James Hardie Siding Installation in Allegheny County Pennsylvania — Done Right
The Roofing Company – Focused on James Hardie Fiber Cement Siding
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Exterior siding does two jobs together, and merely one of those is apparent. It sets the way the property presents at the street — and it serves as the first line that keeps water out of the wall assembly underneath it. When siding fails, the damage is seldom limited to what you can see.
The Roofing Company carries out siding work for families around Allegheny County Pennsylvania. We have intentionally concentrated the siding offering on James Hardie fiber cement siding, owing to the way fiber cement hold up in weather like Pennsylvania’s.
Call 412-858-8858 to arrange an estimate.
The Reason We Lead With Fiber Cement Siding
James Hardie fiber cement holds up differently from traditional vinyl and from timber in exactly the areas that count in this region:
- The material does not distort or deform under summer exposure the way some vinyl materials will.
- Freezing and thawing action is specifically the stress which degrades a lot of siding products in Pennsylvania, and fiber cement is engineered to handle it.
- Insects do not consume it, and it will not rot the way natural wood siding does.
- It keeps its finish significantly better than most competing materials, which cuts the maintenance you spend on it over the years.
- Combustion behavior — it is not combustible, which matters more to certain families than the rest.
Hardly any of that survives a careless install, though. James Hardie has defined detailing specifications — gaps, nailing, flashing details, and butt-joint detailing — and getting those badly cancels out the entire reason you chose fiber cement in the first place. It may also jeopardize the factory warranty.
Siding Services We Perform
- Siding replacement – taking off the old wall covering, examining the structure is behind it, and hanging a new exterior to specification.
- Targeted siding patch work – where damage is limited and a whole tear-off is not necessary.
- Fresh siding job.
- New siding alongside a roof replacement – scheduling the two in one pass frequently proves more economical on any project and on the spend.
The Places Siding Installations Go Wrong
Just as with roofing, what goes wrong are almost always at the junctions rather than out on the field:
- Flashing at window openings and doors. Rain which gets around a window and has nowhere to escape will remain in the structure.
- The weather-resistive membrane behind the siding. The exterior is never a waterproof layer; whatever sits behind it carries much of the genuine job.
- Clearances. Fiber cement carries mandated clearances at the ground, at roof intersections, and at flat surfaces. Closing those up seems cleaner and produces failures down the road.
- Fastening plus joint detail. Both are specified by Hardie with cause.
What Determine the Siding Cost
James Hardie prices above vinyl on both for product and as installation — fiber cement is heavier, is cut differently, and carries detailing requirements that take proper time to satisfy. The variables on top of the material selection:
- Removing the old exterior, and whatever sits beneath the old material. Sheathing rot and an absent drainage plane stay routine findings and are not knowable beforehand.
- Trim detailing. Corner treatments, window surrounds, frieze board and water table treatment. This is where a siding project either presents properly resolved else presents unfinished, and it is labor-intensive.
- The wall complexity. Gable ends, returns, bays, and every extra opening.
- Continuous insulation plus rainscreen assemblies. Substantial performance gains possible when the exterior is stripped, and realistic at no other point.
The 10-Year Installation Guarantee
With this material, the installation is not a side issue from the product — it governs if the factory coverage holds at all. That is why eligible siding projects from The Roofing Company include a ten-year Workmanship Guarantee. If an eligible issue trace back to our workmanship inside the ten-year term, we fix it — the homeowner pays nothing.
The factory guarantee on the material itself runs in addition to ours, subject to the manufacturer's requirements. Given that the product coverage does turn on correct installation, the two are considerably more connected than they are with certain materials.
Choosing The Roofing Company
We're a family-run contractor, three generations in construction. This informs the manner in which we quote jobs: a specific plan that sets out what will be performed, images of the conditions we found, and a plain account of which elements are pressing as opposed to what else can sensibly be deferred.
We also run a veteran price break, and a word-of-mouth bonus: when a neighbor completes a whole-house exterior, there is $250 back to you. Terms apply.
Contact 412-858-8858 if you want a real number on the job at your home in Allegheny County Pennsylvania — well before anything is committed.
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