Siding services · Suffolk County, NY
Insulated siding and house wrap
A re-siding job is the one time the outside of your walls is open. That makes it the moment to get the weather barrier right and, if it suits the house, to add a layer of insulation.
House wrap and flashing
House wrap is the water-resistive barrier between the sheathing and the siding. It sheds water that gets past the siding while letting the wall dry. It only works when it is lapped like shingles (upper over lower), taped where the instructions call for it, and tied into flashing at windows, doors and roof edges. Ask how the contractor flashes windows: this is where most leaks start.
Insulated siding and rigid foam
Insulated vinyl has contoured foam bonded to the back of each panel. It stiffens the panel, helps it lie flat and adds some insulation. Another route is a layer of rigid foam board over the sheathing, under any siding type. Both thicken the wall, so window and door trim has to be built out to suit.
How much difference either makes depends on the house. Ask the contractor what the product's published R-value is and how they will handle the extra thickness at openings.
Before you sign
Questions to settle with the contractor
- The wrap product and how seams and openings are taped and flashed
- Insulated panels or rigid foam board, and its thickness
- How window and door trim is extended to match
- Whether the contractor will inspect sheathing before the wrap goes on
Where calls are connected
Towns covered
Western Suffolk County ZIP codes, by town. Eastern Suffolk (Riverhead, the Hamptons, the North Fork) is not covered.
- HuntingtonNorth Shore town: Cold Spring Harbor, Huntington, Northport, Melville and more.Siding in Huntington
- BabylonSouth Shore town: Amityville, Lindenhurst, the Babylons, Deer Park and more.Siding in Babylon
- IslipThe middle of the South Shore: Bay Shore, Brentwood, Sayville, Ronkonkoma and more.Siding in Islip
- SmithtownMid-Island town of Commack, Kings Park, Nesconset, St. James and Hauppauge.Siding in Smithtown
- BrookhavenThe covered western and North Shore hamlets, from Patchogue and Coram to Stony Brook.Siding in Brookhaven
Siding loose, split or just worn out?
Talk to a siding contractor who works in Suffolk County
One call connects you with an independent siding contractor serving Huntington, Babylon, Islip, Smithtown and much of Brookhaven. Have the walls looked at, then ask for a written price for the repair or the new siding.
Loose panels, soft trim or siding that's simply had its day? Talk it through with a local contractor.
The call goes to an independent siding contractor that works in western Suffolk County and takes on repairs as well as full re-siding jobs.
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Other siding work
More siding services
- Siding replacementTear-off, new wrap and new siding on the whole house or one elevation.
Siding repairCracked, loose or missing panels, split shingles and rot behind the siding.
Vinyl sidingLap, Dutch lap, shakes and board and batten profiles, new or repaired.
Fiber cement sidingHeavy, paintable planks and shingles that hold a crisp line.
Engineered wood sidingWood strands and resin, lighter than fiber cement, with a wood look.
Cedar shake and wood clapboard sidingCedar shingles, shakes and wood clapboard, repaired or replaced to match.
Siding for additions and new homesNew walls sided to match the house, or a whole new house sided from scratch.
Storm and wind damaged sidingTorn, cracked or missing siding after a nor'easter or tropical storm.- Soffit, fascia and trim with sidingTrim, soffit and fascia handled together with new or repaired siding.