Jefferson County, Kentucky
Shively siding installation
Shively is a real city route for our Charlestown crew. Dixie Highway and the post-war neighborhoods west of I-264 is the landmark we use, and wind down the Dixie corridor and heat on low roofs with little attic height
closely spaced post-war houses, many still on an older three-tab or an early architectural
Siding that fits Shively houses
closely spaced post-war houses, many still on an older three-tab or an early architectural 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 down the Dixie corridor and heat on low roofs with little attic height 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.
Shively still has three-tab. We do not pretend a coating will reset the clock. If the tabs are brittle, the honest scope is replacement.
Trim, soffit, and what we will not cover up
Three-tab that should have been replaced a decade ago, patched with mastic at the flashing 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 Shively wall is chosen in daylight on that street, not from a phone screen in the truck.
Questions
Hardie or vinyl for a Shively house?
closely spaced post-war houses, many still on an older three-tab or an early architectural 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 down the Dixie corridor and heat on low roofs with little attic height 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. Shively houses from different decades do not share one trim profile.