Blog: Siding

Challenge One problem that can arise from wood siding is wood can rot over time. For this house, the knots began falling out of the wood. Solution A simple fix to this problem is to caulk the hole to seal it.

Challenge In the roofing industry in the Chicagoland area, we have found most roofing companies don't offer repairs. Solution At Stan's, we know that not every home project needs to be a whole remodeling effort.

Challenge With big leaks, often our first reaction is to blame the roof. After all, rain comes right down onto the house right? Yes and no. Solution This house in Homer Glen had vertical wood sheet siding. The bottom of one section of the siding buckled out.

Challenge Existing Rotted wood siding and Tyvek house wrap was creating issues to the home structure of this house. Solution Our crew removed the siding. Cleaned the structure and placed new house wrap and siding in it's place.

Challenge Whenever you have exposed wood on the exterior of your home, you risk that wood rotting quickly. Once that wood rots, the problems don't stop there. Solution It's important to take care of your exterior to protect your interior. Make sure you properly seal up any exposed wood.

Neutral siding colors rule the suburbs—they’re safe and sophisticated at the same time. When selecting your home’s exterior hue, it’s important to look around and play off your surroundings. Are other homes on the block neutral? Do tall trees surround your home?

What’s got the look of wood siding and the strength of cement? You guessed it, fiber cement siding. This, now popular building material was developed by James Hardie in the early 1980’s.

What the heck is Hardie board siding? You may not even know when a house is covered in it because it so effortlessly creates the look of wood or vinyl siding. However, this material is in fact constructed of cement fibers.

Of all of the options available for cladding your home in Orland Park, Palos Park, Homer Glen, Tinely Park, Frankfort and beyond, cement siding is one of the more practical.

For many homeowners, it is difficult to decide on the type of siding they want for their house. They may currently have beautiful clapboard wood siding that they are not anxious to obliterate. Yet sometimes the current siding is so bad that there is no other choice but to put on new siding.