Siding in Camden, NJ
Lightning Construction is a veteran-owned siding contractor serving Camden, New Jersey and the rest of Camden County — GAF-certified, rated 4.9 stars across 264 reviews, with nothing due up front and no change orders. Typical Camden jobs land between $10,000 and $22,000.
What siding in Camden actually involves.
Camden counts about 27,292 housing units, and the median one went up in 1950 — in the postwar building boom. Close to 81% of them predate 1980. A little over 38% were standing before 1940.
Walls from these years have no housewrap and almost no insulation, because neither was standard when they went up. Re-siding one of these is the rare exterior job that actually changes what the house costs to heat.
With attached and multi-family housing making up most of the stock, siding work here is usually a front elevation, a party-wall return or a rear addition rather than a whole-house wrap, and staging comes off the street.
With owner-occupancy at roughly 34%, most buildings in Camden are owned by someone other than the occupant. We are used to that — scheduling around tenants, and quoting per building rather than per unit. Only about 12% of homes here are detached, which is why so much of the roofing in town is low-slope rather than shingled.
What we build against here
Camden sits in Camden County — a dense inner ring across the river from Philadelphia, thinning into farmland to the east. The weather that damages houses here is not dramatic — it is the freeze-thaw cycle, repeating all winter. Water gets into a small opening, freezes, widens it, and comes back the next night. Over a few seasons that is what turns a nail pop into a leak, and a hairline crack in flashing into a stained ceiling. Behind siding it shows up as sheathing that has been quietly wet every winter for a decade.
How we work in this town
- Nothing due up front — you pay when the job is finished
- No change orders; the written number is the number
- GAF-certified, licensed and insured, NJ HIC 13VH12437000
- A free inspection and an itemized written estimate, no sales pitch
- Permits pulled through the Camden construction office
- 47 miles from our Manalapan base — crews here most weeks
Camden pricing, and what moves it.
Most siding projects in Camden land between $10,000 and $22,000. That band covers essentially every house in town. Which end yours falls at is decided at the inspection, not after the work starts. For context, the median home in Camden is valued at about $110,000. Attached and multi-family buildings price differently again, and we quote those per building rather than per unit. The number on your estimate is the number you pay — we do not write change orders.
Housing figures are American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates for Camden city.
Who we cover near Camden.
We work throughout ZIP codes 08101, 08102, 08103, 08104 and 08105.
More for your Camden home.
Recent Lightning projects around Camden.
“Honest about everything. They showed up on time, kept the property clean, and the roof came out amazing. Made everything stress free.”
Straight answers.
Siding in Camden typically runs $10,000 to $22,000. What moves a given house within that band is size, pitch and what is already on the roof — and with a median build year of 1950, 81% of the stock built before 1980 and a lot of attached and multi-family building, Camden sees more of that variation than a newer town would. That is all visible at the free inspection, so the written number accounts for it.
Yes. New Jersey issues construction permits at the municipal level, so a siding in Camden is permitted through the local construction office under the state Uniform Construction Code. We pull it and meet the inspector; you file nothing.
Not harder, but less predictable. About 81% of homes in Camden were built before 1980, and on houses that age we regularly find board decking, more than one layer of shingle, or flashing that was never done properly. We inspect for all three before quoting.
One to three days for a typical house here. Camden is about 47 miles from our Manalapan base, well inside the area our crews cover daily.
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do here — owner-occupancy in Camden runs about 34%, so most buildings are owned by someone other than the occupant. We quote per building, schedule around tenants, and the no-deposit terms are the same.
No deposit, in Camden or anywhere else we work. Nothing is due until the job is finished and you have walked it with us. Financing is available if you would rather spread the cost, and it does not change the quoted price.
We are a veteran-owned NJ contractor — HIC 13VH12437000, GAF-certified, 4.9 stars from 264 reviews — working throughout Camden County, including Oaklyn, Collingswood and Gloucester City. You pay nothing up front and the quoted number is the number.
Siding in Camden?
Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Camden home.