Roosevelt Siding Contractor in Bellingham, WA

Fixing Roosevelt's Postwar Siding Problem

The Roosevelt neighborhood filled in fast during Bellingham's postwar decades, and the siding choices of that era are now the neighborhood's most common headache. Streets off Alabama and Iron Street are lined with ranches and split-entries wearing original T1-11 plywood panels or first-generation hardboard lap, and both products share the same fatal flaw in a Pacific Northwest climate: they drink water at every unsealed edge. Panel bottoms flare and delaminate, hardboard swells at the nail heads, and paint stops sticking no matter how often it is redone.

Alpine Exteriors replaces these tired assemblies with walls built for another half-century. We have re-sided homes across every Bellingham neighborhood over our 25 years in business, and Roosevelt jobs follow a familiar arc: the surface looks rough, the sheathing underneath is usually better than feared, and the transformation once new siding goes on is dramatic, because these simple, honest house shapes carry clean modern cladding beautifully.

From Swollen Panels to a Modern Wall

Our standard Roosevelt re-side is a complete envelope upgrade, not a paint-prep patch job.

• Removal of all T1-11 and hardboard, with moisture readings taken across the exposed sheathing so nothing damp gets sealed in
• New weather-resistive barrier with taped seams and integrated window flashing, the layer these houses were built without
• Fiber cement lap or panel-and-batten siding, matched to the home's mid-century lines and finished in factory-baked color
• Rebuilt trim at corners, eaves and openings, sized to give flat postwar facades some architectural depth

Because many Roosevelt homes sit close together on modest lots, we run tight, considerate job sites: dust control during tear-off, daily cleanup, and clear communication with the neighbors whose driveways sit ten feet from the work. Most single-story homes here are wrapped and finished in about a week of good weather, and larger split-entries rarely take more than two, so the disruption to your street stays short even when the transformation is complete.

Priced Clearly, Guaranteed Long

A free on-site estimate gets everything on the table: we measure the elevations, identify which walls are worst, and give you a line-item price that separates the essential envelope work from optional upgrades like new gutters or accent shakes in the gables. If a phased approach fits your budget better, we will structure it that way without penalty.

Every wall we build is covered by a 25-year workmanship warranty, and we say that with the confidence of a company that has completed over 2,000 projects and still services the earliest ones. Roosevelt is a neighborhood of practical houses owned by practical people, and our pitch matches: replace the failing material once, with the right assembly behind it, and stop paying painters to fight a losing battle every five years.