St. Michael, Minnesota
Complete James Hardie Siding Replacement in St. Michael, MN
The two story stock that went up across St. Michael in the late 1990s and 2000s carries gable walls two full stories above grade and fascia runs long enough that a lift matters more than a ladder. Fiber cement weighs what it weighs, and getting it onto those walls flat and level is most of the job.
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Height and wind decide this job
St. Michael sits on open ground, and the wind out here gets under a metal edge and lifts trim off before it touches shingles. On a Hardie job that means the fascia, the frieze and the rake trim get as much attention as the field of the wall. Long runs need a joint layout planned before the first board goes up, or the butt joints stack in a line down a twenty foot elevation and you see it from the road. Steep pitch and tall gable ends also mean staging rather than ladders, which is real time and shows up in the quote. Older farmhouses on acreage inside the city are a different animal, usually wood lap over board sheathing with no wrap at all. On outbuildings and shops we more often point people toward steel siding replacement instead, since a shop wall does not need what a house wall needs.
James Hardie Siding Replacement in St. Michael
Getting board onto a two story gable
Staging instead of ladder work
Two stories of gable above a walkout is not ladder work. We stage it so boards go up straight, get fastened right and nobody is reaching sideways off a rung with a twelve foot plank.
Trim and fascia locked down
The wind here takes edge metal and trim first. Fascia gets fastened into rafter tails, rake trim gets backing, and the drip edge is refastened rather than reused.
Joint layout planned before tear off
Long elevations show every stacked butt joint. We lay the courses out and stagger the joints so a wall you see from the county road does not read as a grid.
Wall left weather tight overnight
A house this size takes days. We tear off, wrap and board one elevation at a time so the sheathing is never sitting open under a night of rain.
Old farmhouses handled differently
The acreage houses often have wood lap straight over board sheathing with no wrap. Those walls need sheathing repair and a full water barrier before any fiber cement goes on.
Soffit venting kept intact
Trim work at a long fascia is where intake venting gets buried. We keep the soffit vents open so the attic still breathes after the exterior is done.
How we work on a big St. Michael house
One trip, not five
The city runs past thirty six square miles, so two addresses here can be ten minutes apart. We schedule material and crew to land the job in one stretch instead of stopping and coming back.
Photos of work you cannot see
Nobody is climbing two stories to check a rake trim fastener. We shoot the flashing, the joints and the fastening at height and send it with the invoice.
Wind days worked around
Hanging a twelve foot plank two stories up in a stiff wind is how people get hurt and boards get cracked. We move the crew to another face or another day.
Access planned before the truck comes
A lift on wet spring ground leaves ruts. On acreage lots we plan the access and the drop point with you, and we repair anything the equipment marks up.
We finish the trim ourselves
No handing the fascia, the rake and the soffit to a second crew that shows up next month. The same people who hang the field boards close out the edges.
What people near St. Michael say
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.
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Common St. Michael siding questions
What people in St. Michael ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Why does a tall St. Michael two story take longer to side?
Height changes the method. Above a certain point the crew is on staging rather than ladders, which takes a day to set and move around the house, and every board has to be carried up. Steep pitch adds roof to wall detailing. It is not that the wall is bigger, it is that each course takes longer.
The wind keeps taking trim off my St. Michael house. Will Hardie trim stay put?
It helps, because the boards are heavier and the fastening pattern is specified rather than guessed. The bigger fix is what is behind it. Most trim that blows off out here was nailed into sheathing, not framing, and the edge metal underneath was reused. We fasten into structure and replace the metal.
Can you side an old farmhouse on acreage inside city limits?
Yes, and it is a different job than the subdivision houses. Those walls usually have wood lap over board sheathing with nothing between them, so we add a water barrier and repair soft sheathing before the first Hardie board. Expect more carpentry and a longer schedule than a 2003 two story in town.
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