Siding and windows, with a sound wall behind them

This is the question the whole trade turns on. Siding sheds most of the water and lets some through, which is expected and is why a wall is built in layers. The drainage plane behind the cladding carries what gets past it back out, and the flashing at every opening, joint and termination decides whether that water leaves the wall or sits in it.

Flashing is where siding jobs fail, and it stays invisible for years after the job finishes. We detail it deliberately and show you the details before we close the wall.

Cladding is the first layer of a wall, not the whole wall. Behind it sit the drainage plane, the sheathing and the framing. Damaged boards over a sound wall are worth replacing board by board. Damaged boards over a wall that has been taking water for years are the smallest part of the work you now need.

Nobody can tell you which one you have from the driveway. We open a section, look at what is behind it, and tell you before we quote. The materials for your house are confirmed in the written scope.

A window is a hole in the wall with flashing around it. Replace it after new siding and you cut back into a wall that was just detailed. Done together, the window flashing and the drainage plane are one continuous system, installed once.

Windows carry a 1 year workmanship warranty rather than the 5 year structural term, because the unit itself is covered by the manufacturer.

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