Monticello, Minnesota
Detailed LP Siding Replacement in Monticello, MN
The hail that came through overnight on July 14, 2024 measured three and a half inches, and by morning it had left dented, cracked and punctured walls all over Monticello, which is how a lot of owners here first started asking about LP SmartSide. Engineered wood takes an impact the way a hollow panel never will, and on a two story with gables facing the street it finally gives back the grain and the shadow line the original siding was only imitating.
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Engineered Wood on Monticello's Subdivision Stock
Most of what stands in Monticello went up between 1990 and 2010, three decades of subdivision spreading out behind a thin band of 1800s houses on Broadway. That builder era stock came clad in hollow vinyl, or in the pressed hardboard popular just before it, and both are now at the age where a nail line lets go or a bottom course swells at the ends. LP SmartSide replaces either one with a board that carries real cedar grain, a deep shadow at the butt joint, and a substrate that holds a fastener. On the older houses near Broadway, a narrow lap with wide corner boards reads much closer to what was originally on the wall than any panelized product manages. Owners weighing a cement board look instead can compare all of this against our James Hardie siding replacement and we will price both on the same elevation before anything is ordered, because the right answer depends on the house and not on the brochure.
LP Siding Replacement in Monticello
What LP SmartSide Does for a Monticello Home
Hail That Dents Vinyl Leaves It Alone
Engineered wood absorbs an impact instead of cracking around it, so a repeat of the July 2024 storm does not leave your gable ends stippled with punctures and split panel lugs.
Grade Clearance That Keeps Bottoms Dry
We hold the first course clear of finished grade and clear of walks and patios, so the snowmelt that pools against a foundation in March never reaches the bottom edge of a board.
Real Grain Instead of Molded Plastic
Cedar texture pressed into the face and a deep butt line put an actual shadow on the wall at four in the afternoon, which is the thing vinyl on a 1998 colonial never managed.
Trim and Corners in the Same Family
Corner boards, window trim and fascia come from the same product line, so the wide flat trim on a Broadway era porch gets rebuilt in a material that moves at the same rate as the siding.
Paint That Holds Through Freeze and Thaw
A factory finish over a primed engineered substrate keeps its color through Wright County winters far longer than repainted hardboard did, and a color change later is a straightforward repaint.
Flashing Built In at the Openings
Kickout flashing where a roof edge dies into a wall and pan flashing under sills stop the water that actually rots siding, and those go in while the wall is open, not after.
Why Monticello Owners Have Us Do the Siding
A Panel Off the Northwest Corner First
Pulling a panel at the northwest corner and another at a bottom course tells us whether the sheathing behind a 2003 build is sound or spongy. That check happens before you get a number, not after a crew is already parked in the driveway.
Permits Through City Hall, Township Parcels Included
The 2004 annexation agreement between the city and Monticello Township pulled formerly township parcels under city permitting, so we confirm the parcel status first and file with city hall for addresses that used to sit outside it.
Storm Claims Documented Panel by Panel
When hail is the reason for the job, we photograph the test square, the full elevation and the dented accessories, then meet the adjuster on the ladder instead of mailing a summary and hoping it lands the right way.
One Crew from Tear Off to Final Trim
The same people who strip the old hardboard install the housewrap, the flashing and the finish trim, so nobody inherits somebody else's water detail halfway up a two story gable end where it cannot be checked later.
Reachable at Night in Storm Season
Our phones are answered around the clock, which matters in July when a wall is standing open at nine in the evening and has to be wrapped and covered before the next cell tracks across Wright County.
What people near Monticello 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 SmartSide Questions from Monticello
What people in Monticello ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Which Monticello house styles actually suit LP SmartSide siding?
The 1990 to 2010 two story stock takes it best, because those gables, roof returns and wide trim boards were drawn around a lap siding look that vinyl only approximated. It also belongs on the older Broadway houses, where a narrow lap and tall corner boards match the original detailing. A low rambler with brick up to the sills can go either way, and we will show you both.
How close to the ground can LP siding sit on a Monticello lot?
Not tight to it. We hold the bottom course clear of finished grade, keep a smaller but real gap above concrete walks, decks and patios, and run a starter with a drainage plane behind the boards. On low lots near Swan Park or ground that falls toward the river, we would rather cut the grade back a few inches than let a snow pile sit against the wall all winter.
What is LP SmartSide usually replacing on homes around Monticello?
Mostly hollow vinyl from the subdivision years, and pressed hardboard on the houses built just before that wave, which swells at the butt ends and chalks under paint. Sometimes it is aluminum on a Broadway remodel, or cedar that has been repainted one time too many. All of it comes off the same way, and the sheathing gets inspected before anything new goes back on.
Price Your Monticello Siding Before the Next Hail
Call (612) 600-8529 and we will walk the elevations, check the grade clearance the house has now, and put an LP SmartSide number in writing at no cost. Evenings work fine, and hail damage gets looked at the same week.
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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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