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Siding Contractors in Portland, ME

We are siding contractors in Portland, ME, and siding replacement is the only work we take on. Vinyl, LP SmartSide, James Hardie fiber cement or cedar shingles, on a peninsula Victorian, a Deering ranch or a triple-decker off Forest Avenue, every job starts with a close look at the walls you have now.

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Why Do Portland Homeowners Hire a Siding-Only Contractor?

Portland homeowners hire a siding-only contractor because the hard part of a re-side is the wall under the boards, not the boards. A crew that does nothing else knows what a century of salt air does to sheathing on the peninsula, and it plans for that before the first clapboard comes off.

  • Old siding comes off and the sheathing gets a real look, because houses built from 1870 to 1920 often hide rot behind the boards

  • Housewrap and window flashing done to shed wind-driven rain off Casco Bay, not just to look finished from the street

  • A written price in your hands before any work starts, with the city permit and any historic review handled by us

  • Siding is all we do
  • A written price before work starts
  • Old siding hauled away
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What would new siding cost on your Portland house?

Answer a few quick questions about your Portland house and the siding you have in mind. It takes about a minute, and we come back with a straight answer on price and timing.

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What Siding Fits a Portland House?

The siding that fits a Portland house depends on the house far more than on the catalog. A balloon-framed Victorian, a three-family on the peninsula and a postwar ranch off Washington Avenue each ask for something different, and we say so plainly on the first visit.

Siding Replacement for Portland Triple-Deckers

Triple-deckers and two-families make up whole blocks of Portland, and most of them carry two or three layers of siding by now. We take the layers off down to the sheathing, because new boards over three old ones sit too far from the wall to flash the windows properly.

On a three-story wall the staging matters as much as the siding. Narrow side yards on the peninsula leave little room for it, so we plan where the staging and the bin go before the job is priced, not on the morning the crew shows up.

New construction colonial in Portland, ME: Three-story light gray vinyl-sided house with white trim and dark roof, featuring multi-level porches, surrounded by evergreen trees and landscaping.

Wood Clapboards in Portland's Historic Districts

Portland has about eleven local historic districts, from the West End to Stroudwater, and any change to the outside that can be seen from the street needs a Certificate of Appropriateness first. We prepare that submission with you and match the new clapboard exposure, trim width and color to what the Historic Preservation Board expects.

Painted wood or fiber-cement clapboards are usually the path that gets approved on these streets, and vinyl rarely is. We tell you which materials have a real chance before you fall in love with one.

Re-sided colonial in Portland, ME: Green and cream horizontal siding on two-story house with white trim, dark gray roof, brick foundation, tree-lined street.

LP SmartSide and Vinyl Off the Peninsula

Off the peninsula, in neighborhoods like Deering and Rosemont, the houses are mid-century capes and ranches with simpler walls and fewer stories. That is where vinyl and LP SmartSide earn their place: a clean, durable wall at a price that leaves room in the budget for new trim.

LP SmartSide reads like painted wood from the sidewalk and takes a dent better than vinyl, while vinyl costs the least per square and never needs paint. We show you both on your own walls before you choose.

Re-sided ranch home in Portland, ME: Single-story house with tan horizontal siding, white trim, and dark roof. Large mature tree in front yard with mulched base. Manicured lawn and stone border edging. Neighboring houses visible.
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What Siding Replacement Services Do We Offer in Portland?

The siding replacement services we offer in Portland cover the whole wall, from the old boards coming off to the last piece of trim going on.

  • 01Full tear-off of old siding, with rotted sheathing and damaged framing repaired before anything new goes on
  • 02New housewrap, window and door flashing, and trim and corner boards to match the house
  • 03Vinyl, LP SmartSide, James Hardie fiber cement and cedar shingles, installed and the old material hauled away

On a house built before 1978, the old paint under or on the siding can contain lead, and federal rules set how it is handled when the boards come off. The EPA's lead-safe renovation rules explain what that means for your house.

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What Is Our Siding Replacement Process in Portland?

  1. Gray and white sided house in Portland ME: A two-story residential home with gray horizontal siding, white trim, and white railings. Large windows and a clipboard on the exterior wall. Stone wall and evergreen trees visible in background.

    Look at every wall

    We walk around your Portland house with you, measure each wall in squares, press on the soft spots, and look at the trim and window flashing, then come back with a written price.

  2. Re-sided colonial in Portland, ME: Two-story house with white upper level and gray lower level horizontal siding, white trim, dark gray roof, front gable, covered entry porch, landscaped front yard with evergreens and fall foliage.

    Tear off and re-side

    Once the city permit is in hand, we take the old siding off one section at a time, repair the sheathing, wrap and flash the wall, and put the new siding on course by course.

  3. Re-sided Colonial in Portland, ME: Two-story house with light blue vinyl siding, white trim, and gray roof. Two people stand on gravel driveway. Stone wall, landscaping, and water view visible.

    Walk around it together

    You walk every side of the finished house with us, check the trim and the corners, and point out anything that deserves another pass before we call the job done.

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Who Will Replace Your Siding?

Paul Sawyer

Owner, Siding Contractors Portland · Portland, Maine

The person who looks at your walls is the person responsible for the job.

Paul Sawyer started as a carpenter on Portland framing crews in 1993, building houses and additions from the peninsula out to Gorham and Windham. He learned early that the outside of a house is a system: sheathing, wrap, flashing and trim working together to keep water out.

By the late 2000s he was spending more of each year opening up walls on older Portland houses than building new ones, and finding the same thing behind tired clapboards: rot where the flashing had failed. In 2009 he narrowed the work to siding replacement, and it has been the whole job since.

Paul still walks every house before it is priced. He measures each wall, presses on the soft spots, and tells homeowners straight which material fits the house, the street and the budget.

  • 33 years in construction
  • 17 years replacing siding

Maine does not license general contractors, so there is no license to show you. What you get instead is a written price before the old siding comes off and a phone number that gets answered.

White siding home in Portland: Two men examining white horizontal siding and trim on a residential house with stone foundation and brick walkway in autumn setting.

How to Choose Siding Contractors in Portland, ME

You choose siding contractors in Portland, ME by what they plan to do under the siding, not by the color chart they bring. Ask whether they tear off or cover over, what they do when they find rot, how they flash the windows, and whether the housewrap seams get taped.

A contractor who prices a Portland Victorian without asking about the sheathing is guessing, and the guess usually comes back as a change order. Since Maine does not license general contractors, specific answers to those questions tell you more than any logo on a truck.

Then ask what you will hold before work starts and who deals with the city. With us, the written price comes first, the permit and any historic review are ours to file, and the job ends with a walk around the house together.

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Who Replaces Siding in Portland, Where and When?

Coastal cottage in Portland ME: Single-story house with light blue-gray shingle siding, white trim, dark gray roof, brick chimney, and dormer. Stone foundation, manicured lawn with pink flowering shrubs, evergreen trees, and water view in background.

  1. Which Portland homeowners usually need new siding?

    The Portland homeowners who usually need new siding own houses with paint that will not hold, clapboards that have split or pulled loose, or vinyl from the 1980s that has faded and cracked. Owners getting a house ready to sell and owners tired of repainting every few summers call us too.

  2. Which walls take the worst of the weather in Portland?

    The walls that take the worst of the weather in Portland face the water and the prevailing wind, usually the south and east sides near Casco Bay and Back Cove. Those are the walls we open first, because they show what the rest of the house is hiding.

  3. When is the best time to re-side a Portland house?

    The best time to re-side a Portland house is spring through fall, when housewrap tape and caulk cure properly and painted boards dry between coats. We price over the winter so your job is on the calendar when the weather turns.

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How Much Does Siding Replacement Cost in Portland?

Siding replacement in Portland averages about $1,000 to $1,250 per square for vinyl and $1,625 to $2,000 per square for James Hardie fiber cement, installed. A square is 100 square feet of wall, and these are averages across many siding quotes, not a quote for your house.

House sizeWall areaVinylLP SmartSideJames Hardie
Small20 to 25 squares$20,000 to $31,000$30,000 to $47,000$32,500 to $50,000
Medium25 to 32 squares$25,000 to $40,000$37,500 to $60,000$40,500 to $64,000
Large32+ squaresfrom $32,000from $48,000from $52,000

Installed averages for Portland, per square of wall: tear-off, housewrap, flashing, trim and haul-away included; sheathing repair is priced once the wall is open.

What does cedar shingle siding cost in Portland?

Cedar shingles cost about $2,500 per square installed in Portland, which puts a medium house at roughly $62,500 to $80,000. Shingles go on one course at a time by hand, and that labor is where the price comes from.

What pushes a Portland siding job toward the high end?

A Portland siding job moves toward the high end when the walls are three stories tall, the side yard is too tight for easy staging, or the tear-off finds rotted sheathing. Lots of trim, many windows and a historic district review add to it as well.

Is siding over the old siding ever the right call?

Siding over the old siding is the lower-cost option, and it is sometimes the right call when the old layer contains asbestos and the wall underneath is sound. We tell you on the first visit whether your walls are a candidate, and we price both ways when they are.

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How Do You Get a Price for New Siding in Portland?

You get a price for new siding in Portland in two steps: send the free estimate request, then pick a time for us to look at the house. We measure every wall, write the price down, and go over it with you before anything is scheduled.

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