Completed projects in Watertown: real photos, real prices, one local crew.
Watertown homes range from 19th-century wood-framed houses to mid-century ranches and colonials, and the siding on many of them faces the same New England weather year after year. We cover the materials that hold up to our winters and the steps we follow from the first measurement to the final walk-through.
$48,500
median written estimate, 2022–2026
$36,500middle half of jobs$58,000
Typical measured house: 29 squares of wall
$17,000
median written estimate, 2025–2026
$13,500middle half of jobs$22,000
Typical measured roof: 21 squares
$20,000
median written estimate, 2024–2026
$6,000middle half of jobs$35,500
Typical job: 8 windows
$5,000
median written estimate, 2024–2026
$4,000middle half of jobs$9,000
Medians of the written estimates we prepared for measured Massachusetts homes, signed and unsigned, rounded to $500. For today's price on a specific product, use the cost calculators.
Watertown has a tight stock of wood-framed houses, many of them colonials, capes and two- and three-family homes built between the 1890s and the 1960s. The original siding on these houses is often cedar clapboard or shingle that has been painted many times. After decades of nor'easters, freeze-thaw cycles and direct sun on the south and west walls, we usually find a handful of recurring problems: paint that no longer bonds, cupped or split boards, and soft spots where water has gotten behind the siding.
Before you replace the siding, check what is going on underneath. On older Watertown houses, the original sheathing may be plank stock with gaps, and wall insulation is often thin or settled. A siding project is the right moment to add a weather-resistive barrier and air-seal the shell. We also look at the trim, the window and door flashing, and any signs of past ice damming at the eaves, because those details determine how long the new siding will stay tight.
Watertown houses face freeze-thaw cycles, ice dams and wind-driven rain, so the siding has to shed water and stay stable. On local projects we have installed James Hardie fiber cement, CertainTeed vinyl and Harvey siding, mostly in lap and clapboard styles.
Your project manager measures your house during a free in-home visit, noting the wall condition, trim and any existing water damage. You then receive a written proposal that lists the exact siding product, color, trim details and scope of work, so nothing is left to guesswork.
We file the building permit with the Town of Watertown and schedule the required inspections. Our own installation crew handles the installation: they strip the old siding, address any sheathing rot, wrap the walls and hang the new material. At the end of each day we sweep the site and stack materials neatly. When the job is complete we walk the house with you, go over the finished work and haul away all debris.
Our completed projects in Watertown have mostly been lap siding on older wood-framed houses, installed by our own crews. Homeowners picked colors that suit the neighborhood's mix of colonials and two-family homes.
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Yes, the town of Watertown requires a building permit for siding replacement. We file the building permit as part of the project, and the work is inspected by the town's building department to confirm it meets the Massachusetts building code.
Fiber cement siding, like the James Hardie we have installed in Watertown, resists moisture, freeze-thaw cycles and wind-driven rain well. Insulated vinyl siding from CertainTeed also performs reliably here because it is engineered not to crack in cold weather and adds a layer of thermal resistance.
The duration depends on the size of the house, the siding material and the season. A straightforward lap siding job on an average Watertown colonial or ranch typically takes our crew a couple of weeks once materials are on site and the permit is in hand. We give you a schedule in the written proposal before we start.
We can. The lap and clapboard styles we have installed in Watertown with James Hardie and CertainTeed siding replicate the look of traditional wood clapboards. We also carry CertainTeed Cedar Impressions polymer shakes that mimic the texture of cedar without the maintenance wood requires.
No. Installation stays in-house: our employees, our trucks, our project manager on site. The same crew that starts your siding project finishes it, and the project manager who measured your house stays in touch through the final walk-through.
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