Siding Installation in Metairie, LA

Estimated ranges. Metairie siding runs about $3 to $18 per square foot of wall installed depending on the material. Vinyl sits at $3 to $8, engineered wood at $5 to $12, aluminum at $6 to $12 and fiber cement at $6 to $18. A complete vinyl re side on a typical single storey Metairie home typically lands between $6,000 and $16,000, which is a whole job figure rather than the per foot rate multiplied out.

Usually no. Jefferson Parish lists replacement of vinyl siding or other non structural exterior wall covering on one and two family dwellings among the work that does not require a permit, provided the covering complies with Chapters 33 and 40 of the parish code. Structural work behind the siding, such as replacing studs or a header, is a different matter and does need a permit.

Fiber cement if the budget reaches it. It does not rot, does not soak up water the way wood does, and does not feed termites, and it carries published high wind ratings for the tested assembly when installed to the manufacturer's fastening schedule. Vinyl is the value choice and performs perfectly well when it is hung loose and flashed properly. Big Easy Roofing prices both against the same measured wall area.

Not on its own, and no siding does. Siding is a rain screen that sheds the bulk of the water, and the weather resistive barrier and flashings behind it handle what gets past. On the Metairie walls we open up, the water is almost always entering at a window head, at the base of the wall, or at a missing kick out flashing where a roof edge meets a wall, rather than through the panel.

It removes the meal, not the colony. Formosan subterranean termites are established across the New Orleans area and travel behind cladding out of sight. Fiber cement, vinyl and aluminum give them nothing to eat, so moving off wood at the re side takes away the food source. Keeping the cladding clear of soil and splash matters just as much, and termite treatment itself is a pest control job, not a siding job.

Five to ten working days on a typical Metairie house, weather dependent. A single elevation is usually two to three days. Fiber cement takes longer than vinyl because the boards are heavier, the cuts are slower and the fastening schedule is stricter. Any sheathing repair found once the old siding is off adds time, which is why the test opening happens at the quote stage.

Yes, and it is the sensible order where both are due. The kick out flashing and the step flashing where a roof edge meets a wall belong to both trades, and doing the two jobs together means that junction is built once, correctly, instead of being disturbed twice. The scopes stay itemised separately so the pricing is still legible.

It gets photographed, measured and priced as its own line before anyone continues. Big Easy Roofing opens a test area at the quote stage precisely so that a soft sheathing panel is a known risk rather than a surprise invoice. Small areas of sheathing replacement are common on a Metairie house and are not a reason to stop the job.

Storm damage to siding is commonly claimed, but whether a particular loss is covered is a question for your insurer or a licensed public adjuster. La. R.S. 37:2159.1 prohibits a Louisiana contractor from interpreting policy coverage, so we will not tell you what your policy pays. What we do is photograph the damage and write a good faith itemised repair estimate you can hand to whoever is handling the claim.

Yes, with one extra step. Addresses inside the Old Metairie Neighborhood Conservation District go through Jefferson Parish Planning before most exterior work, and the district's design standards restrict which cladding materials are acceptable. Confirm your address and the material with Planning on (504) 736-6320 before anything is ordered. Coverage otherwise extends across Metairie, Bucktown, Kenner, Harahan and River Ridge.