Siding Installation & Repair in Woodland Park, NJ

What’s on Woodland Park Houses Now

Two-thirds of Woodland Park’s homes are single-family houses, townhouses or two-families, and most of the detached ones date from the 1950s and 1960s. When we strip siding on those houses, we usually find a few layers of history:

• Aluminum siding from the 1960s and 1970s re-siding wave. It is dented, chalky and faded, often with loose pieces at corners and around windows.
• Asbestos-cement shingles on the older pre-war houses (about 12% of the borough’s stock was built before 1950). These are brittle, flat shingles, often with a wavy bottom edge. Left intact and covered, they are generally stable. Breaking them up is a different matter, and we plan around that.
• Vinyl from the 1980s and 1990s, now brittle on the sunny side, with warped panels near grills and dryer vents.
• Original wood clapboard or cedar shingles, sometimes still under the other layers, sometimes still exposed on a back wall or dormer.

On converted two-families, it is common to see one material on the original house and another on the addition. Matching those, or replacing both so the building reads as one, is a big part of a Woodland Park siding job.

Siding Options We Install

Vinyl

Vinyl is still the most common choice for Woodland Park two-families. It is low-maintenance, comes in a wide color range, and suits buildings where two owners or a landlord want an exterior that does not need paint. Thicker panels with insulated backing resist dents and wind better. Read more on our vinyl siding page.

Fiber cement

Fiber cement looks like painted wood and stands up to impact and fire. It is heavier and more labor-intensive, but it is a strong fit for single-family houses on the upper slopes where homeowners want a more traditional look.

Engineered wood

Engineered wood siding offers a real wood look at a lighter weight than fiber cement and comes factory-primed or pre-finished. It needs proper clearance from roofs and the ground, which matters on additions where a low roof meets a side wall.

Aluminum

Some owners want to keep an aluminum-sided look or only replace a damaged wall. We repair and install aluminum where it makes sense, including matching existing profiles where products are still available.

Siding Rules for Woodland Park Buildings

New Jersey’s construction code treats the repair or replacement of existing siding on one- and two-family dwellings as ordinary maintenance. Unlike the roofing rule, the siding exemption does not say “detached.” So in Woodland Park it applies to detached houses, two-families and individual townhouses alike. Polypropylene siding is the exception and needs a permit.

Soffit, Fascia and the Details That Fail First

On most Woodland Park siding jobs, the parts that really need attention are not the big walls but the edges:

• Fascia boards behind the gutters, where years of overflow have rotted the wood. In a borough with this much tree cover, clogged gutters and rotted fascia go together. We replace rotted boards and wrap them in aluminum.
• Soffits on 1950s and 1960s houses that were never vented. Switching to vented soffit panels during a siding job lets the attic breathe and works hand in hand with a ridge vent. See soffit and fascia repair.
• Window and door trim, where aluminum capping often hides rotted wood sills.
• Roof-to-wall joints on additions and dormers, where the siding has to sit above the roof surface with proper flashing behind it.

If you only need a few panels replaced after wind or a ladder accident, our siding repair service covers matching and patching. If you are also planning a roof, it is worth coordinating the two jobs. See roof replacement in Woodland Park.

Siding Questions from Woodland Park Homeowners

More Exterior Help in Woodland Park

For an overview of everything we do in the borough, visit our Woodland Park roofing contractor page. For the wider area, see our Passaic County service area page and our statewide New Jersey siding services.

A siding project is a good time to check the roof and gutters too: see Woodland Park roof repair, roof replacement in Woodland Park and Woodland Park gutter installation. In nearby towns, we offer siding in Clifton, siding in Totowa and siding in Little Falls.