Rochester, Minnesota
Certified LP Siding Replacement in Rochester, MN
Two different siding jobs go by the same name in Rochester, MN. On the older core near Mayo, a house built between 1885 and 1937 wants a board with real grain and a shadow line under every course. On a 1989 subdivision wall, the same LP SmartSide lap goes up flat and fast. We quote both, and we do not detail them the same way.
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The older core and the subdivisions need different boards
On a Pill Hill or Kutzky Park house from the 1885 to 1937 range, tearoff usually finds cedar lap nailed straight to plank sheathing with no water barrier behind it. Steep dormered roofs send water hard into the joints where a dormer wall meets a roof, so the kickout and step flashing get rebuilt before any new board goes up. Trim drives the number here: window casing, corner boards, frieze and rake all have to be replaced in profiles that match what was there, and that is more linear feet than most owners expect. A 1989 house near Silver Lake is a different job, wide plain walls, few interruptions, mostly a question of running the laps straight and staggering the joints. If your walls call for cement board instead, we also do James Hardie siding replacement and will tell you plainly which one belongs on your house.
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What LP SmartSide does on a Rochester wall
Profiles that match the older core
On a house from the 1885 to 1937 range, lap width and the depth of the shadow line decide whether the new wall reads right from the sidewalk. We match what was there.
Trim rebuilt around steep dormers
Steep dormered roofs put a lot of wall in play: cheek walls, rake trim, and the joint where the dormer meets the main roof. Those get flashed and trimmed before board goes on.
Detail work a review can accept
The Pill Hill district went on the National Register in 1990 and has pursued local landmark status, which would send major exterior changes to Heritage Preservation Commission review. We detail with that in mind.
A deeper shadow line on plain walls
The late 1980s subdivisions have wide walls with little going on. A board with real grain and a heavier butt edge gives those planes something to catch light on.
Prefinished color instead of field paint
Painting a three story house with dormers in a Minnesota fall is its own project. Ordering the board finished means the color goes on flat and even before it ever reaches the wall.
Fastening into old plank sheathing
Houses from that era were sheathed in boards, not panels, and the old cedar was often nailed straight to them. We locate framing and set fasteners so the new laps hold without crushing the face.
How we work on the older streets
We walk every elevation first
Before a number goes on paper we go around the house and look at each wall and its trim, because a dormered elevation and a plain gable end do not cost the same.
Quoted wall by wall
You see what each elevation costs rather than one lump number, which makes it easy to do the two worst walls now and the rest later if that suits you.
We will tell you no
If your house wants cedar or cement board instead, we would rather tell you that on the estimate than sell you a wall that will not last.
Roofing and siding under one crew
We do roofs as well as walls, so the step flashing, the kickouts, and the siding above them get handled by the same people instead of two trades pointing at each other.
Staging instead of ladder work
A three story house with dormers is not a ladder job. Setting real staging costs a day up front and it is the difference between trim that lines up and trim that nearly does.
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Rochester siding questions
What people in Rochester ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Can I put LP siding on a Pill Hill house in Rochester?
Possibly, and the answer turns on whether local landmark designation has taken effect by the time you file, because that would send visible exterior work to Heritage Preservation Commission review. The point in engineered wood's favor is that it mills to a narrow exposure with real grain, so it can match the original lap closely. Ask the city where the designation stands before ordering material.
Will engineered wood look wrong on a late 1980s house?
No. The citywide median build year is around 1989, and those houses have wide, plain wall planes that take a wider lap well. On that kind of elevation the grain and the shadow line are what keep a big blank wall from looking flat. It is the older core near Mayo where profile matching gets fussy.
What do you usually find under old siding in Rochester?
It depends on the age of the house. On a Kutzky Park or Pill Hill house from before 1940, usually cedar lap nailed to plank sheathing with no water barrier behind it. On a Silver Lake area house from the late 1980s, usually hardboard or vinyl over panel sheathing and housewrap. The first case adds a day of prep.
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We will walk the elevations, from a Pill Hill dormer wall to a plain gable out by Silver Lake, and tell you which profile belongs there. Estimates are free, in writing, with no obligation.
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