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Roofing, Siding, Windows & Doors in Wildwood, NJ
Get Your Free Estimate in WildwoodWildwood's wide beaches front a working island town of year-round neighborhoods behind the boardwalk, and that shapes every exterior project we take on here. The beach blocks hold the boardwalk, the convention center and the mid-century motels the island is famous for; the blocks west of Pacific Avenue hold the twins, two-family houses and converted older stock where people live all year; and the bayside holds the marinas and the bridge. Salt, wind and rental-season deadlines apply to all of it, and the work is about doing it right and on schedule.
Wildwood, Block by Block
The Baker brothers formed the Wildwood Beach Improvement Company and incorporated the borough of Wildwood on May 1, 1895, four years after the road that became Pacific Avenue first connected the island end to end. Holly Beach, the resort borough to the south, voted with Wildwood in August 1911 to consolidate, and the City of Wildwood came into being on January 1, 1912. The boardwalk, the hotels and then the motels built the town's reputation, but the housing behind them was built for the people who ran it, and that year-round stock is most of what we work on.
The boardwalk blocks and the motel district
Along Ocean and Atlantic Avenues, from the convention center up toward the North Wildwood line, the motels built between 1956 and 1970 set the look, and the last twenty-five years have sorted them into the restored, the converted and the torn down. The condo buildings that replaced many of them, and the associations that run the converted ones, are a large part of our work here: flat and low-slope roofs that need proper membrane systems, long runs of siding facing the ocean, and dozens of identical windows that fail on the same schedule. The J. Thompson Baker House on Atlantic Avenue is a reminder of what the beach blocks looked like before the motels.
The year-round blocks west of Pacific Avenue
Between Pacific Avenue and the bay, on New Jersey Avenue, Park Boulevard and the cross streets, Wildwood is a real town: twins and two-family houses, older cottages from the Holly Beach years on the south end, and a steady conversion of older stock into rental units and condos. These houses have layered roofs over plank decking, original wood under later siding, and window openings that have been reworked more than once, and most of what we do here is full replacement of a system that has been patched for decades.
The bayside and the Rio Grande gateway
On the western edge, around the Rio Grande Avenue bridge and the marinas, the housing faces the back bay and takes wind across open water with nothing to slow it, and the flood elevation governs what a rebuild can be. Multi-family shore homes and elevated new construction sit beside the older waterfront houses, and on all of it siding, trim, hardware and fasteners are chosen for corrosion first and appearance second, which is no contradiction when the products are right.
Roofing in Wildwood
Salt, wind and rental-season deadlines mean exterior work here has to be done right and done on schedule. That is why we spec high-wind architectural shingles from Owens Corning and CertainTeed, a high-wind nailing pattern, a sealed starter course at the eaves and rakes, stainless or coated fasteners, ice and water shield run past the code minimum at eaves, valleys and every wall intersection, and hip-and-ridge from the same system so the roof carries one warranty.
On the twins and two-family houses the first question is how many layers are on the roof and what they have done to the deck, because two over plank decking is the norm on the older blocks; we strip to the boards, replace what is soft and start clean. On the condo buildings and converted motels the roofs are flat or low-slope, and those get a proper membrane system with the drains, scuppers and parapet flashing done right, scheduled with the association and finished before the season.
Siding in Wildwood
Siding here has to fit the neighborhood, and multi-family shore homes, mid-century motels and the ongoing conversion of older stock set the visual tone. We install CertainTeed vinyl and fiber cement lines over a proper weather barrier, with stainless or coated fasteners, in the clapboard and shake profiles the older houses were built with and the cleaner board profiles the conversions and new buildings call for, with color-matched soffit, fascia and trim so the exterior reads as one job.
The value is in what you do not see: stripping the old cladding rather than covering it, repairing sheathing rot on the ocean- and bay-facing walls, and adding a weather barrier and insulation board where the wall allows so the building is warmer and quieter afterward. On a twin we coordinate with the neighbor when the party wall is involved, and on an elevated rebuild the wall below the flood line gets flood-resistant materials.
Window Replacement in Wildwood
Salt spray etches glass, corrodes cheap hardware and finds every gap in an old frame; shore windows fail from the outside in. That is why we install ProVia Aspect and Endure, custom-built for each opening, ENERGY STAR certified, with coastal-grade hardware and the double-hung, slider and picture configurations these houses were built around, and grille patterns chosen from the house rather than a catalog.
On the older year-round blocks the openings are rarely square and have been reworked before, so each unit is measured individually and set into a cleaned and repaired frame, flashed and sealed, with the trim finished so nothing looks like a retrofit. On the condo buildings it is usually a whole elevation at once, dozens of units ordered to the same spec and installed in a few days between the fall and the first rental.
Entry Doors in Wildwood
A front door does double duty in Wildwood, security and curb appeal in one move, and on a rental it also has to survive a season of tenants. Our door lineup is ProVia top to bottom: Legacy steel for value and strength, Ascent fiberglass, and Signet fiberglass with stained wood grain finishes, in the panel layouts, glass patterns and sidelight configurations that suit a twin's paired entries as well as an elevated home's stair-top door.
Because the salt comes off the ocean and the bay both, we pay close attention to the threshold, the sweep, the weatherstripping, the hardware finish and the storm door pairing, since that is where a coastal door fails first. A same-size replacement into the existing opening is usually a single day; when an old frame has settled we tell you before the door is ordered.
Wildwood Neighborhoods and Zip Codes We Work In
Wildwood is a compact city and we cover all of it. These are the areas homeowners use to describe where they live.
That covers the boardwalk blocks, the Doo Wop motel district, the convention center blocks, Holly Beach, the blocks west of Pacific Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, Park Boulevard, the bayside, the Rio Grande Avenue gateway, the marinas, the North Wildwood line and the Wildwood Crest line.
The city shares the 08260 zip code with the rest of the island. We also work North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest on either side and West Wildwood across the bay, and the links below take you to each.
Permits and the Flood Zone
Roofing, siding and window replacement in Wildwood go through the city construction office at 4400 New Jersey Avenue, which enforces the state construction codes within the city, building, fire, plumbing, electrical and mechanical among them. Most of what we do here is permitted and inspected, and we build the inspection into the schedule so the deck and underlayment are seen before the shingles go on.
The city points anyone in a flood zone to the state environmental department to confirm whether a separate permit is required, and on an elevated rebuild the materials below the flood line have to be flood-resistant. For a roof, siding or window job on its own the flood rules rarely change the work, but a large combined renovation can cross the substantial-improvement line, so we confirm it before anything is ordered, pull the permits, coordinate the inspections and close the job out as part of the work rather than as your homework.
Wildwood Questions We Hear
We own a rental. Can you get it done before the season?
Yes. Most Wildwood owners want exterior work done between fall and spring, and we schedule for it. Tell us your first rental date at the estimate and we plan backward from it.
We manage a condo building that used to be a motel. Do you work with associations?
Yes. Flat and low-slope roofs, long ocean-facing siding runs and dozens of matching windows are a large part of our work in Wildwood, and we quote the whole building with a schedule the association can plan around.
Our twin has two layers of shingles. Can you go over them?
No, and you would not want us to. Two layers is the code limit, and a third hides whatever the first two have been doing to the deck. We strip to the boards, replace what is soft and start clean, and we coordinate with your neighbor where the roofs meet.
Our house is elevated. What is different about siding it?
The wall below the flood line has to use flood-resistant materials, and the transition where the living space starts has to be detailed so water sheds out, not in. Above that line it is a normal coastal siding job with a proper weather barrier and corrosion-resistant fasteners.
Why do our windows and door hardware corrode so fast here?
Salt from two directions. It etches glass, eats cheap hardware and finds every gap in an old frame. Coastal-grade hardware, proper flashing into the frame and a storm door pairing that actually seals are what slow it down.
There is aluminum siding on our older house. What is under it?
Usually the original wood, sometimes in fine shape, sometimes not. We open a section before quoting so you know what you are dealing with, and we never side over rot.
Do you handle the city permits?
Yes, the building permit through the construction office on New Jersey Avenue, the flood zone question and the inspections along with it. It is part of the job, not your homework.
How long does a typical Wildwood job take?
A twin or cottage roof is usually a day or two once materials are on site, a condo building runs longer and is scheduled with the association, siding depends on trim and repair, and a full window replacement on a house is often a day. We give you a schedule at the estimate and hold to it.
Do you offer financing?
Yes. Ask about financing at the estimate and we will walk you through the options before you commit to anything.
Get a Free Estimate
Talk to us before your next exterior project in Wildwood. The estimate is free, the number is (609) 623-5523, and the advice is honest either way: we come to you, walk the roof and both exposed walls, and give you a real number and a schedule before you decide anything. Nearby, our crews also serve North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest and West Wildwood, and the links below take you to each.