Does your home need new siding? Hiring a team of licensed and certified siding contractors ensures you receive the highest quality of work, as well as superior customer service. Installing siding can give your home a dramatic facelift that makes it appear like it is brand new. Siding enhances the curb appeal of your home, which is one of the many factors that determine your property value. However, siding also delivers functional benefits, such as improving energy efficiency and preventing damage caused by the accumulation of moisture.
The result of a siding project is mostly dependent on the skillset and professionalism exhibited by the home remodeling contractors that you hire. Improperly installed siding can cause irreversible water damage behind the panels and shingles that collect mold and mildew. Hiring the wrong siding contractor also can cause permanent structural damage and even make the manufacturer’s warranty null and void.
What Types of Related Siding Services Do the Best Siding Contractors Provide?
Another factor to consider when hiring a team of siding contractors is to determine what types of related services the contractor provides. The highest-rated siding contractors offer four key related services.
Installation
The bread and butter of siding contractors consists of completing siding installation projects. Siding contractors work with different siding materials, such as vinyl and aluminum. Other siding contractors work with specific manufacturers and their products like Hardie Board fiber cement. During the planning of a siding installation project, the contractor that you hire should ask questions to determine what type of siding material is the best match for your home.
Choosing the right type of siding for your home is important for several reasons. Some types of siding perform exceptionally well in humid climates, as well as hold up much better than other types of siding materials during severe winter and tropical storms. Although vinyl siding is an affordable option for most property owners, the material tends to display wear and tear after just 10 years. On the other hand, other types of siding materials can last more than 50 years.
Removal/Replacement
The best siding contractors do much more than offer installation service. They also complete siding removal and replacement projects on homes that already have siding installed. After several years, you might start to see dents on your home’s exterior where siding protects against weather and other damaging elements. Not only is dinged-up siding an eyesore, but it also is an indication that your home is compromised structurally.
Siding contractors that remove and replace damaged siding are especially helpful after a storm or another type of natural calamity that requires an emergency response.
Repair
Some unethical siding contractors try to squeeze every last dollar out of customers by performing services they do not need to perform. For example, instead of simply repairing siding damage, an unethical siding contractor tells a customer that the damaged home requires the removal of siding and the installation of new siding. Siding repair service should be one of the four related services offered by any siding contractor that makes your shortlist of candidates.
Power Washing & Painting
After a siding contractor removes siding for replacement or installs siding on a home for the first time, the contractor must power wash and paint the surfaces located under the siding. Power washing and painting surfaces ensure your home continues to present visual appeal, as well as protect your home from the damage caused by prolonged exposure to moisture.
Mares & Dow
Contact your local skylight contractors at Mares & Dow Construction and Skylights today to transform your home. We have over 40 years of installation and consulting experience.
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