Prior Lake, Minnesota
Expert LP Siding Replacement in Prior Lake, MN
Half the houses on the older lake streets in Prior Lake started as summer cabins and grew in stages, so the walls are a set of additions meeting at odd angles. A board with real grain and a shadow line belongs on a house like that. What it does not forgive is a seam left open where an addition roof ties into the original wall.
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Staged additions make the seams the whole job
A cabin that got a bedroom in the sixties and a great room in the nineties has three roof pitches and three wall planes, and the tie ins between them are where the old cedar rotted first. Mature trees over those streets drop needles and leaves into the seam, the pile holds water against the wall, and the bottom of the board wicks it up. So we open every tie in, run new step and counter flashing, and hold the siding up off the lower roof. Sealing the cut ends matters more here than on an inland street, because a shaded north wall near the water dries slowly. If your lot sits inside the DNR shoreland district, expect the review before work starts. On houses where the cabin look was never the point, James Hardie siding replacement is the other way to go, and it needs the same flashing work.
LP Siding Replacement in Prior Lake
What this does for a rebuilt lake house
Grain that reads like the old cedar
The cabins on these streets wore real cedar, and most owners want that back without the cupping and the graying. Engineered wood carries the texture and holds paint on a wall that faces the water.
Every addition tie in rebuilt
Where a later addition roof runs into an original wall, we strip the seam back, install new step and counter flashing, and rebuild it before the first new board is hung.
Cut ends sealed before they go up
Every field cut on an engineered wood board is raw. On a shaded north wall near the water, an unsealed end is the first place to swell, so ours get sealed on the sawhorse.
Leaf load kept out of the seam
Mature trees over the old lake streets fill valleys and roof to wall seams with needles and leaves. That pile holds water against the wall, so we clear and detail those spots as part of the job.
Shoreland review handled up front
Shoreline property sits in a DNR shoreland district, which brings setback and permitting review into the picture. We sort that out before the crew shows up instead of after.
Windows changed while the wall is open
A rebuilt cabin often still has its original aluminum windows. With the siding off, that is the moment to swap them, because the flashing and the trim are being done anyway.
The way we work on lake streets
We price each addition separately
A house that grew in three stages is really three houses. The estimate follows that, so you can see which section is doing the damage and which one can wait.
The permitting is our problem
Work near the water carries extra review. We find out what applies to your lot before we quote a start date, rather than discovering it halfway through a tear off.
Walls opened one at a time
On a lake house that people live in, we open and close one elevation before starting the next. The place stays weather tight all the way through the job.
Summer weekends worked around
Nobody wants staging on the lake side of the house over a July weekend. Tell us when you have people coming and we build the schedule around it.
We clean up to the shoreline
Cut offs and nails end up in grass that runs right down to the water. We sweep and pick the yard at the end of each day, not just at the end of the job.
What people near Prior Lake 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
Prior Lake siding questions
What people in Prior Lake ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Does siding work on a Prior Lake shoreline lot need extra approval?
Shoreline property sits in a DNR shoreland district, so work near the water carries extra setback and permitting review. A straight siding replacement is usually a simpler conversation than an addition, but we do not guess at it. We find out what applies to your parcel before we quote a start date.
Our cabin was added onto twice. Will new siding fix the mismatched roof pitches?
No. Siding does not change roof geometry. What it can do is make those transitions weather tight, and that is flashing work, not siding work. Where an addition roof meets the original wall we install new step and counter flashing and hold the boards up off the shingles. The pitches stay mismatched and stop leaking.
Is engineered wood a bad idea on a Prior Lake waterfront house?
Not by itself. The risk near the water is not the lake, it is shade and slow drying. Mature trees keep those walls damp, so the details carry the job: clearance at the bottom, sealed field cuts, paint on all faces, and seams that shed instead of collecting leaves. Detailed that way, it does well here.
Walk the lake house with us
Tell us how many times the place has been added onto. We will look at each tie in, check whether the lot sits in the shoreland district, and price the whole wall in writing.
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