Siding

Siding is the part of the water plan people forget

Everyone thinks about the roof and the gutters when they think about keeping water out. Siding is the third piece, and it is the one that takes the sideways-driven rain and the wind-blown snow that a Minnesota storm throws at the walls. When siding is cracked, faded, or loose, water finds its way behind it, into the sheathing and the wall cavity, where you do not see the damage until it is expensive.

Good siding does two jobs at once. It seals the walls against weather, and it finishes the house so the roof, gutters, and walls all read as one exterior instead of three projects that never quite matched.

What we install

We hang vinyl and steel siding, and insulated versions of both. Vinyl is the value option and comes in enough colors and profiles to make almost any house look sharp. Steel costs more up front and earns it in hail country, where it resists dents and holds its color for years without fading. On exposed sites with a lot of sun and wind, that longer life is often worth the difference.

Whatever the material, the layer you never see matters most. A weather-resistant house wrap goes on behind the siding to act as the drainage plane, so any water that gets past the face has a path back out instead of into the wall.

We finish the whole envelope

Siding that stops at the field and leaves the old fascia and trim in place never looks done and never seals right at the edges. We wrap the fascia and soffit in coil stock to match, and we trim out the windows and doors so the corners and openings are clean and watertight. We also keep the soffit vents clear, because a wall that looks great but chokes off the attic airflow just trades one problem for another.

Because we also do your gutters and roof, we can line the three up. The siding color works with the trim, the trim works with the gutters, and the water moves from roof to gutter to ground without a weak handoff at the eave. That coordination is hard to get when three different crews show up in three different months.

Tear-off vs. going over

Sometimes it makes sense to install new siding over what is there. More often, especially on an older house, it is worth pulling the old siding so we can see the sheathing underneath and catch any soft spots or past water damage before they get covered up again. We will tell you which one your house calls for and price both if you want to compare.

Who this is for

New construction that needs the full exterior. Homes with siding that has faded, cracked, or started pulling away at the seams. Anyone tired of scraping and repainting wood every few years, or worried about what is happening behind siding that has clearly given up. If you are already replacing the roof or gutters, doing the siding in the same stretch is how you get a matched exterior and one point of accountability.

What it costs

Siding is priced by the wall area, the material you choose, and the trim and tear-off the house needs. We measure, look at the condition of what is there, and give you a written number with the options laid out. The estimate is free. Send us your address and a few details or call and we will come take a look.