Anoka, Minnesota
Licensed LP Siding Replacement in Anoka, MN
The gable front and Victorian frame houses near downtown Anoka are the county's oldest, and most of them are wearing their third or fourth skin. Aluminum and vinyl went on over the original clapboard decades ago. Engineered wood is the material that gets the reveal, the grain and the trim proportions back without asking anyone to scrape a hundred year old wall every summer.
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Old houses hide their damage in the trim
Take aluminum off a house near Rum River or Windego Park and you find out what the last crew covered up. Soft casing under the window sills, a rotted water table, and sheathing gone where a porch roof or a bay meets the wall with nothing but tar for flashing. Grade is the other one. A century of regrading and new beds has brought soil up the block, so the bottom of the wall has no clearance left. We rebuild the trim first, put step flashing where the porch roof and the bay tie in, and set the water table so siding starts above the dirt. Homeowners who want a lower maintenance look at the same reveal sometimes go with James Hardie siding replacement, and either way the carpentry underneath is the same work.
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What it gives an old Anoka house
A reveal that matches old clapboard
Original lap on these houses is narrow. We order the exposure to match what is already on the wall so the courses line up with the water table and the window casings the way the builder set them.
Corner boards and casings rebuilt
A gable front house reads through its trim. Corner boards, casings and the frieze go back in engineered trim at the widths the house already has, not shrunk down to whatever stock size is handy.
Siding started above the grade
Soil has crept up these old foundations for a hundred years. We cut the beds back and set the water table so the first course keeps clearance above the dirt and above the splash line.
Porch and bay tie ins flashed
Roof, porch and bay all meet the wall on these houses in ways no modern plan repeats. Those junctions get step flashing and a proper counter detail, because that is where the rot always started.
What the aluminum hid gets fixed
Wrapped trim and old lap hide soft wood well. We open it, cut out what is rotten, and replace framing and sheathing where it is gone rather than nailing new board over a bad wall.
A weather barrier where there was none
Houses this old were often sheathed in board with nothing behind the siding at all. Replacement is the one chance to get wrap and flashing tape on the wall before it closes up for another lifetime.
How we treat a historic block
We work to what is already there
Old trim has widths and profiles that stock parts do not match. We measure the existing casing, water table and corner boards and order material to those dimensions.
Carpentry first, siding second
On a house this old the framing and the sheathing set the schedule. Rot gets repaired before any new board goes up, because covering it only moves the problem.
Trim cut and fit on site
Century old walls are not square or plumb. Our carpenters cut and fit trim at the house rather than expecting factory lengths to land on a straight line.
Tight lots and close neighbors
Downtown blocks have no room for a dumpster in the yard. We plan where the truck sits, keep the sidewalk clear, and talk to the neighbor whose driveway we are working next to.
We photograph before anything moves
We shoot the trim, the porch and the bay before a single piece comes off, so what goes back on matches what was there. On an old house that record beats a memory.
What people near Anoka say
Orange Exteriors did an excellent job with my new roofing install. Very professional, on time and hard working crew. Completed the job in one day.
Dick JohnsonRoof installation We live in Eden Prairie. Orange did an excellent job on our siding replacement and provided great customer service all the way through.
Thomas DeSutterSiding replacement, Eden Prairie, MN Fantastic guys to work with, did an excellent job of fixing our siding. You can tell it’s a high integrity company. Definitely recommend.
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Common questions in Anoka
What people in Anoka ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Should an 1890s house near downtown Anoka get engineered wood or repaired clapboard?
It depends on how much original wood is left. If the clapboard is mostly sound under the aluminum, repairing and painting it is the better job and we will tell you so. If the bottom third is gone and the trim is soft, engineered lap at a matching reveal keeps the look without the endless patching.
Do I need city approval before residing a historic Anoka home?
Anoka is the county seat, keeps a Heritage Preservation Commission, and has National Register properties near downtown, so it depends on whether your house is designated or sits in a district. Ask the city before material is ordered. We will hold the start date rather than put board on a wall that has to come back off.
The dirt has come up against our foundation over the years. Does that stop new siding?
It does not stop it, but it changes the work. Engineered wood needs clearance above the ground, so we cut the bed back, reset the water table board, and sometimes add flashing at the sill. If the grade cannot be lowered, we tell you where the siding has to stop and why.
Start with a look at the trim
Walk us around the porch, the bay and the water table. We will tell you what should be repaired, what should be replaced, and how engineered lap would look on the house.
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