| Is it time to replace your siding or repaint your home | | | | has created a healthy market for siding replacement |
| in the Seattle area? The weather in Seattle is tough | | | | contractors and made prices very completive. Do you |
| on the exterior of your home because of all the rain | | | | have problems with your LP siding, Weyerhaeuser or |
| we get her in the Pacific Northwest. The need to | | | | masonite siding. |
| repaint a home in Seattle can lead to the decision to | | | | I give people estimates on residing their homes all |
| replace the siding if the wood on your home is | | | | day. I see many quotes for prepping and painting a |
| buckling, rotting or cupping. If the paint and wood | | | | home that are more money than re-siding the home |
| siding is so damaged that the cost to prep and | | | | with brand new Hardieplank. I am amazed at what it |
| repaint your home will be more than $8000 you | | | | costs to strip and prep a home for painting. Often |
| should consider re-siding. | | | | the cost to only paint your home is more money |
| The advantages of installing a new fiber cement | | | | than tearing off your old siding, replacing the siding |
| exterior is that you get the best return on your | | | | with fibrecement and painting the new boards. The |
| investment over all other repairs on your home. If | | | | end result is a brand new looking home! When you |
| the exterior of your home is showing major wear | | | | look at the total cost only painting will make your |
| replacement with Hardieplank Fiber cement siding | | | | home look better for now but there will be |
| ranks as one of the top fixes in our area for return | | | | considerably more maintenance in the future. |
| on investment for your home. This is especially true if | | | | Siding replacement cost varies from home to home |
| it has damaged wood siding or faulty LP siding. Did | | | | but you should budget about $5.00 a square foot for |
| you know products like Hardy plank are by far the | | | | tear off, replacement of your siding and painting. This |
| most cost effective, durable material to use when | | | | should include new home wrap and disposal of all |
| residing your home in the Seattle area. You increase | | | | waste material and new corner trim. This means that |
| the resale value of your home by weatherproofing | | | | a typical home that is 2500 square feet will cost |
| your home and decreasing the future maintenance | | | | approximately$9,000 - $10,000 to install new Hardie |
| needs. We do a ton of siding replacement in Seattle | | | | plank siding and look brand new. |
| particularly because of the wet weather and | | | | If your siding and paint is in really bad shape your |
| installation of LP siding, Weyerhaeuser siding and | | | | repair and painting estimates could be more than |
| masonite siding. These products and or installation | | | | $8000. Shop around and get 3 estimates to find out |
| failures have resulted in water infiltration and class | | | | if you should repaint or replace your siding. Make sure |
| action lawsuits against those companies. Large | | | | the contractor is licensed and bonded in Washington |
| numbers of track homes with failing siding gives | | | | State.Seattle area would include Bellevue, Lynnwood, |
| homeowners in the pacific northwest a cost | | | | Burien, Bothell, Woodinville, Issaquah, Renton, |
| advantage over many other areas in the country. | | | | Redmond, Kirkland and Newcastle Washington. |
| The reason for this is that all the siding replacement | | | | |