Siding fails at its joints, not its faces. J-channel at the windows, the corner posts and the course above a roof line are where water gets behind it, and where a repair either works or hides the problem.
Hail does not stop at the roofline. The same event that bruises your shingles dents vinyl siding across a whole elevation, and homeowners are often surprised to learn the siding belongs on the same claim. We install vinyl and fiber cement, and we document both when we document a storm.
Free inspection3 services under siding. Not sure which one you need? That is what the inspection is for.
Complete siding replacement for Kentucky homes. Vinyl, fiber cement, and engineered wood siding.
Premium vinyl siding installation. The most popular, lowest-maintenance siding choice for Kentucky homeowners.
James Hardie and fiber cement siding installation. Dimensional, paintable, and highly durable in Kentucky's climate.
Nobody should have to learn a trade to buy from it. Here is the honest version of each option, including where we would talk you out of one.
What it is
Vinyl panel with contoured foam bonded behind it, so the panel is backed rather than hollow.
Where it fits
Most vinyl re-sides worth doing. It adds a little R-value, but the real gain is rigidity: it stays flat, resists denting, and does not oil-can across a long wall the way hollow panel does.
What it is
Hollow panel in a range of profiles and colours, hung loose so it can move with temperature.
Where it fits
Budget-governed work and matching an existing wall. Perfectly serviceable when it is installed loose and flashed properly. Both of which are commonly got wrong.
What it is
A cement, sand and cellulose composite. Considerably heavier than vinyl, non-combustible, and it does not dent.
Where it fits
Homes that have already been hailed once, and anywhere the look of a wood profile matters. The trade-off is weight, cost and the need for real flashing discipline at every joint.
What it is
Replacing damaged panels against replacing the elevation.
Where it fits
Repair works when the profile is still made and the wall has not faded much. On a twenty-year-old wall a colour match is rare, so a partial repair often reads as a patch. We will say so before we do it.
Vinyl becomes brittle in the cold and is easy to crack when handled below freezing, so deep winter is avoided. Fiber cement is field-painted in suitable conditions or it chalks, which rules out cold, damp spells. Spring through autumn is the working window. One timing point specific to storm work: if hail dented your siding, it belongs on the same insurance claim as the roof, and that claim has a reporting window, so the inspection should happen well before the weather is convenient.
859-376-0254We work three towns, and they do not damage a roof the same way. Pick yours to see what actually fails there.
Ice damming at the eaves
January, during freeze-thaw
Madison County's hilly terrain pools cold air in the lower neighborhoods, so snowmelt refreezes at the eave and backs water up under the shingles where no amount of surface sealant reaches it.
Richmond roofingHail bruising, then algae on the north slopes
Hail March to May, algae year-round after
Winchester sits in a corridor that channels storms up from the southwest, and it sits low enough that fog settles in the mornings through spring and fall. The hail cracks the shingle mat; the standing moisture on the north-facing slopes then feeds moss and algae into the damage.
Winchester roofingFreezing rain and terrain-driven runoff
Late winter
The Cumberland Plateau foothills load the southern end of the county with freezing rain rather than snow, and the sloped lots around Indian Fort Mountain funnel a whole roof's runoff to a couple of eave points instead of spreading it evenly.
Berea roofingA written report with photographs and a condition rating on every component, usually within 24 to 48 hours of your call. If it is fine, we tell you it is fine.
Water coming in right now?
859-376-025424/7 for active leaks and storm damage