Siding Replacement in Roswell, GA

Siding Replacement for Roswell homes

Roswell's population multiplied between 1970 and 2000, and the housing records that growth. Martin's Landing and Brookfield Country Club date mostly to the late 1970s; Horseshoe Bend, Saddle Creek, Loch Highland and Wildwood Springs filled in through the 1980s; Barrington Farms and Edenwilde followed in the 1990s. Much of that stock is wood-sided or wood-trimmed, with cedar, hardboard and brick fronts, and the rolling ground that falls toward the river and the creeks gives many lots a slope and a walk-out basement. Older still is the historic district: the Mill Village around Sloan Street, where some millworker housing dates to the 1850s, and the blocks along Canton Street and Mimosa Boulevard, with old wood, plaster and many layers of earlier paint. Newer infill townhomes, such as Harlow and Ashbury, are the exception rather than the rule. For painting and remodeling that adds up to a lot of carpentry before paint, decks and siding at replacement age, and kitchens and baths on their first or second remodel.

Areas we work in Roswell

• Martin's Landing
• Horseshoe Bend
• Brookfield Country Club
• Barrington Farms
• Saddle Creek
• Mill Village

Near Bulloch Hall, Barrington Hall, Roswell Mill ruins and the Vickery Creek trails and across the rest of Roswell.

Siding Replacement on Roswell houses

Siding replacement in Roswell is mostly about late-70s and 80s wood and hardboard. Cedar and hardboard lap were common choices in Martin's Landing, Brookfield Country Club, Loch Highland and Saddle Creek, and after decades of shade and humidity the bottom courses, corners and walls behind gutters are soft or swollen. Many owners decide to replace the worst elevations, or the whole house, with fiber-cement rather than keep patching. Brick fronts mean the work is often on the sides and back. Houses in the historic district are a different case: original wood siding there is usually worth repairing and keeping where it can be saved.

What usually gets missed

Once old siding comes off, the sheathing and framing underneath are what matter. Water that got behind rotted boards can ruin sheathing and the bottom plate, especially at window corners and where a deck or roof meets the wall. We open the worst area first to see what is under it, then price the job. New fiber-cement needs proper flashing at windows and clearance above grade, or it develops the same problems the old boards had.