Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Quality LP Siding Replacement in Coon Rapids, MN
Plenty of the aluminum and old hardboard lap still standing in Coon Rapids took the June 11, 2017 hail and never came off, because the roof went first and the walls waited. LP SmartSide is what most of those ramblers and split levels get now: a real grain board, a straight shadow line, and a bottom edge that will not swell the way the old stuff did.
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On a rambler, the bottom course does the work
A rambler puts a long, low wall right down near the lawn, and a split entry stacks a short wall over a garage roof. Both mean the details that matter sit near the ground and at the roof to wall corners. What comes off is usually 1960s and 1970s hardboard with the bottom edge gone to mush, or aluminum the 2017 hail left dimpled from end to end. We check the sheathing under every window sill before new board goes up, reset the grade or the mulch bed where soil has crept over the block, and put a kickout in where the front gable roof dies into the wall. If you would rather have cement board on that elevation, we also do James Hardie siding replacement, and we will lay out the difference honestly.
LP Siding Replacement in Coon Rapids
Why these ramblers and splits take to it
Proportion that suits a rambler
A long, low wall looks wrong under a wide plank. We size the exposure so the courses stack evenly from the block to the soffit and the lines read straight across the whole front.
A board that does not dimple
Aluminum records every hailstone and old hardboard cracks along the nail line. Engineered strand takes an impact without holding the dent, which counts for something on a street that was hit in 2017.
First course kept above the snow pile
Snow slides off a low roof and piles against a rambler wall all winter. We hold the starter up where it belongs and pull soil and mulch back so the bottom edge is not sitting wet in April.
Kickouts where roofs die into walls
Split levels run a front gable roof into a sidewall right above the entry. With no kickout there, water tracks behind the siding and takes out the sheathing at that corner. We put one in.
Color that updates a 1970s box
Most of these houses still wear the pale aluminum they were built with. A darker prefinished lap with white trim changes how a low, wide house reads from the curb more than anything else you can do.
Deck ledger flashed while it is open
Splits and ramblers here carry a deck bolted through the rim joist. With the wall open we flash the ledger and detail the siding around it, because that connection is where a lot of rot starts.
The way we work on a Coon Rapids street
We photograph all four elevations
Hail rarely hits every side the same. We document each wall and the trim, mark the test squares, and meet the adjuster at the house so nothing gets left off the scope.
We will tell you to wait
If the old lap is sound and only the paint is tired, we say so. There is no reason to tear off a wall that still has good years left in it.
Roof and siding in the right order
We do both trades, so when the shingles are also at the end we sequence the roof first and keep one crew from working over the other crew's flashing.
Written quote, no obligation
Estimates are free. You get the scope in writing, including the tear off and the flashing, and nobody calls to lean on you about signing it.
Someone answers at any hour
We are open twenty four hours, seven days a week. When wind opens a wall on a Sunday night, you reach a person here instead of a voicemail box.
What people near Coon Rapids say
The crew arrived early and spread tarps all around the house to capture every bit of debris. By 3:00 PM, my entire roof was completely finished.
Hazel JamesRoof replacement, Minneapolis, MN Orange Exteriors fixed a minor leak that involved replacing flashing and a few shingles blown off our roof. Timely, quality work. Great ideas to keep our roof going long term.
Jim ThomasStorm damage repair From sales to construction crew to upper management, they helped make an insurance battle a breeze. This is the best contractor interaction I have ever had.
Jim NormanRoof replacement
Questions from Coon Rapids owners
What people in Coon Rapids ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
My roof was replaced after the 2017 hail but the siding never was. Can that still go to insurance?
It depends on your policy and how your carrier treats a claim that old, so the honest answer is that we cannot promise it. What we can do is walk all four elevations, photograph the dents in the aluminum or the cracks in the hardboard, and hand you documentation to take to your carrier.
Does LP SmartSide look right on a Coon Rapids split level?
It usually looks better than what is on there now. A split entry has a short wall over the garage and a taller one beside the door, and a lap with a real shadow line keeps those two planes from reading as one flat sheet. A narrower exposure suits the proportions better than wide plank does.
Can you install the new siding over the existing hardboard?
No, and we will not do it. The old board holds moisture, the fasteners have nothing solid to bite into, and anything wrong with the wrap or the sheathing stays wrong and hidden. Tearing off is the only way to see the wall, dry it in, and flash the joints and openings properly.
Finish the walls the 2017 hail left
If the roof got done and the siding did not, we will walk all four elevations with you, document what the hail did to the old board, and quote engineered wood. No obligation.
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- Office6600 City West Pkwy Suite 375, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
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