Siding repair and replacement in SW Florida.
Cracked panels, storm damage, trim that has given up. We repair what can be repaired and replace what cannot, on vinyl and aluminum siding.
Fix the section or redo the wall.
Siding Repair
- Individual panels swapped out
- Loose and rattling runs re-secured
- Trim, corners and J-channel
- Water intrusion points sealed
Siding Replacement
- Full elevations or whole house
- Sheathing checked once panels are off
- Correct expansion allowance for Florida heat
- Fresh trim and flashing details
What Florida does to siding
Two things age siding here faster than almost anywhere: ultraviolet light and heat cycling. Vinyl expands and contracts measurably every single day, and if it was installed nailed too tight, that daily movement has nowhere to go. Panels buckle, seams open, and fastener holes elongate until the run rattles in the wind.
Sun does the rest. Colour fades unevenly depending on exposure, and older vinyl gets brittle enough that a stray branch or a stone from a mower goes straight through it rather than bouncing off.
Aluminum siding does not get brittle, but it dents, chalks as the finish oxidises, and corrodes at cut edges and fasteners in coastal air.
- Buckling from panels installed too tight to move
- Brittle vinyl that cracks on impact
- Uneven fading by exposure
- Chalking and edge corrosion on aluminum
The part behind the panels
Siding is a rain screen, not a seal. It is meant to shed most of the water while the weather barrier behind it handles what gets through, and there should be a path for that water to drain back out. When people close up the bottom of a run or caulk every seam solid, they trap water in the wall instead of keeping it out.
That is why we look behind panels whenever we have a section off. Soft sheathing, staining, or a barrier that has been torn or never lapped correctly are all things you want to know about while the wall is open, not two years later when the damage has reached the framing.
It is also why we are careful about where the water above is going. A gutter overflowing onto a wall or a downspout splashing the bottom course drives far more water at siding than rain ever will.
Matching what you already have
The realistic answer on matching is: sometimes closely, rarely perfectly. Profiles get discontinued, and even a correct profile in the correct colour comes out of the box looking newer than panels that have been fading on your wall for twelve years.
There are ways to make that work. Pulling replacement panels from a less visible elevation, such as behind a fence line or on the back of the house, and putting the new stock there instead, is an old trick that puts the mismatch where nobody looks. We will suggest it where it applies.
And when a wall needs so many panels that matching becomes hopeless, we will tell you that replacing the elevation is the better value rather than selling you a patchwork you will resent looking at.
- Profile and colour matched as closely as stock allows
- New panels relocated to low-visibility elevations
- Honest call when patching stops being worth it
- Trim and corner details finished to match
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We beat any written price
Bring us a competitor's written quote and we will beat it, on the same scope of work.
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A certified residential contractor serving Lee, Charlotte and Collier counties since 2007.
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You pay nothing until the work is finished and you are satisfied with it.
Siding questions.
Usually yes. Individual panels can be unlocked and swapped without disturbing the whole wall. The limit is matching, since profiles get discontinued and existing panels have faded, so a close match is realistic and a perfect one often is not.
Almost always because it was nailed too tight when installed. Vinyl expands and contracts every day with the heat, and it has to be able to move on the fastener. Pinned panels have nowhere to go, so they buckle and the seams work open.
We get as close as available stock allows. One useful approach is to take panels from a hidden elevation to patch the visible wall and put the new stock in the hidden spot, which puts any mismatch where nobody sees it.
Whenever a section is off, yes. Siding is a rain screen rather than a seal, so what matters is the weather barrier and sheathing behind it. Soft sheathing or a torn barrier is much cheaper to deal with while the wall is open.
Both. Aluminum does not get brittle the way old vinyl does, but it dents, chalks as the finish oxidises, and corrodes at cut edges and fasteners in coastal air, all of which we handle.
When enough panels are damaged that matching becomes impossible, when the material has gone brittle across an elevation, or when what is behind the siding needs attention. We will give you that assessment straight rather than quoting the bigger job by default.
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