Siding in Western Pennsylvania — Done Properly
The Roofing Company – Built Around James Hardie Fiber Cement Products
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Exterior siding performs two functions together, and only one of those is visible. It sets the way your home presents out on the street — and it serves as the barrier that holds weather from reaching the wall behind it. If the exterior lets go, the cost is rarely confined to the surface.
The Roofing Company carries out exterior work for homeowners across Western Pennsylvania. We've intentionally concentrated the siding business on James Hardie fiber-cement products, owing to the way fiber cement perform in weather like Pennsylvania’s.
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The Reason We Focus On James Hardie Systems
James Hardie fiber cement holds up differently from traditional vinyl and from timber in precisely the areas that are decisive locally:
- It does not buckle or melt under summer sun the way particular plastic sidings will.
- Winter cycling is specifically the stress that degrades a lot of wall materials in Pennsylvania, and the material is made for it.
- Pests don't consume it, and it will not rot the way wood siding can.
- The material holds color considerably longer than most competing materials, which reduces the work you face on it over the years.
- Flame behavior — fiber cement is not combustible, which matters more to particular families than others.
Not one of this carries through a poor job, of course. James Hardie has particular detailing specifications — spacing, attachment, flashing details, and joint detailing — and getting those incorrectly negates the reason you selected it at all. That may also compromise the manufacturer guarantee.
Exterior Services We Perform
- Full siding replacement – taking off the current exterior, inspecting whatever is underneath, and putting up a new siding correctly.
- Partial repairs – in cases where damage is contained and a complete tear-off is not necessary.
- Fresh siding and trim job.
- Siding as part of roof work – scheduling the two at once commonly works out better on a timeline and for a cost.
The Places Exterior Installations Fail
Much like roofing, the problems are almost always located at the details rather than across the open areas:
- Metal flashing at window openings and doors. Moisture that finds its way past an opening and has nowhere to escape will remain inside the structure.
- The weather-resistive barrier under the boards. Siding is not actually an impermeable surface; whatever sits behind it does much of the genuine work.
- Ground and roof clearances. Fiber cement carries required distances at grade, at rooflines, and at projecting elements. Closing these up looks tidier and creates trouble down the road.
- Attachment along with butt-joint detail. These are prescribed by Hardie deliberately.
The Things That Drive the Number
Fiber cement prices above standard vinyl in both as product and for installation — the material is substantially heavier, cuts differently, and comes with installation specifications which absorb real time to satisfy. The factors beyond the product choice:
- Taking off the existing siding, plus what is beneath the existing siding. Sheathing deterioration and a missing weather-resistive plane remain routine findings and aren't knowable until it is open.
- Trim work scope. Outside corners, opening surrounds, band and band treatment. This accounts for the place an exterior job either looks considered or reads cheap, and it remains hand work.
- Wall articulation. Gables, eave returns, projections, and any extra penetration.
- Insulation and a rainscreen upgrades. Genuine thermal gains worth considering while the siding is open, and possible at scarcely any other time.
The 10-Year Workmanship Warranty
With this material, how it goes on is not a secondary matter from the system — it determines whether the manufacturer coverage holds at all. That is why eligible exterior projects from The Roofing Company carry a ten-year Installation Warranty. If a covered issue trace back to the way we installed it inside that decade, we return and correct it — without a bill.
The factory warranty on the siding itself holds alongside ours, subject to the factory terms. Because the product warranty does hinge on specification-compliant detailing, those two are considerably more entwined than they are with some materials.
Hiring The Roofing Company
We're a family-owned business, three generations deep in construction. This shapes the manner in which we price work: a documented proposal that sets out precisely what will be carried out, photos of whatever we found, and a straightforward account of which parts are urgent versus what can sensibly hold.
We additionally operate an armed-forces discount, and a word-of-mouth bonus: when someone you send us goes ahead with a complete residential job, there is $250 your way. Terms do apply.
Reach 412-858-8858 when you want a straight answer on siding at your house in Western Pennsylvania — well before any decision is made.
