Siding replacement in Ocean County, NJ
Ocean County siding takes wind-driven rain off the ocean, and close to the water the nails take salt air. We lift a panel, see what is behind it and check how it was fastened before we price new siding.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney replaces siding on houses across Ocean County, NJ, including Seaside Park, Point Pleasant, Lakewood and Manchester. On a one- or two-family house, attached or detached, new siding needs no construction permit unless it is polypropylene. We check what is behind the old panels first, then give you a written price. NJ HIC 13VH13268400.
Wind off the water, and walls of every age
Ocean County walls run from shore houses older than 1960 to houses built after 2000. About 47 percent of homes went up before 1980, and a quarter in 2000 or later. The older the wall, the more likely there is something under the panels: original wood siding, cement shingles or plain sheathing. We lift a panel in a spot nobody sees and find out.
Cement shingles 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.
Near the water, wind-driven rain is what tests a wall. A nor'easter pushes water sideways into every open joint and behind any panel that has worked loose, and salt air works on the nails. Where panels rattle or have pulled away, we check how they were fastened and what the water has done to the sheathing behind them.
So the price comes after we have seen behind the siding, not before. We open one spot, walk every wall, and photograph what we find.
What decides the price of new siding in Ocean County
Two houses on the same street can need very different siding jobs. What is behind the panels and how the wind has treated them decide most of it.
On Ocean County houses, we look at
- What is behind the panels, from one we lift where it will not show.
- Any cement shingle layer. We leave it alone and refer the testing out.
- Panels loose or pulled away on the walls that face the wind.
- Rusted nails and fasteners on houses near the water.
- Soft sheathing under the windows and along the bottom of each wall.
- On an attached house, the line where your siding meets your neighbor's.
If one wall took the damage and the sheathing behind it is sound, fixing that wall may be enough. Siding repair
How a siding replacement works in Ocean 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 Ocean 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. In Beach Haven's historic district, even replacing the roof on a one- or two-family house needs a certificate of appropriateness first. 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 Ocean County, yes. We cover all 33 municipalities, from Barnegat to Tuckerton. Put your ZIP code in the estimate form and we confirm it when we call you back.
On a one- or two-family house, attached or detached, no construction permit, unless the new siding is polypropylene. On a building with three or more units, the town's construction office decides. In Beach Haven's historic district, even replacing the roof on a one- or two-family house needs a certificate of appropriateness first. If your house is there, we ask the borough about siding before we start.
Maybe. In some townhouse communities the association owns the siding and hires the contractor, so read your association documents first. If the siding is yours, we stop at the line with the next house and close off the edge so water stays out of both.
Not always. If a few panels blew off and the rest still hang right, we replace those and check the wall behind them. If panels are loose on every wall that faces the wind, they will keep coming off, and new siding makes more sense. The photos show you which it is.
The number of walls, what is under the old panels, and the material you pick drive most of it. Old cement shingles underneath add their own removal to plan around. We do not quote over the phone. You get a written price after the inspection.
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.
See what the wind has done to your walls
Tell us your town and which walls are giving you trouble. We call you back shortly, walk the house for a free inspection, and give you photos and a price in writing.
Or call 732-682-9251