Repair or replace?
Siding is easier to repair in sections than a roof is, which means a partial fix is often genuinely the right call.
A section repair makes sense when damage is contained: a few cracked panels on the wall that faces the weather, an impact from a branch, or a run of trim that has gone soft. If the rest of the siding is sound and we can source a reasonable match, replacing the affected panels is far cheaper than doing the whole house.
A full replacement makes more sense when the siding is failing generally. Widespread cracking, panels that have gone brittle and chalky, moisture getting in behind the material, or a color that has faded so unevenly that a patch would stand out worse than the damage does.
There is also an honest middle case. Siding that is more than twenty years old can be difficult to match, because profiles and colors get discontinued. If we cannot get close enough for the repair to look right, we will say so and let you decide whether to live with a visible patch or replace the elevation.
Siding materials
Vinyl siding is the most common choice in this market. It is the lowest cost per square foot, it does not need painting, and it comes in a wide range of colors and profiles including lap and board and batten. It is a practical, low maintenance material, and for most homes it is the sensible answer.
Fiber cement siding costs more and weighs considerably more, which makes installation a bigger job. In exchange it resists impact better than vinyl, it will not warp in heat, and it holds paint well. It suits homeowners who want a more substantial look or who have had repeated impact damage.
What each one costs on your specific house, and what the difference between them looks like in ten years rather than on day one, is part of the estimate conversation. One thing you will not hear from us is a percentage off your energy bill. That depends on your walls, your insulation and your windows, not on the siding alone.
Trim, soffit, and fascia
The siding gets the attention, but the trim is often where the actual problem is. Soffit is the underside of the roof overhang, and fascia is the board the gutters hang from. Both of them sit right where water concentrates, and both rot quietly.
Soft fascia is one of the most common things we find during a siding inspection, and it matters because it is what your gutters are attached to. Fascia gets checked while the siding is being looked at, and anything soft shows up in the photographs.
Storm damage to siding
The storm that takes shingles off your roof usually cracks the siding on the windward wall too, and hail that is large enough to bruise a roof will often pit or crack vinyl on the same elevation.
Because of that, we look at the siding whenever we inspect a roof after a storm, and we look at the roof whenever we are called out for siding. Finding half the damage and documenting half the scope helps nobody. If you are working through an insurance claim, a complete written scope covering every affected surface is considerably more useful than three separate partial ones.
From inspection to finished wall
- We inspect the exterior. All elevations, not only the one you called about, plus trim, soffit, and fascia.
- You see photographs. Of every area we are proposing to work on.
- You get a written estimate. Full scope, material, and price, before any work is scheduled.
- We agree on material and color. Including an honest assessment of how well a repair will match existing siding.
- We do the work and clean up. Siding jobs generate a lot of offcuts and nails. Those go with us at the end of the day.
The person who quotes your siding installs it
Licensed and insured, locally owned, based in Louisville. The person who quotes your siding is on the crew that installs it, so nothing gets lost between the sale and the work.
Every job starts with a free inspection and ends with a written estimate you can hold us to. There is no same day only pricing here, and nobody is asked to sign on the spot.
Siding service area
Fifteen counties across the Louisville metro and Southern Indiana are in range. On the Kentucky side that covers Louisville and Jefferson County, plus Oldham, Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer, Nelson, Hardin, Meade, Henry, and Trimble, taking in St. Matthews, Jeffersontown, Middletown, Prospect, La Grange, Crestwood, Shepherdsville, Mount Washington, Shelbyville, Taylorsville, Bardstown, and Elizabethtown. In Indiana we cover Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington counties.
Book a free siding inspection
Call (502) 676-8410 or send the form. We will look at the exterior, show you what we find, and give you a written estimate. There is no charge for the inspection and no obligation after it.
