Shake siding
Cedar shake gives an older house the texture it was built with. It costs more up front and wants staining every few years, but nothing else looks like it on a Pittsburgh street.
Exterior siding for Pittsburgh homes
We install different types of siding. The right one depends on the age of the house, how much upkeep you want, and what you plan to spend.
Vinyl siding
The practical choice: lower cost, almost no maintenance, and a wide range of profiles and colours. Modern vinyl looks far better than the panels people remember from the nineties.
Not seeing the one you need?
Ask us. We work with fiber cement and other materials too — tell us what you have in mind and we'll let you know if we install it.
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Siding is the part of a house everybody judges and almost nobody inspects. It's also the second line of defence after the roof. When a panel cracks or a piece of trim pulls loose, water gets in behind the wall and works quietly for a year or more before anything shows up on the inside.
We install and replace vinyl, cedar shake and fiber cement siding on homes across Pittsburgh. The layer underneath is part of the job, not something to cover up and hope about.
Siding services we offer
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Siding installation
New siding over a properly prepared wall, with house wrap and flashing done in the right order.
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Siding repair
Cracked, loose or storm-damaged panels replaced and matched, so the patch doesn't stand out from the street.
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Siding replacement
Old, faded or failing siding stripped off and replaced, with any water-damaged sheathing fixed first.
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Soffit and fascia
Repaired or replaced while the ladders are already up, which saves you a second visit later.
What the job includes
What a siding job covers:
- Removal down to the sheathing — with any water-damaged board replaced rather than sided over.
- House wrap and flashing — installed and lapped in the right order, particularly above windows and doors where most failures start.
- Vinyl, cedar shake or fiber cement — matched to the age of the house and to what you actually want to spend.
- Trim, corners and channel — cut clean and mitred, not stretched to hide a bad measurement.
- Soffit and fascia — repaired or replaced while the ladders are already up, which is much cheaper than doing it later.
- Profile and colour matching — on partial repairs, so a patch doesn't announce itself from the sidewalk.
How the work runs
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Walk the exterior
We check every elevation, press for soft spots, and work out whether you need the whole house or three panels on the north wall.
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Pick the material
We bring samples and give you the honest trade-offs: cost and maintenance.
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You get it in writing
Square footage, material, trim details and a price that doesn't move once the wall is open.
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Strip, repair, wrap
Old siding off, damaged sheathing replaced, house wrap and flashing done properly before a single new panel goes up.
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Install and finish
Panels hung with the clearance they need to expand and contract, trim finished, and the whole perimeter cleaned up.
Recent siding work
Questions we get asked
Vinyl or cedar shake?
Vinyl costs less, needs almost nothing from you, and modern profiles look far better than the ones people remember. Cedar shake costs more and wants staining every several years, but on an older Pittsburgh house it looks right in a way vinyl doesn't quite manage. Fiber cement sits between the two. We'll tell you what we'd put on our own house.
Can you match what's already there?
Usually. Profiles get discontinued, so on older houses we may need to source a close match or re-side one full elevation to keep the lines consistent. We'll show you both options before you decide.
Can you do the siding and the roof together?
Yes, and it's cheaper that way. One mobilisation, one set of ladders and staging, and the roof-to-wall flashing gets done once by the same crew instead of twice by two.
Free estimate, no pressure
We'll come out, look at the work, and give you a written number. What you do with it is up to you.
412 286 6071