Siding Replacement in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania — Done Right
The Roofing Company – Focused on James Hardie Products
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Exterior siding performs two jobs together, and merely one of them is obvious. It establishes how the house looks from the curb — and it serves as the barrier that keeps moisture out of the structure beneath it. Whenever the exterior fails, the cost is seldom confined to the surface.
The Roofing Company takes on exterior work for residents throughout Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. We have specifically centered the siding and trim work on James Hardie fiber cement products, given the manner in which fiber cement perform in conditions like Pennsylvania’s.
Contact 412-858-8858 to schedule an assessment.
The Reason We Focus On Hardie Products
James Hardie fiber cement performs quite differently from standard vinyl and from wood in the specific respects that count in this region:
- It doesn't distort or deform under warm-season sun the way particular plastic materials will.
- Freeze-thaw movement is specifically the condition that degrades many exterior products in Pennsylvania, and fiber cement is built for it.
- Wood-boring insects don't attack it, and it will not deteriorate the way natural wood siding can.
- The material holds color significantly better than the majority of alternatives, which lowers what you face on it down the road.
- Combustion performance — fiber cement is non-combustible, which matters more to particular homeowners than the rest.
Hardly any of that holds up a sloppy installation, though. James Hardie has particular handling standards — clearances, nailing, weather detailing, and seam detailing — and getting them wrong negates precisely why you selected fiber cement in the first place. It will also jeopardize the manufacturer guarantee.
Exterior Work We Take On
- Full siding tear-off – taking off the existing exterior, examining the structure is beneath, and putting up the replacement siding correctly.
- Targeted siding repair work – where an issue is limited and a complete tear-off is genuinely not warranted.
- Fresh exterior work.
- Siding alongside a roof replacement – scheduling them in one pass frequently works out better on any timeline and around a budget.
Where Siding Jobs Fail
Much like roof work, what goes wrong are usually at the details rather than out on the open areas:
- Weather flashing at windows and doors. Moisture which works behind a window and has nowhere to drain will remain inside the structure.
- The weather-resistive layer beneath the boards. The siding is not a sealed skin; whatever sits under it performs much of the real job.
- Ground and roof clearances. The material specifies defined gaps at ground level, at roof lines, and at flat elements. Closing those up looks neater and produces trouble in time.
- Attachment plus joint detail. These are specified by the manufacturer deliberately.
Which Factors Move Siding Price
The material costs higher than standard vinyl on both in product and for installation — the material is heavier, gets cut with different tooling, and carries detailing requirements that need real time to follow. What moves the number on top of the material decision:
- Removing the old exterior, and what is behind the old material. Sheathing deterioration and a missing weather-resistive barrier stay frequent findings and are not apparent beforehand.
- Trim work detail. Corners, window and door trim, frieze board and band boards. This is the place an exterior installation either looks finished or reads cheap, and trim is labor.
- Elevation articulation. Gable ends, eave returns, bay windows, and every extra opening.
- Insulation or furring assemblies. Real thermal upgrades possible at the point at which the siding is open, and available at no other point.
The 10-Year Labor Warranty
With this material, the workmanship is not a separate matter from the product — it decides whether the product coverage holds at all. That is why qualifying exterior jobs by The Roofing Company include a 10-Year Workmanship Guarantee. Should an eligible issue trace back to our detailing inside those ten years, we come back and put it right — the homeowner pays nothing.
A distinct manufacturer warranty on the siding itself holds in addition to ours, subject to the manufacturer's terms. Because fiber cement coverage may depend on proper workmanship, those two are rather more entwined than with other materials.
Hiring The Roofing Company
We are a family-run contractor, three generations deep in the trades. That informs how we estimate work: a written scope that says what will be carried out, photographs of whatever we encountered, and a plain description of which elements are urgent against what else can sensibly be deferred.
We further run a veteran savings, and a word-of-mouth program: if a homeowner you refer goes ahead with a full home project, we send $250 as a thank-you. Program terms do apply.
Contact 412-858-8858 to get an honest read on siding at your house in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania — well before any decision is made.
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