Siding Installation & Replacement in Lakewood, CO

Scale and what's underneath. A few cracked boards or one woodpecker hole is a repair — I do those too, and I'll steer you there when it's honest. Replacement earns its cost when damage covers whole elevations, when panels are brittle or chalking from UV, or when there's evidence of water getting behind the siding — peeling interior paint, soft sheathing, stains at the bottom edge. Those are wall problems, and new siding is the occasion to fix them.

Fiber cement and steel take hail best; engineered wood does well; vinyl is the most vulnerable, though thicker premium profiles are far better than builder grade. But 'best against hail' isn't the only axis — cost, look, and maintenance matter, and the right call for a mountain cabin and a Lakewood ranch differ. I'll lay out the honest trade-offs for your house rather than defaulting to whatever's on the truck.

The claim is between you and your insurer, but I do the parts a contractor should: document the damage thoroughly with photos, provide a detailed written scope and estimate you can submit, and do the replacement to that scope once you're approved. What I won't do is inflate a scope or play the storm-chaser game — you'll get the same honest assessment I'd give if you were paying cash.

Most houses run several days, and no — I work in sections and dry the house in each day rather than stripping the whole thing at once. Lakewood and Arvada get enough sudden weather that leaving a wall open overnight is asking for damage. If a storm is forecast mid-job, that section gets wrapped before I leave.