Nelson County, Kentucky
Bardstown siding installation
Bardstown is a real city route for our Charlestown crew. My Old Kentucky Home, the historic brick district, and the bourbon distillery corridor is the landmark we use, and humid summers and storms that roll across the Nelson County hills
historic brick downtown and newer housing on the edges of a tourist town
Siding that fits Bardstown houses
historic brick downtown and newer housing on the edges of a tourist town James Hardie fiber cement is the upgrade when a wall takes weather and you want a painted look that does not cup. Premium vinyl is the right call when the budget and the architecture are simpler. We do not wrap a historic masonry face in vinyl and call it an improvement.
humid summers and storms that roll across the Nelson County hills Housewrap, flashing at windows, and a real starter course are the part of the wall nobody photographs. They are also why the job either lasts or does not.
Bardstown asks for two kinds of respect: the historic masonry downtown, and a straight answer for a subdivision roof that is simply worn out. We do both, and we do not mix the specs.
Trim, soffit, and what we will not cover up
Historic brick needs counterflashing cut into the joint. Edge-of-town houses need ordinary laminate work If the wall behind the siding is soft, we stop and show you. Covering rot is how a siding job becomes a callback.
Color for a Bardstown wall is chosen in daylight on that street, not from a phone screen in the truck.
Questions
Hardie or vinyl for a Bardstown house?
historic brick downtown and newer housing on the edges of a tourist town Fiber cement earns its place on walls that take weather and on elevations you want to look painted. Vinyl is honest on simpler architecture. We recommend one, not both, for the same wall.
Will new siding fix drafts?
Only if the wall behind it is detailed. humid summers and storms that roll across the Nelson County hills We replace soft sheathing instead of bridging it.
Do you match existing trim?
We match where the product still exists and we tell you when it does not. Bardstown houses from different decades do not share one trim profile.