Oakdale, Minnesota
Local Steel Siding Replacement in Oakdale, MN
Most of the siding we pull off split levels in Oakdale is original: first generation aluminum that dents at a fingernail, or early vinyl gone chalky and brittle after forty winters. The city sits inland at about 1,056 feet with no river valley or wooded bluff to slow wind reaching these walls, which is why the damage shows up on the same elevation every time.
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Short eaves leave these walls exposed
Split levels and ramblers from the 1970s and 1980s have short intersecting gables, boxed soffits and very little attic room above the eave, so the wall takes weather the roof overhang would otherwise shed. Pull the old panels and you usually find thin fan fold insulation over sheathing, sometimes no housewrap at all, and staple holes where the first crew was in a hurry. That gets corrected before steel goes on. The other thing we run into here is plat vintage: the townships were consolidated and land kept getting annexed into the 1990s, so two houses on one street can be built twenty years apart with completely different wall construction behind identical siding. We quote off what is actually there. Where a budget is tight, vinyl siding replacement is still a real option and we will price it honestly.
Steel Siding Replacement in Oakdale
What changes when the old panels come off
Dents stop being routine
First generation aluminum marks from a ladder, a hose reel or a stray ball. Heavier steel panels hold their shape through ordinary contact and through the hail that reaches this open ground.
Wrap and backer put in right
Behind seventies siding we often find thin fan fold and no housewrap at all. New wrap goes on taped and lapped, with openings flashed, so the wall can actually shed and dry.
Clean line where brick meets siding
Split levels usually run brick or block on the lower face and siding above. That horizontal joint gets a proper transition, so water coming down the panel is thrown clear of the masonry.
Fascia and gutter line reset
With so little overhang, the gutter is doing real work here. We straighten fascia and rehang the line while the wall is open, so runoff is not landing back against new panels.
Soffit venting kept clear
There is almost no attic room above the eave on these houses. When we recover boxed soffits we keep the intake path open, so the roof deck still breathes after the siding is done.
Woodpeckers and ants move on
Backing onto Tanners Lake and the Nature Preserve brings wildlife pressure that soft old trim invites. Steel gives a woodpecker nothing to drill and carpenter ants nothing to chew into.
How we quote and build in Oakdale
We check the vintage first
The townships were consolidated and land kept getting annexed, so build years vary block to block. We confirm what is actually behind your siding before we put a number on the job.
One crew from tear off to trim
The people who strip the wall are the ones who trim it out. Nothing gets covered by somebody who never saw the sheathing underneath, which is how mistakes get buried in a wall.
No house left in wrap
We do not open more wall than we can close. No Oakdale house sits wrapped in housewrap for weeks waiting on a crew to come back and finish an elevation.
Trim bent to the wall
Trim gets bent to the wall we actually have, not the wall the plan assumed. On split levels with intersecting gables that difference shows at every corner and transition.
Rated five stars by neighbors
We are rated 5.0 from 217 Google reviews, and most of that comes from ordinary exterior work on ordinary houses, done when we said and cleaned up after.
What people near Oakdale say
Orange Exteriors fixed a minor leak that involved replacing flashing and a few shingles blown off our roof. Timely, quality work. Great ideas to keep our roof going long term.
Jim ThomasStorm damage repair From sales to construction crew to upper management, they helped make an insurance battle a breeze. This is the best contractor interaction I have ever had.
Jim NormanRoof replacement 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
Oakdale siding questions answered
What people in Oakdale ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Is steel siding worth it in Oakdale without hail damage?
It can be, and it can also be early. If your aluminum or early vinyl is intact and only faded, replacement is a look and upkeep decision, not a storm one. If panels are chalking, cracking or already dented, steel is the last siding most Oakdale owners buy for that wall. We will tell you which one you have.
Will insurance replace dented aluminum siding that is not leaking?
Sometimes. Carriers treat functional damage and cosmetic damage differently, and dented aluminum often lands in the cosmetic column depending on the policy. Some policies exclude cosmetic damage outright. Read your declarations page, then let us photograph the elevations so the adjuster is looking at the same evidence you are.
Does a 1970s Oakdale split level need work before new siding?
Usually yes. Behind the old panels there is often thin fan fold and no housewrap, and the short eave on these houses means the wall gets wet far more often than a deep overhang would allow. We add wrap, tape it, flash the openings and fix the substrate. That work is what keeps the new wall dry.
Find out what is behind your siding
We can pull a corner, look at the wrap and sheathing underneath, and tell you what your split level actually needs before you commit to steel. No obligation.
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Tell us what is going on with your roof, siding, windows, or gutters. We will take a look and give you a straight answer, including when the answer is that you can wait.
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