Oldham County, Kentucky
La Grange siding installation
La Grange is a real city route for our Charlestown crew. downtown La Grange, where the CSX tracks still run down Main Street is the landmark we use, and wind along the rail corridor and ordinary Oldham County ice
historic downtown blocks and subdivisions on the edges of town
Siding that fits La Grange houses
historic downtown blocks and subdivisions on the edges of 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.
wind along the rail corridor and ordinary Oldham County ice 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.
La Grange Main Street has a train in the work zone. We plan downtown staging around that, and we do not treat a Main Street building like a subdivision lot.
Trim, soffit, and what we will not cover up
Downtown roofs with tight access and residential roofs with subdivision access. They are not the same day 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 La Grange wall is chosen in daylight on that street, not from a phone screen in the truck.
Questions
Hardie or vinyl for a La Grange house?
historic downtown blocks and subdivisions on the edges of 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. wind along the rail corridor and ordinary Oldham County ice 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. La Grange houses from different decades do not share one trim profile.