Renovation Services

Exterior Siding

Siding is not a skin — it's the outer layer of a water-management system that also includes the wrap, the flashing and the sheathing underneath. Crews that treat it as decoration are the reason so many houses look fine from the street and are quietly wet at the corners.

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Fully Insured

General liability & workers' comp coverage

EPA Lead-Safe Certified

Certified firm for pre-1978 homes

Years in Business

A decade of Triad craftsmanship

Financing Available

Flexible plans on approved credit

Scope

What a siding project includes

Full removal and disposal of existing siding, or targeted removal for repair scopes
Sheathing inspection with photos, plus rot, pest and structural repair as needed
New house wrap, taped at seams and integrated with window and door flashing
Insulated vinyl, standard vinyl, or fiber cement lap and panel installation
Correct fastening: nailed at the center of the slot, not driven tight, so panels move freely
Trim package — corner boards, J-channel, frieze, soffit, fascia and window surrounds
Flashing at every penetration, kick-out flashing where a roof meets a wall
Caulking, touch-up paint on fiber cement cut ends, and magnet sweep of the yard for nails

Our approach

Process note: expansion and fastening

Vinyl grows and shrinks measurably across a Carolina temperature swing. Panels have to hang from center-slotted nails with a deliberate gap at every J-channel — nail them tight and the wall waves in July. Fiber cement is the opposite problem: it's heavy, dust from cutting requires respiratory control, and every cut end needs sealing. Same project, two entirely different sets of rules, which is why we quote them separately.

1Walk the exterior, probe suspect areas, and confirm material and trim package
2Tear off in sections so no wall stays open overnight
3Inspect and repair sheathing; photograph and change-order anything found
4House wrap and flashing, integrated with existing window and door units
5Install siding and trim, seal penetrations, then final walkthrough and nail sweep

Why STRYDE

Why homeowners replace siding

Hardboard has reached the end of its life here

Enormous numbers of Triad homes built in the eighties and nineties wear pressed hardboard that swells and delaminates at the bottom edge once paint fails. Past a certain point, repainting is throwing money at a substrate that's already gone.

Insulated vinyl does two jobs at once

Foam-backed panels add continuous insulation over the studs, which is the one place a wall has no cavity insulation at all. It also stiffens the panel so it lies flatter and reads much less like budget siding.

Storm damage is a scheduled project, not an emergency

Hail bruising and wind-torn panels on an otherwise sound wall are planned renovation work. If wind or water has actually gotten inside the house, that's a different response — our restoration team handles active damage on a 24/7 basis.

Questions

FAQs about this service

Vinyl or fiber cement?

Vinyl is the value choice: never needs painting, installs quickly, and modern insulated panels look far better than the thin siding people remember. Fiber cement is heavier, holds a crisp shadow line, resists impact and heat, and takes paint beautifully — but it costs more to buy and considerably more to install. In neighborhoods where the surrounding homes are fiber cement or brick, it's usually the right investment.

Can you repair a section instead of replacing everything?

Often, yes — a storm-damaged wall or a rotted run of hardboard behind a downspout doesn't require doing the whole house. The honest caveat is color: vinyl fades over years, and new panels of the same product number will not match a fifteen-year-old wall. We'll tell you when a repair will be visible and let you make that call.

What do you find behind the old siding?

That's the real question with any siding job. Common finds in this region are rotted sheathing below windows where flashing failed, missing or torn house wrap, and pest damage at the sill. We photograph everything before covering it and price repairs as a written change order — nothing gets sided over quietly.

Bold design. Flawless craftsmanship. Built to last.

Find out what's behind your siding

We'll inspect, probe the suspect walls, and quote vinyl and fiber cement side by side.