Siding in Passaic, NJ
Lightning Construction installs and repairs siding in Passaic, New Jersey — a veteran-owned, GAF-certified contractor covering Passaic County with no deposit, no change orders and a 4.9-star rating from 264 reviews. Expect $10,000 to $22,000 for most homes in town.
Siding in Passaic, house by house.
Housing here dates to 1938 at the median, across roughly 21,693 units. Roughly 86% were standing before 1980. A little over 58% were standing before 1940.
Under the current siding on a house this age there is almost always original wood, and frequently a layer of asbestos-cement shingle over the top of it. We look behind a corner before quoting, because what is under there decides the method.
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 24%, most buildings in Passaic 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 16% 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 Passaic County: historic mill towns in the south and lake communities up in the highlands. Up here the design problem is weight and ice, not wind. Passaic County carries a design ground snow load of 40 pounds per square foot under the state's construction code — more than double what most of the state is built for. Snow that sits, melts against a warm attic and refreezes at the cold eave is what causes ice dams, and ice dams are what put water into ceilings on houses whose roofs are otherwise fine. On walls it shows up as staining and rot below the eaves where meltwater has run behind the cladding for years. Ground near Passaic River holds water longer, which puts more demand on drainage than a drier lot half a mile away.
What is included, every time
- No deposit; payment comes after the work does
- The quote is the price — we do not write change orders
- GAF-certified, licensed and insured, NJ HIC 13VH12437000
- Free, unhurried inspection and a written number the same visit
- Permits pulled through the Passaic construction office
- Ice-and-water protection specified for Passaic County's 40 psf snow load
The cost of siding in Passaic.
Most siding projects in Passaic land between $10,000 and $22,000. The lower half of that range covers most straightforward houses in town; the upper half is where you get into steep pitches, multiple layers to remove, or decking that has to be replaced. For context, the median home in Passaic is valued at about $430,000. 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 Passaic city and ground snow load is from New Jersey DCA Bulletin 19-1.
Passaic and the streets around it.
Zip code 07055 are all inside our normal service area. Passaic borders East Rutherford, Garfield, Rutherford and Wallington; our crews cover all of them.
More for your Passaic home.
Recent Lightning projects around Passaic.
“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 Passaic 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 1938, 86% of the stock built before 1980 and a lot of attached and multi-family building, Passaic sees more of that variation than a newer town would. We work that out at the inspection, not after the job starts.
Yes. New Jersey issues construction permits at the municipal level, so a siding in Passaic is permitted through the local construction office under the state Uniform Construction Code. We pull it and meet the inspector; you file nothing.
It does. Passaic County carries a design ground snow load of 40 pounds per square foot under New Jersey's construction code — among the highest in the state. In practice that means ice-and-water shield carried well up the eaves and a properly ventilated attic, because ice dams, not the weight itself, are what damage homes here.
Most jobs run one to three days depending on the size of the house. Passaic is about 41 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.
Nothing up front. We finish the job in Passaic, you look at it, then you pay. Financing is available and does not change what we quoted.
We are a veteran-owned NJ contractor — HIC 13VH12437000, GAF-certified, 4.9 stars from 264 reviews — working throughout Passaic County, including East Rutherford, Garfield and Rutherford. You pay nothing up front and the quoted number is the number.
Siding in Passaic?
Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Passaic home.