Siding Replacement · Ferndale, WA · Whatcom County
Most Ferndale re-sides run one to three weeks: full tear-off, rot repair priced from photos before rebuild, and a new exterior flashed for wind that crosses the river plain unbroken.
Free on-site estimate at your Ferndale home — every elevation measured, itemized, and honest about what can wait.
From first walkthrough to final city inspection — the sequence is the same on every home; only the rot repair in the middle varies.
We walk every elevation — farmhouse cedar near downtown or a Malloy Village two-story — measure it ourselves, and write an itemized bid specific to the house, with product recommendations instead of boilerplate.
City of Ferndale permit filed through the city's SmartGov online portal if your scope needs one — our own office is on Main Street, a few blocks from city hall — and materials ordered so nothing stalls mid-project.
Old siding comes off completely — swollen engineered boards on the '90s subdivisions, century-old cedar on the farmhouse stock. Sheathing and framing get inspected wall by wall; any rot is photographed and priced for your approval before rebuild.
The layers that matter go on: weather barrier lapped for rain that crosses the river plain sideways, flashing at every penetration, then siding fastened to spec for wind with nothing but open farmland to slow it. Walls are dried in the same day they're opened.
Magnet sweep and full site cleanup, the city inspection passed through the same SmartGov portal the permit ran in, and a walkthrough with you — touch-ups handled on the spot, warranty paperwork in hand.
No two bids should look alike, because no two houses do. In Ferndale the big variables are the ones below — and every one of them is itemized in your written estimate, so you can see exactly where the number comes from.
Tear-off, rot repair, and a new exterior on a real SWV project — ask to see finished work near your neighborhood at your estimate.
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We install several siding materials, and we recommend fiber cement — James Hardie specifically — for nearly every home we work on in Ferndale. In a wind-driven-rain state, fiber cement doesn’t rot, doesn’t feed moss, doesn’t warp, and shrugs off the freeze-thaw cycles that crack lesser boards. It carries a 30-year substrate warranty, and ColorPlus factory finishes hold their color for 15 warranted years without repainting.
As a James Hardie Elite Contractor we install to the spec that keeps that warranty valid — fastening, clearances, and flashing details checked on every wall. If a different material genuinely fits your project better, we’ll say so plainly in the bid — but for most Ferndale homes, Hardie is the answer we’d put on our own house.
Most single-family whole-home projects typically land between $20,000 and $60,000. Home size and stories move the number most; the other big lever is combining windows with the re-side — window replacement runs typically 25%+ less per window during a siding project, since demolition, disposal, and admin overhead are already covered.
Nationally, fiber cement siding replacement is one of the best-returning exterior projects at resale — recent Cost vs. Value Report data puts its cost recoup above 100% (a national figure; local results vary). Every bid is measured at your home and itemized — rot is photographed and priced before rebuild, never buried. Financing options are available.
Typically one to four weeks on site for a full home, depending on size, sheathing condition, how much rot we find, and whether we're painting.
The schedule is written into the bid, and the final inspection is part of it — the job is not done until it passes.
James Hardie siding carries a 30-year substrate warranty, with ColorPlus finishes warranted for 15 years.
Our own workmanship warranty is included on every project — terms spelled out in your bid.
Ranges are typical figures for orientation — every bid is measured at your home. Financing options →
No good-better-best games — every project gets the full scope, spelled out line by line in your bid.
If our installation fails, we come back and make it right. The warranty terms are spelled out in your bid — ask us for the current details.
A free on-site estimate — every elevation measured, rot priced honestly, and a schedule you can plan around.
