St. Cloud, Minnesota
Certified James Hardie Siding Replacement in St. Cloud, MN
Fiber cement on a century old wall is a different conversation. In St. Cloud the pre-1940 stock runs deep: roughly 261 buildings from the 1880s to the 1950s in the Southside district, plus the Craftsman bungalows Pan Motor built in Pantown in 1917 and 1918. Some of those houses should keep their wood. Others are better served by HZ5 planks cut to the original reveal.
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Not every old house should be re-sided
The city has five locally designated historic districts, Barden Park, Pantown, Southside, Southeast and the Commercial District, and exterior work inside them falls under the city's preservation rules. That is the first question we ask, before anything about product. On a Pantown bungalow the honest answer is sometimes to repair and paint the original wood instead. Where fiber cement does go on, the reveal gets matched to what is there, the corner and window trim depth gets built back out, and the wall below the porch and dormer returns gets opened, because that is where meltwater has been backing up behind ice dams for decades and the sheathing is usually soft. Plaster and balloon framing mean we work gently from the outside. If the district rules or the budget rule Hardie out, steel siding replacement and careful repair work are both still on the table.
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What careful siding work protects here
Reveal matched to the block
A century old street reads wrong when new planks are wider than everything around them. We set the reveal and the trim depth to match what the house and its neighbors already have.
Rot at porch and dormer returns fixed
Where a steep main pitch dies into a nearly flat porch or dormer return, meltwater has been backing up for decades. That wall is usually soft, and it gets rebuilt before siding goes on.
Original trim kept where it is sound
Brackets, porch columns, window casings and water tables on these houses are often better than anything sold today. Where they are solid, they stay, and we side around them.
Old sheathing opened with care
Balloon framed walls with plaster inside do not like being hit. Demolition goes slower on these houses, which protects the interior finishes you are not paying us to repair.
Old paint contained, not scattered
Anything painted before 1978 gets treated as lead paint. We keep the tear off contained, sheet the ground under the wall, and clean up rather than leaving chips in the flower beds.
A warmer wall behind the planks
With the siding off, a house from 1917 finally has an honest chance at a continuous weather barrier and real flashing at the openings. That work is worth doing while the wall is open.
How we treat a St. Cloud house
We start with the district question
Five neighborhoods here are locally designated, including Pantown, Southside and Barden Park. Before we talk product, we find out whether your address falls under those rules.
Slow hands on old houses
Pre-1940 walls come apart differently than a 2005 subdivision wall. Our crews take the extra time on demolition, because that is where old houses get hurt.
We can fix the roof causing it
We roof as well as side. The ice dams rotting your porch return are a roofing, venting and insulation problem, and it makes sense to solve both while we are set up.
Honest answers about keeping the wood
Sometimes the right recommendation on a Craftsman bungalow is repair and paint, not new siding. We would rather tell you that than sell you a wall you did not need.
Family run and easy to reach
We are open every day at any hour, and the same people stay on your job from the estimate to the last piece of trim. Family run, and it shows in how we work.
What people near St. Cloud 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
Questions about older St. Cloud homes
What people in St. Cloud ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Can I put James Hardie on a house in the Southside district?
Maybe, and the city decides. Southside is one of five locally designated historic districts, along with Pantown, Barden Park, Southeast and the Commercial District, so exterior changes there fall under preservation rules. We check the address first, talk through what is likely to be approved, and help you get the request in before anyone orders material.
Will new siding stop the ice dams on my St. Cloud house?
No, and anyone who says otherwise is selling. Ice dams come from heat escaping into the attic and from the shallow transitions where steep roofs meet porch and dormer returns. Siding replaces the wall those dams rotted. Fixing the cause means roofing, venting and insulation work, which we can look at and quote at the same time.
Is fiber cement right for a Pantown bungalow?
It depends on what is on the house now. If the 1917 clapboard is original and sound, repairing and painting it is usually the better call, and often the one the district favors. If it has already been covered twice and the wall underneath is failing, HZ5 planks cut to the original reveal keep the look and end the scraping.
Ask about your old St. Cloud house
Tell us the address and we will check whether it sits in a historic district, look at the porch and dormer returns, and give you a written quote with no obligation.
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