Can You Install New Siding Over Old Siding?
Can you install siding over existing siding? Why it hides rot instead of fixing it, what tear-off really costs, and the one question to ask any bid.
Siding, Problems & Warning Signs
Siding
What Should You Know Before Replacing Your Siding?Most of what a siding job costs comes from choices you make, not surprises. Siding on a typical house here runs from about $15,000 to $60,000. We install James Hardie fiber cement, and we tear the old siding off instead of covering it, so rot gets found and fixed.Start with why siding costs $15,000 on one house and $60,000 on another, then vinyl or fiber cement. See our siding work.
Problems & Warning Signs, Siding
What Happens If You Find Rot Behind My Siding?
What happens when a siding tear-off uncovers rot: who decides what gets fixed, why the scoped price doesn’t move, and what we won’t cover up.
Siding, Problems & Warning Signs
Is It LP, GP or Masonite? How to Tell What’s Actually on Your House
How to tell whether you’ve got LP, GP or Masonite siding — the two-minute test at a broken edge, and why the brand name mostly doesn’t change what you do next.
General / Company, Our Process, Siding
Who’s Actually Going to Be at My House? (And How Do You Know They’re Doing It Right?)
Who will be at my house during the work, who supervises it, how long those crews have been with us, and who you call when something is wrong.
Cost & Pricing, Siding
Why Does Siding Cost $15,000 on One House and $60,000 on Another?
What affects siding cost enough to put two similar houses $45,000 apart, broken down line by line so you can see where your own number lands.
Siding, Problems & Warning Signs
Why Is My Masonite Siding Crumbling — and What’s Behind It?
Masonite siding crumbling on a Georgia house is a known failure. What we find behind it once it comes off, and why what you see is the best case.
Vinyl or Fiber Cement Siding? An Honest Comparison From Somebody Who Chose Not to Sell You One of Them
Vinyl or fiber cement siding: cost, fade, repairs and resale compared, including the real case for vinyl from a contractor who doesn’t sell it.
What Happens After You Call a Contractor for a Siding Estimate?
What happens after you call a contractor, start to finish: the discovery call, the measure, the proposal and the meeting on your first morning.
Is James Hardie Worth It? An Honest Review From a Contractor Who Can’t Sell You Another Fiber Cement
Is James Hardie worth it compared with cheaper siding? What you get, what you don’t, and the disclosure to read before you weigh our answer.
Best Siding Contractors In Metro Atlanta? Here’s Who You Should Actually Be Comparing
Who’s the best contractors in Atlanta to talk to? Five companies I’d put in that comparable set, and what I actually know about each one. Where I’m going on secondhand impressions instead of direct knowledge, I say so.