Siding in Lyndhurst, NJ
Lightning Construction is a veteran-owned siding contractor serving Lyndhurst, New Jersey and the rest of Bergen County — GAF-certified, rated 4.9 stars across 264 reviews, with nothing due up front and no change orders. Most Lyndhurst projects run $16,000 to $38,000.
What siding in Lyndhurst usually means.
The typical home across the township was built in 1956, and of the 9,704 housing units here the median sits squarely in the postwar building boom. Close to 76% of them predate 1980. A little over 30% were standing before 1940.
Homes from this era were built before anyone wrapped a house: bare sheathing, no moisture barrier, little or no wall insulation. Adding a proper moisture barrier and insulated panel is the real upgrade here — the appearance is almost a side effect.
Between the single-family houses and the two- and three-families, wall areas here vary enormously — which is why siding estimates in town range more widely than people expect.
Owner-occupancy runs around 60% in Lyndhurst, so a good share of the work here is for landlords and small property owners. Those jobs get the same written number and the same crews; they just tend to move faster.
What Lyndhurst weather does to a house
This is Bergen County: New Jersey's most populous county, running from the Hudson palisades out to Ramapo foothills. The weather that damages houses here is not dramatic — it is the freeze-thaw cycle, repeating all winter. The mechanism is slow and cumulative: water enters a small defect, expands as it freezes, and leaves the defect slightly larger than it found it. Behind siding it shows up as sheathing that has been quietly wet every winter for a decade. Ground near Passaic River holds water longer, which puts more demand on drainage than a drier lot half a mile away.
What Lyndhurst homeowners get from us
- No deposit; payment comes after the work does
- No mid-job add-ons, ever
- GAF-certified, licensed and insured, NJ HIC 13VH12437000
- Free inspection and a written estimate, with no pressure
- Permits pulled through the Lyndhurst construction office
- 38 miles from our Manalapan base — crews here most weeks
Lyndhurst pricing, and what moves it.
Most siding projects in Lyndhurst land between $16,000 and $38,000. Most homes in town sit in the middle of that band; the top of it is larger houses and premium materials. For context, the median home in Lyndhurst is valued at about $520,000. 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 Lyndhurst township.
Where we work around Lyndhurst.
Within the township we cover Kingsland and South Rutherford. We work throughout ZIP code 07071. Lyndhurst borders North Arlington, Rutherford, Belleville, Nutley and Kearny; our crews cover all of them.
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“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 Lyndhurst typically runs $16,000 to $38,000. 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 1956 and 76% of the stock built before 1980, Lyndhurst sees more of that variation than a newer town would. We work that out at the inspection, not after the job starts.
Yes — this work is permitted by Lyndhurst's own construction office under New Jersey's Uniform Construction Code. Handling the permit and the inspection is part of what we do, and it is already in the price.
Older houses hold more surprises, which is exactly why we look before we quote. Around 76% of the housing in Lyndhurst is pre-1980, and that vintage often means decking or flashing work on top of the covering itself.
Usually a day or two; larger homes run to three. Lyndhurst is about 38 miles from our Manalapan base, well inside the area our crews cover daily.
Indirectly, yes. Properties near Passaic River sit lower and stay damper, which speeds up moss and algae growth on shaded slopes and puts more demand on gutters and downspouts than a drier lot a mile away.
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.
We are a veteran-owned NJ contractor — HIC 13VH12437000, GAF-certified, 4.9 stars from 264 reviews — working throughout Bergen County, including North Arlington, Rutherford and Belleville. You pay nothing up front and the quoted number is the number.
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