Battle Ground, Washington
Siding Contractor in Battle Ground, WA
Siding contractor working Battle Ground acreage and subdivisions. North and east of the city you are on open ground with real exposure. South toward Vancouver it is 1990s and 2000s subdivisions hitting the age where the original siding stops being worth patching.
Call (360) 431-9382 or book online for a free estimate.
On acreage the house stands in open ground with nothing breaking the weather before it reaches the wall. Wind-driven rain gets behind material that would be fine on a sheltered lot, and it finds the same places every time: the bottom course, the corners, and the windows on the weather side. A wall out here is working harder than the same wall in town.
Shops, barns and second structures are part of most acreage jobs and they get the same treatment as the house. A building sided cheap on an exposed site is a building you re-side sooner than you planned, and doing it while the crew and the staging are already on site is far cheaper than doing it separately later.
Down in the subdivisions south and west it is a different job. Those houses went up through the 1990s and 2000s with builder-grade siding, and that material is now twenty-five to thirty years old and sitting right at replacement age. The framing behind it is modern and predictable, so there is rarely a structural surprise, which means the money goes into the wall assembly rather than into repairs.
What keeps water out of your house is not the siding. Siding is the first line and water gets past it eventually on every wall ever built. The weather barrier underneath is what protects the structure, and it is the layer most homeowners have never heard anybody mention.
We use WeatherSmart house wrap and install it the way the manufacturer requires, because their representative trained us on it directly. He also comes out and checks the wrap on each job before any siding goes on. Once the siding is up nobody can inspect what is behind it, so that visit is the only chance anyone gets to confirm the wall was built right. Properly installed wrap carries its own warranty separate from the siding warranty over it.
Over the wrap we install James Hardie fiber cement lap. It does not rot, insects have no interest in it, and it holds paint far longer than wood does, which is worth real money on an exposed site where repainting means staging the whole house again.
When you hire me you get me. Thirty years, on the job every day, and I am the one accountable to you when the wall opens up and something has to be decided standing right there.
Save yourself the wait
Send me photos of each elevation and a rough size on the house, and tell me whether there are outbuildings you want done at the same time. I will come back with a real read on what the job takes.
Siding We Have Built
Cedar shake siding before tear-off in Battle Ground, WA
Old siding stripped to bare sheathing in Battle Ground, WA
New house wrap installed over the sheathing in Battle Ground, WA
Fiber cement lap siding installed and caulked in Battle Ground, WA
Siding and trim complete on the side elevation in Battle Ground, WA
Finished siding after paint in Battle Ground, WA
Painted elevation from the side yard in Battle Ground, WA
Entry trim detail after paint in Battle Ground, WA
Lap siding and corner detail up close in Battle Ground, WA
Completed siding replacement, front elevation in Battle Ground, WA
Siding questions in Battle Ground
How much does siding installation cost in Battle Ground, WA?
Wall square footage, trim and openings, exposure, and whether outbuildings get done at the same time. On a 1990s or 2000s subdivision house the framing is predictable and the money goes into the wall assembly. Send photos of each elevation and a rough size for a written number.
Do you install James Hardie siding in Battle Ground?
Yes. Hardie lap over WeatherSmart house wrap, with the wrap rep inspecting the wall before any siding goes on.
Is it time to replace builder-grade siding on a 25-year-old house?
Usually. Material installed in the 1990s and 2000s to a builder budget is at replacement age, and failed caulk lines, soft spots and paint that will not hold at the corners are the signs.
Do you side shops and barns on acreage?
Yes, and they get the same wall assembly as the house. Doing them while the crew and staging are already on site is far cheaper than a separate job later.
Are you a licensed siding contractor in Clark County?
Yes. Washington license JAMESHC764LM, bonded and insured, owner on the job every day.
Siding in Battle Ground and Clark County
James Hurula Construction is a licensed Washington general contractor (JAMESHC764LM) based in Kalama, serving Battle Ground and Clark County on every kind of job on this page. I also work in Longview, Kelso, Castle Rock, Kalama, Woodland, Cathlamet, Vancouver, Ridgefield. Thirty years of field experience, owner on site.
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