Siding Replacement & Repair in Bellevue, WA

Bellevue covers a wider range of housing than anywhere else we work, and the siding problems divide along those lines.

East of I-405 — Lake Hills, Eastgate, Newport Hills, Factoria — is largely 1950s through 1970s ramblers and split-levels. Those houses carry a lot of transitions: a belly band between floors, a cantilevered upper story, panel siding meeting lap siding at a change of plane. Every transition is a joint, and joints are where water gets in. Most of the leaks we chase on this side of the city trace back to flashing at one of those spots rather than to the siding itself.

The hillside neighborhoods behave differently. Somerset, Cougar Mountain, and the upper stretches of Newport Hills sit higher and hold mature Douglas fir, which keeps north- and east-facing walls damp well into summer. A wall that never fully dries ages faster than the rest of the house. Up on the exposed ridgelines the opposite problem shows up: wind driving rain hard into one elevation while the other three look fine.

Closer to the water — Enatai, Meydenbauer, Newport Shores — west walls take wind-driven rain straight off Lake Washington, so those elevations and their window flashing get extra attention.

West Bellevue is its own case. Between teardowns and larger newer builds there is more architectural detail per house — deep overhangs, mixed cladding, panel systems — and detail is exactly where installation quality shows.

One thread runs through all of it. Homes built or re-sided in the late ’80s and early ’90s sometimes carry the hardboard siding of that era, which fails by absorbing moisture. If your boards are swelling at the joints or going soft along the bottom edge, that’s worth an inspection.

How We Work

Every project runs the same way. We tear off the old siding and inspect the sheathing underneath, because that’s the only honest moment to find rot. Then a weather-resistive barrier, flashing at every window, door, and transition, and siding installed to the manufacturer’s specification — that last part is what keeps the warranty valid. Sealing and caulking, paint if it’s in the scope, and a final walkthrough with you.
We side one face of the house at a time, so your home stays watertight for the whole project. Work hours are 8 to 5, Monday through Friday, and the crew cleans up daily — including running a rolling magnet through the yard for nails.

What Affects the Cost

The first question is whether you need a repair or a re-side, because the answer changes everything. From there it’s the size and height of the house, how much flashing and transition work the architecture requires, what the tear-off reveals, access around mature trees and sloped lots, and the material you choose. We don’t quote from a formula. We walk the house and give you a real number, free, with no pressure attached.