Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dependable Vinyl Siding Replacement in Minneapolis, MN
Take the siding off a house in Minneapolis and you learn what the last three owners did to it. Bungalows and foursquares from the twenties usually carry old wood lap, sometimes cedar shingle, then a layer of 1970s vinyl hung straight over the top with no wrap between. Under all of it is board sheathing with gaps you can see daylight through.
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What the tear-off finds changes the job
The first hour of tear-off settles most of what the job will cost. Sometimes it is one layer over sound cedar shingle. Sometimes it is three layers and soft, black sheathing under a gutter return that has been overflowing for years. Either way the wall gets reset before a panel goes up: house wrap lapped shingle-style, sill pans and head flashing at every opening, and furring where the old boards are too cupped to hold a straight line. Shallow soffits mean the top course near the eave takes ice-dam water every spring, so the wrap runs up behind the drip edge. Tight lots and alley access shape the schedule as much as the wall area does. If your walls turn out to be pressed board, look at LP siding replacement instead, since the tear-off and the repair scope are different.
Vinyl Siding Replacement in Minneapolis
What a full reside fixes on an older Minneapolis house
House wrap the wall never had
Homes from this era were sheathed in boards and sided straight over felt, or over nothing at all. We wrap the whole wall, lap it correctly at the openings and let it drain.
Rot found and cut out first
Bad sheathing shows up at gutter returns, under leaking windows and behind porch roofs. We cut it back to sound framing and replace it before any panel is hung on that wall.
Trim that suits a bungalow
Wide corner boards, real window casing and a proper frieze keep the proportions right. Thin corner posts and skinny trim make a 1920s house read wrong from the sidewalk.
Dormers and gable ends done right
Steep pitches, dormer cheeks and second-floor gables are where the flashing gets skipped. We stage those walls properly and cut panels to the roof line rather than caulking the gap.
Eave detail that survives ice dams
Water backs up under the shingles at shallow soffits every thaw. Running the wrap up behind the drip edge and sealing the top course keeps that water out of the wall below.
Duplex walls handled as one job
Longfellow and Northeast are full of side-by-side and up-down duplexes. Both units get the same wrap, the same flashing and the same panel line, so no wall is resided twice.
How we run a reside in Minneapolis
We open a wall before quoting
On a house this old the sheathing decides the number. We pull a section of the old siding at the estimate, so the quote is based on what is actually there.
Alley access planned in advance
Tight lots and narrow side yards make staging the real constraint. We walk the alley, agree the dumpster spot and keep the scrap off your neighbor's grass.
Rot repair priced as it is found
We show you the bad sheathing before we cover it, with photos and a clear scope, so nothing about the change gets decided while you are at work.
Someone answers at any hour
We are open around the clock, seven days a week. If a storm strips panels off a gable at midnight, you get a person rather than a message service.
Family run, and we act like it
The 5.0 rating from 217 Google reviews comes from the boring parts: the wrap, the flashing and a clean yard at the end of every working day.
What people near Minneapolis 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.
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 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.
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Siding questions we get in Minneapolis
What people in Minneapolis ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Can you side over the old siding on a Minneapolis bungalow?
We do not recommend it. Going over old wood lap traps whatever moisture is already in the wall and hides the rot you should be finding. It also buries the window casing, so the trim ends up flat and wrong on a house that was built with depth. Full tear-off is more work up front, and it is the only way to wrap and flash the wall properly.
What is under the vinyl on most Northeast Minneapolis houses?
Usually one of three things: original wood lap, cedar shingle siding, or a layer of 1970s vinyl over one of those. Under that you find board sheathing, sometimes with half-inch gaps between the boards, and asphalt felt if anything at all. None of it drains the way a modern wall does, which is why the wrap goes on new.
How long does a reside take on a two-story foursquare?
It depends on the wall area, the amount of rot we find and how much staging the lot allows. A straightforward house is a matter of days. Add dormers, a porch, a detached garage or a narrow side yard where scaffold has to be moved by hand, and it stretches. We give you a schedule once we have seen the walls open.
Get your Minneapolis walls looked at
We will pull a section of the old siding, show you what the sheathing is doing and leave a written quote at no charge. Longfellow, Nokomis, Northeast and the rest of the city.
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Tell us what is going on with your roof, siding, windows, or gutters. We will take a look and give you a straight answer, including when the answer is that you can wait.
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