Siding in Hackensack, NJ
Lightning Construction handles siding across Hackensack, New Jersey — a Bergen County town of about 21,361 homes with a median build year of 1969 — veteran-owned, GAF-certified, no deposit and no change orders. Expect $10,000 to $22,000 for most homes in town.
What siding in Hackensack usually means.
Hackensack counts about 21,361 housing units, and the median one went up in 1969 — through the 1960s and early 1970s. About 69% predate 1980.
These walls have been re-clad once already, and the product used is now forty to sixty years old. Whatever went on in the seventies is now well past its service life, and the sheathing behind it has never been protected.
Most buildings here are attached or multi-family, so siding work is usually one elevation, a party-wall return or a rear addition rather than a whole-house wrap, with staging off the street.
With owner-occupancy at roughly 37%, most buildings in Hackensack 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 21% of homes here are detached, which is why so much of the roofing in town is low-slope rather than shingled.
Local conditions we build for
This is Bergen County: New Jersey's most populous county, running from the Hudson palisades out to Ramapo foothills. Inland New Jersey does not have one dramatic weather problem; it has the freeze-thaw cycle, and it runs 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.
What the estimate covers
- $0 down — we invoice when the job is complete
- No mid-job add-ons, ever
- Licensed and insured in New Jersey, HIC 13VH12437000, GAF-certified
- Free, unhurried inspection and a written number the same visit
- Permits pulled through the Hackensack construction office
- 44 miles from our Manalapan base — crews here most weeks
What siding costs in Hackensack.
Most siding projects in Hackensack 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 Hackensack is valued at about $390,000. 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 Hackensack city.
Who we cover near Hackensack.
Within the town we cover Fairmount and North Hackensack. That covers ZIP codes 07601 and 07602. Hackensack borders Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Lodi and Maywood, and we are on those streets most weeks of the year.
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Straight answers.
Siding in Hackensack 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 1969, 69% of the stock built before 1980 and a lot of attached and multi-family building, Hackensack sees more of that variation than a newer town would. The inspection settles it before you get a number.
You do, and we take care of it. Permits for a siding come from the Hackensack construction office under the state Uniform Construction Code, and we pull the permit, schedule the inspection and meet the inspector ourselves.
Older houses hold more surprises, which is exactly why we look before we quote. Around 69% of the housing in Hackensack is pre-1980, and that vintage often means decking or flashing work on top of the covering itself.
One to three days for a typical house here. Hackensack is about 44 miles from our Manalapan base, well inside the area our crews cover daily.
Yes. Only about 21% of Hackensack housing is detached single-family, so most roofs in town are low-slope. We install modified bitumen, TPO and EPDM, and we price those as flat roofing rather than quoting a shingle price that was never going to apply.
You pay when the work is done and you are satisfied with it — there is no deposit and no progress payment. Financing exists if you want it, at the same price.
Lightning Construction is veteran-owned and GAF-certified, registered in New Jersey as Home Improvement Contractor 13VH12437000, and rated 4.9 stars across 264 Google reviews. We cover Bergen County, including Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights and Little Ferry, take no deposit, and write no change orders.
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Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Hackensack home.