Arden Hills, Minnesota
Insured LP Siding Replacement in Arden Hills, MN
Late March on Lake Johanna, the snowbank finally pulls back from the foundation and the bottom course of siding comes out of it dark, swollen at the butt ends, and soft under a thumbnail. That is the yearly tell on a lot in Arden Hills where four decades of added mulch and regrading crept up against the wall. Rebuilding that elevation in LP SmartSide engineered wood gives you the grain and shadow line a Cape Cod or a shingled lake cottage wants, and it lets us reset the clearance and flashing so the bottom two feet stop drinking meltwater every spring.
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Engineered Wood That Suits an Arden Hills Lot
Most of what we tear off in Arden Hills is not vinyl. It is a painted hardboard lap from the seventies or a sheet of T1-11 on a walkout gable, both of which fail the same way: the bottom edge wicks, the paint film blisters, and the fastener line rusts through long before the field of the panel does. LP SmartSide replaces that with a resin treated engineered wood board that keeps the cedar grain and the deep shadow line those houses were drawn with, in lengths long enough to run the wide walls these large lots allow with far fewer butt joints. On the elevation facing open water, whether that is Valentine Lake or Johanna, we back the assembly with flashing at every horizontal transition, hold the first course a full six inches above finished grade, and keep the boards two inches off the roof at each hip and gable intersection. Where an owner wants a cementitious board instead, our James Hardie siding replacement page walks through that trade off, but on a shingled cottage above Johanna the wood grain usually wins.
LP Siding Replacement in Arden Hills
What LP SmartSide Gives an Arden Hills House
Grain That Belongs on a Lake Cottage
The cedar texture pressed into every LP board reads correctly on the Cape Cods and shingled lake cottages around Johanna, where a flat vinyl panel always looked borrowed from a different street.
The First Course Reset Six Inches Up
Resetting the first course six inches above finished grade, with flashing over the foundation transition, ends the spring melt that rots hardboard butt ends on lots where the yard has crept upward for decades.
Fewer Butt Joints on Wide Walls
Sixteen foot boards let us run the long elevations these large Arden Hills lots allow without stacking seams every few feet, so the wall reads as one plane and there is less caulk to maintain.
Limbs and Debris Off Open Water
Engineered wood absorbs a wind thrown limb or a branch driven off open water without the spider cracking a brittle board shows, which matters most on the single elevation facing Valentine Lake or Johanna.
Tight Detailing at Every Roof Line
Houses here carry more hip and gable intersections than average, and each one gets kickout flashing and a two inch gap to the shingles so water leaves the wall instead of sitting behind the board.
Value Held as the City Grows
With Rice Creek Commons adding households over the next two decades, a wall finished in prefinished engineered wood keeps an older house competitive against newer stock without a repaint cycle every few summers.
How We Sequence an Arden Hills Re-Side
A Board Pulled at the Grade Line
We pull a board at the worst corner and again at the grade line before writing anything, because on these houses the real question is whether the sheathing and rim joist are still sound or whether framing repair comes first.
Grade and Gutter Come First
Clearance is a site problem as much as a siding problem. If a regraded bed or years of mulch sit against the wall, or a downspout dumps at a corner, we deal with that in the same visit so the new LP starts on dry ground.
Lake Elevations Get the Calm Days
The wall facing open water is staged for the quieter mornings, and no half stripped elevation on a Johanna or Valentine shoreline lot is left overnight without the house wrapped, taped and dried in.
One Crew and a Loaded Truck
The crew that strips the old hardboard is the crew that sets the trim, corners and flashing, and the truck carries spare LP stock so a patch of soft sheathing does not stall the job. That consistency is what our 217 Google reviews keep describing.
The LP Profile Matched to Walls That Stay
When wind driven hail off the lake caused the failure, we photograph each damaged elevation, meet your adjuster on the ladder, and match the LP profile and reveal to any walls staying so the repair does not announce itself from the street.
What people near Arden Hills 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 on an Arden Hills Re-Side
What people in Arden Hills ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Which Arden Hills house styles actually look right in LP SmartSide?
The engineered wood board suits anything drawn with wood in mind: the Cape Cods and story and a half homes near Lake Johanna, shingled cottages on the water, and the seventies split levels around Bethel University that came with hardboard from the start. A brick front rambler often reads better in a smooth panel, so we set a sample on the actual wall before you commit.
What does the bottom of the wall need on a lot sloping toward Lake Johanna?
LP calls for six inches between finished grade and the bottom course, and on lots sloping toward Valentine Lake or Johanna we treat that as a floor rather than a target. Where a deck, patio or hard surface meets the wall, the gap tightens to two inches with flashing above it. If existing grade will not allow either, we regrade first.
What is LP siding usually replacing on older homes in Arden Hills?
Most often painted hardboard lap from the seventies and eighties, which swells and delaminates at the butt ends, or T1-11 sheets on a walkout gable. We also replace tired cedar repainted too many times to hold another coat, and occasionally aluminum after hail. All four can hide soft sheathing, which is why we open a section early.
Get an LP SmartSide Quote for Your Arden Hills Wall
Send us the elevations that worry you, the north wall, the lake side, the gable over the walkout, and we will come out, pull a board at the grade line and put a written no obligation estimate in your hands. Call (612) 600-8529 any hour, weekends included.
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