St. Paul, Minnesota
Professional LP Siding Replacement in St. Paul, MN
Strip the aluminum off a story and a half in Highland Park and you usually find the reason it went on: soft cedar at the base. That is the wall we rebuild across St. Paul, where LP SmartSide engineered wood puts grain, board width and a real shadow line back on a wall that has been hiding under coil stock for decades. Before the first board goes up we set the clearance at grade, because snow banks sit against these foundations for months.
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Engineered Wood on a Streetcar Era Wall
Most of the LP SmartSide we install here goes on story and a half and two story houses from the streetcar decades, where the wall is never a simple rectangle. Shed and gable dormers break the field into short runs, eave returns stop a course before it wants to stop, and cut up valleys drop concentrated water onto siding that a flat ranch wall never sees. Engineered wood suits that geometry: it rips, miters and returns cleanly on site, so the trim on a dormer cheek over near Lake Phalen gets fitted rather than approximated. On these blocks it is usually replacing failed cedar, hardboard from an earlier siding job, or aluminum that has been hiding both. Where an owner wants that deeper texture and plank scale back, LP is the call. Where the wall is flatter and the goal is a harder, more masonry like face, we will say so and quote James Hardie siding replacement instead. Either way, the sheathing behind the old cladding gets opened, checked and dried before a single new board is fastened.
LP Siding Replacement in St. Paul
What New LP SmartSide Does for the House
Real Grain on a Dormered Facade
The cedar grain texture and wide lap reveal read correctly on a story and a half with shed dormers, so the upper wall matches the era of the house instead of flattening it into vinyl.
Water Kept Off the Bottom Course
A detailed clearance above grade and a drained starter mean spring melt sitting along the foundation never wicks into the board ends, which is where old wood siding in Ramsey County usually rots first.
Valleys and Cheek Walls That Shed
Where a cut up roof dumps runoff onto a dormer cheek, we kick the water out with flashing and a gap rather than caulk, so the wall below the valley stops staining and stripping paint.
Impact That Coil Stock Cannot Take
Engineered wood does not dent the way aluminum does when a hail line or a branch comes through, so the north wall keeps its face after a storm season instead of showing a map of dings.
Trim That Fits the Original Profile
Corner boards, window casings and frieze can be run in matching LP so the new wall keeps the proportions the carpenters used, not the thin factory trim that came with the last aluminum job.
A Prefinished Color That Holds
Factory applied finish on primed engineered wood stands up to the sun on a south facing Summit Hill elevation far longer than the field painted cedar it replaces, which cuts repaint cycles.
How We Run an LP Siding Job in St. Paul
Board Sheathing Checked at the Estimate
On houses this old the sheathing is often board rather than panel, and some of it is punky under the windows. We pull a section during the estimate so the number reflects what is actually behind the cladding.
Heritage Review Handled First
If the address sits on a designated heritage site or inside a local heritage district, the city wants Heritage Preservation review before it will issue the building permit. We start that file rather than discovering it at inspection.
Clearance and Flashing Detailed, Not Assumed
Grade, walk slabs and window wells all change where the bottom line of the wall can sit. We set each elevation separately and flash the transitions so the board ends are never the part holding back water.
Dormer Work Staged Off Proper Access
Short eave returns and steep pitches make the upper wall awkward to reach safely. We plan staging and ladder points around the dormers first, so nobody is fitting trim one handed off a roof edge.
Roof and Wall Claimed Together
When hail takes the siding along with the roof, we photograph each elevation and write the LP scope in language an adjuster can match line for line, and someone answers our phone at any hour in the week after a storm.
What people near St. Paul say
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.
Carolyn MillerSiding repair 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
LP Siding Questions from St. Paul Owners
What people in St. Paul ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Which St. Paul house styles actually suit LP SmartSide siding?
The strongest fit is the story and a half and two story stock from the streetcar era, along with bungalows and four squares, because those walls were drawn for a wide wood plank with a real shadow line, and LP holds that scale on dormers and gable ends. On a flat walled postwar rambler the case is weaker, and a smoother product often looks more honest.
How much clearance does LP siding need above grade on an older St. Paul house?
It depends on what the bottom of the wall meets. Manufacturer guidance sets one gap above finished soil, another above hard surfaces like walks, steps and patios, and more where siding meets a roof. Decades of added soil and poured concrete have buried many original starter courses here, so we often regrade slightly or reset the starter before installing.
Does an LP siding replacement in St. Paul need a heritage review first?
Only when the property is a designated heritage site or sits inside a local heritage district. In that case yes: Heritage Preservation review comes before the city will issue the building permit. Board width, reveal, corner treatment and trim profile are the details reviewers look at, so we settle those with you early instead of after material is ordered.
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Tell us the block, the age of the house and what is on the wall now. We will come out, open a section, look at how grade sits against the foundation, and put a written LP SmartSide number in your hands at no charge and no obligation.
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