The commission can have our estimate and photos of the walls as they are now.
Cement shingles on older houses can contain asbestos. We do not touch them. If we see them at the inspection, we tell you and refer you to a company that tests for asbestos and removes it.
The size of the house, what the old siding sits on, how much sheathing needs replacing, and how much trim there is. We do not quote over the phone. You get a written price after we have walked every wall.
Call us, but check with your association first. In most condos the roof and the siding belong to the association, and the board hires the contractor. Townhouses vary. Your association documents say who owns what.
Find out what your walls are hiding
Send us your town and a word about the siding. We call you back shortly, walk every wall at no charge, and give you photos and a written price.
Or call 732-682-9251