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Siding replacement cost in Nashua, NH
A 1,500 sq ft siding job in vinyl siding comes to about $6,050 to $18,100 in Nashua once the national installed price is adjusted for what carpenters earn locally. The city's fee schedule has no separate line for it, but its general residential rate puts the permit at $245 for a job at the midpoint.
Figures checked October 21, 2026 · sources
- 1Vinyl, 1,500 sq ft $6,050–$18,100
- 2Labor index +1.2% vs US
- 3Nashua permit $245
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Siding replacement prices in Nashua by material
Each row starts from the installed price per square foot of wall published in a national cost guide, then moves only the labor part of that price by Nashua's labor index. For 1,500 sq ft:
| Material | National | Nashua | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl siding | $6,000–$18,000 | $6,050–$18,100 | $12,050 |
| Fiber cement siding | $9,000–$22,500 | $9,050–$22,600 | $15,800 |
| Engineered wood siding | $10,500–$18,000 | $10,550–$18,100 | $14,300 |
| Cedar siding | $9,000–$24,000 | $9,050–$24,100 | $16,550 |
By size
| Wall area to side (sq ft) | Nashua estimate | Permit at midpoint |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 sq ft | $4,000–$12,050 | $180 |
| 1,500 sq ft | $6,050–$18,100 | $245 |
| 2,000 sq ft | $8,050–$24,150 | $310 |
| 2,500 sq ft | $10,050–$30,200 | $375 |
Vinyl siding.
Permit fee in Nashua
General rate The fee schedule has no separate line for this work; the town's general residential building-permit rate is shown as what it would charge if the building department requires a permit for it.
“Alterations, repairs, fire damage — Residential (per square foot of area affected): $0.13.”
“Building permit: $50.”
Applied to a 1,500 sq ft siding job estimated at $6,050 to $18,100, that gives $245 to $245, about 2.03% of the midpoint price. Among the 15 towns on this site whose schedules cover this work, Nashua ranks 14 from the cheapest; Newport is lowest at $100 and Hartford highest at $413.38 for its own midpoint job. Nashua charges by the square foot of area affected; the wall area sided is used here.
Schedule: City of Nashua Code, Chapter 105 Building Construction, § 105-28 Fee Schedule (amended 3-9-2021 by Ord. O-21-045). The building department decides whether a permit is required and what valuation it accepts; the national guide puts siding job permits at $30–$200.
Why Nashua differs from the national price
Nashua is in Hillsborough County, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metropolitan area. The median wage there for carpenters is $29.47 an hour against $29.12 nationally, so the labor part of a national price is scaled by 1.012 (+1.2%).
On this job the labor portion is $3,000 to $9,000 at national rates and $3,050 to $9,100 at Nashua rates, so the midpoint rises $70 above the national figure. Against the New Hampshire statewide wage it is $10 higher. Materials are priced at the national figure: shingle, lumber and equipment prices are set by distributors, not by a town.
A second published benchmark points the same way for the region: Remodeling's 2025 Cost vs Value report prices its “Siding Replacement, Vinyl” job at $17,950 nationally and $17,600 in New England, and its “Siding Replacement, Fiber-Cement” job at $21,500 nationally and $20,700 in New England. Those are fixed specification jobs, not per-square-foot prices, so they are shown for comparison only.
Nashua at a glance
Nashua had 92,892 residents in the state's 2025 estimate, up 7.4% from 86,494 in 2010, about the same pace as New Hampshire as a whole (7.5%). Its density of 3,038 people per square mile puts it 5 of 24 among the towns on this site.
55.8% of Nashua's occupied homes are lived in by their owners, fewer than the 72.8% statewide, and the median owner-occupied home is valued at $403,900 (New Hampshire: $402,500). The midpoint estimate for this siding job works out to 3% of that median value.
Taking off the old siding
Remove the old siding adds $0.70 to $2 per sq ft nationally (“$0.70 to $2.00 per square foot (old siding removal)”). That work is all labor, so at Nashua's index it is $1,050 to $3,050 for 1,500 sq ft, on top of the estimate above.
Before asking for quotes
- The Nashua building department can say for free whether this job needs a permit and what it will cost; the schedule linked above is its own published document.
- Written quotes that list the same scope (area, material line, removal, disposal, permit) can be compared line by line; the quote comparison guide walks through it with these numbers.
- A quote far below $6,050 or above $18,100 is not wrong in itself, but it is worth asking what it includes or leaves out.
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Siding replacement in nearby towns
| Town | Labor area | Estimate | Permit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | Manchester-Nashua | $6,050–$18,100 | $120.72 |
| Derry | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $6,750–$20,200 | $102.25 |
| Durham | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $6,750–$20,200 | $144.15 |
| Exeter | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $6,750–$20,200 | $117.25 |
| Lebanon | Northern NH | $6,050–$18,100 | $160.65 |
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Sources
- Installed price: HomeGuide: Siding cost (Oct 29, 2025) — “Vinyl $4 – $12 (installed, per sq ft)”.
- Labor portion: HomeGuide: Siding cost (Oct 29, 2025) — “$2 to $6 per square foot (siding labor)”.
- Labor index: O*NET OnLine, Carpenters (47-2031.00), New Hampshire local wages; area definitions: BLS, May 2025 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions.
- Permit: City of Nashua Code, Chapter 105 Building Construction, § 105-28 Fee Schedule.
- Population: NH Office of Planning and Development, 2025 Population Estimates of New Hampshire Cities and Towns (published July 17, 2026); housing: Census QuickFacts, Nashua.
All figures checked October 21, 2026. Estimates are ranges built from published averages, not quotes; a contractor's price depends on the house, access, the season and the scope written into the quote. Cost by Town does not perform or arrange work.