Siding in Paterson, NJ
Lightning Construction is a veteran-owned siding contractor serving Paterson, New Jersey and the rest of Passaic County — GAF-certified, rated 4.9 stars across 264 reviews, with nothing due up front and no change orders. Expect $10,000 to $22,000 for most homes in town.
Siding in Paterson, house by house.
Paterson counts about 52,519 housing units, and the median one went up in 1954 — in the postwar building boom. Roughly 77% were standing before 1980. A little over 33% 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.
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 27%, most buildings in Paterson 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.
What we build against here
Passaic County is historic mill towns in the south and lake communities up in the highlands, and Paterson is part of it. Up here the design problem is weight and ice, not wind. The code figure for Passaic County is 40 psf of ground snow load — a real number with real consequences. What actually damages houses is not the load but the ice dam that forms when a warm attic melts the underside of the snow and the cold eave freezes it again. 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 the estimate covers
- $0 down — we invoice when the job is complete
- No change orders; the written number is the number
- Licensed and insured in New Jersey, HIC 13VH12437000, GAF-certified
- Free, unhurried inspection and a written number the same visit
- Permits pulled through the Paterson construction office
- Ice-and-water protection specified for Passaic County's 40 psf snow load
What you should expect to pay in Paterson.
Most siding projects in Paterson 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 Paterson is valued at about $360,000. 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 Paterson city and ground snow load is from New Jersey DCA Bulletin 19-1.
Who we cover near Paterson.
We work throughout ZIP codes 07501, 07502, 07503, 07504, 07505, 07509, 07510 and 07511. Paterson borders Hawthorne, Prospect Park, Totowa, Woodland Park and Elmwood Park; our crews cover all of them.
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Straight answers.
Siding in Paterson 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 1954, 77% of the stock built before 1980 and a lot of attached and multi-family building, Paterson sees more of that variation than a newer town would. We work that out at the inspection, not after the job starts.
You do, and we take care of it. Permits for a siding come from the Paterson construction office under the state Uniform Construction Code, and we pull the permit, schedule the inspection and meet the inspector ourselves.
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.
Usually a day or two; larger homes run to three. Paterson is about 46 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.
No deposit, in Paterson 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.
Three things separate us: no deposit, no change orders, and a written price that holds. We are GAF-certified, veteran-owned, NJ HIC 13VH12437000, rated 4.9 from 264 reviews, and we work across Passaic County, including Hawthorne, Prospect Park and Totowa.
Siding in Paterson?
Free inspection, a written estimate, nothing down, no pressure — for your Paterson home.