Chaska, Minnesota
Licensed Vinyl Siding Replacement in Chaska, MN
Vinyl is not the answer for every wall in Chaska, and the cream colored brick houses near Walnut Street are the clearest example. Where it does belong is the frame stock: the additions, the porches, the gable ends and the postwar houses on the streets around the district. On those, the job is really about what sits behind the panel.
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Old walls near Walnut Street ask harder questions
Start with what the house is made of. The cream colored brick houses built here between 1860 and 1920 should keep their masonry, and we will say so before anyone measures a wall. Vinyl earns its place on the frame houses, on rear additions, on enclosed porches and on gable ends that were always sided. Those walls are usually board sheathing with painted lap siding nailed to it and nothing resembling a modern drainage plane. Narrow eaves make that worse, because there is little overhang to keep rain off the wall. So we furr, wrap and flash before a single panel goes up, and we pay attention to every point where new siding dies into brick, since masonry does not forgive a lazy termination. For houses where the trim profile matters, ask about LP siding replacement, which holds a deeper shadow line than most vinyl.
Vinyl Siding Replacement in Chaska
What matters on Chaska walls
Honest answers about brick houses
The cream colored brick built here from 1860 to 1920 should stay exposed. We will tell you that before anyone measures a wall, even though it means we do not get the job.
Clean terminations where vinyl meets masonry
Siding that dies into brick needs a flashed, sealed edge that still lets water out. Done carelessly on these old walls it wicks moisture straight into the masonry and the joint fails.
Narrow eaves need better wall detail
Houses near Walnut Street were built with little overhang, so rain runs down the face of the wall. Sill pans and head flashing carry more of the load than they do on a modern house.
A drainage gap on solid old walls
Board sheathing with no wrap gets furred and wrapped so the new siding has a vented cavity behind it. That gap is what keeps an 1890s wall from trapping what gets past the panel.
Panels chosen for cold and hail
Vinyl goes brittle in a Minnesota January, and the pocket hail corridors that hit Chaska in August 2020 repeat. Thicker panels with a deeper lock take an impact better than builder grade stuff.
Gable ends run without a seam
Steep simple gables on these houses are tall and narrow. Laying out the courses from the start means the field breaks land where they should instead of stacking up down the middle.
Why owners of older houses call us
Flashing gets looked at first
On masonry and on old frame walls the failure is almost never the panel. We open the problem areas first so the quote covers the real work.
Tight lots worked without a mess
The blocks in and around the historic district are close together. Dumpster placement, staging and cleanup get planned so your neighbor's driveway is not part of the job.
Family run, same people throughout
You talk to the same folks from the estimate to the last piece of trim. We are family run and faith based, and older houses get more of our attention, not less.
We close what we open each day
A wall with no sheathing paper behind it cannot sit open overnight in a rain. We take off what we can dry in and close, and no more than that.
The eave and the wall together
Narrow overhangs make the roof edge, the gutter and the top of the wall one problem. We look at all three before writing a siding scope.
What people near Chaska say
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.
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Questions from Chaska homeowners
What people in Chaska ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Should I put vinyl siding on a brick house in the Walnut Street Historic District?
Our answer is no. The district was listed on the National Register in 1980 and covers about 17 acres of houses whose cream colored brick is the whole point. Covering it hurts the house and the block. Vinyl makes sense on frame houses, additions and porches, and we are happy to look at those.
What will you find under the wood siding on an old Chaska house?
Usually board sheathing with gaps, layers of paint, and no house wrap at all. Sometimes a previous owner already went over the top with aluminum. We plan on stripping to the boards, replacing what is soft, and building a proper drainage plane before any vinyl goes on.
Does vinyl siding crack in cold weather when hail hits?
It can. Vinyl is more brittle below freezing, and a January hail event or a cold snap after impact will open cracks that a summer storm might not. Panel thickness and profile change how much punishment a wall takes, which is worth deciding before you pick a color.
Have us look at the wall first
We will walk your house, tell you where vinyl belongs and where it does not, and put the scope in writing. Free, no obligation, and no pressure either way.
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