Siding replacement in Union County, NJ
About three in four Union County homes were built before 1980, so the panels on the wall today may cover an older layer. Before we price a job, we pull one up and look.
NJ HIC 13VH13268400 · Licensed and insured · Free inspection · Open 24 hoursModern Home Roofing & Chimney installs new siding on Union County houses, including homes in Plainfield, Roselle, Garwood and Union Township. With about 74 percent of the county built before 1980, we pull up a panel to see the wall beneath before pricing. One- and two-family houses need no permit unless the siding is polypropylene. NJ HIC 13VH13268400.
Old walls under newer siding
About 74 percent of the county predates 1980, and 23 percent predates 1940. In Plainfield 36 percent of homes predate 1940, and in Roselle 32 percent. Siding on houses like these has often been replaced already, so beneath today's panels there may be clapboard, cement shingle or plain boards. Each one comes off differently.
Cement shingles were widely used on older homes and may contain asbestos. We do not touch them. If we find them, we tell you and refer you to a company that tests for asbestos and removes it.
Roughly a quarter of Garwood homes are two-family houses, and about one in eight in Union Township. On those, new siding needs no permit unless it is polypropylene. On three- and four-unit buildings the town decides, and we ask before work starts.
So the price comes after we have looked behind a panel, never from the curb.
What decides the price of Union County siding
The wall behind the siding determines how the old layer comes off and what the new one fastens to. We start the inspection there.
At the inspection, we check
- The layer underneath, from one corner we can lift without anyone noticing.
- Cement shingles under the panels. If they are there, we stop and refer the testing out.
- Sheathing that is soft or darkened, especially below windows.
- Buckled or rattling panels, usually a nailing problem.
- Window and door trim.
- Water marks on interior walls that may trace back to the siding.
When the damage is a few panels and the wall underneath is sound, a repair can be enough. Siding repair
How a siding replacement works in Union 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 Union 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. Westfield requires a certificate of appropriateness for exterior changes in its historic districts, though a repair that matches the old material and look is exempt. 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 Union County, yes. We cover all 21 municipalities, from Berkeley Heights to Winfield. Put your ZIP code in the estimate form and we confirm it when we call you back.
Wall area, the number of old layers, what lies beneath them, and how much trim and sheathing needs replacing all set the cost. We do not quote over the phone. The price comes in writing once we have seen behind a panel.
Not for a one- or two-family house, attached or detached, unless the new siding is polypropylene. State code treats that work as ordinary maintenance. For buildings of three or more units, the town decides, and we check first.
Talk to the town first. Westfield requires a certificate of appropriateness for exterior changes in its historic districts. A repair that matches the old material and look is exempt, but switching materials counts as a change. Our estimate and photos can go with your application.
At the inspection we lift one panel somewhere out of sight. That shows clapboard, cement shingle or bare sheathing beneath, and the job changes with each.
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.
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.
See what your walls look like underneath
Tell us your town and which sides of the house concern you. We call you back shortly, inspect the siding for free, and send photos and a written price.
Or call 732-682-9251