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Siding Contractors in Old Orchard Beach, ME

Siding takes a beating in this town, and our siding contractors in Old Orchard Beach, ME plan for salt spray and cottages built a few feet apart before anyone talks about color. Siding replacement is our whole trade, from the summer cottages near the sand to the year-round houses farther inland, and every wall gets a close look before it is priced.

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This page covers siding replacement in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, where beach cottages and year-round houses stand close together within reach of salt spray. Siding Contractors Portland strips the worn siding and repairs the wall behind it before new siding goes on, from vinyl up to cedar shingles.

Here the hidden parts decide how long a new wall lasts, because salt rusts plain nails and wind drives rain behind loose trim. The quiet weeks of spring and early fall suit the work, and every job is priced in writing before the old boards come off.

Most vinyl jobs in Old Orchard Beach average $1,050 to $1,300 per square, and fiber cement averages $1,700 to $2,100, ranges drawn from many quotes rather than a price for one cottage.

Why Does Salt Air Change a Siding Job in Old Orchard Beach?

Salt air changes a siding job in Old Orchard Beach because it goes after the parts nobody sees from the street, starting with the nails and the flashing over each window. We plan the siding replacement around those hidden parts first, then choose a board that suits a cottage packed close to its neighbors and open to the ocean wind.

  • Stainless or hot-dipped nails and sealed cut ends on any wall that faces the seven-mile beach

  • Staging planned for lots where the next cottage stands a few feet away, so the work stays on your side of the line

  • Work booked for spring or after Labor Day, so a summer rental is finished before guests arrive or after they leave

  • Siding replacement only
  • Written price before tear-off
  • Old siding hauled off the lot
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What Siding Holds Up Best on an Old Orchard Beach Cottage?

Fiber cement holds up best on the cottages nearest the water, while vinyl still makes sense on inland streets and on rentals priced to the dollar. Cedar shingles belong on the older cottages that wore them first, and LP SmartSide suits inland owners who want the look of painted wood without the upkeep.

Fiber Cement on the Cottages Closest to the Beach

Between the Pier and Grand Beach, a cottage wall takes salt spray and blowing sand all summer, then the full push of a nor'easter in the off-season. We recommend James Hardie fiber cement there, because the heavy board stays flat in the wind and will not burn the way vinyl or wood can when the next cottage stands a few feet away.

So close to salt water, the boards go up with stainless or hot-dipped galvanized nails, since plain steel bleeds rust streaks down a painted wall within a few seasons. Ordered with a factory finish, fiber cement also keeps its color on a sun-baked seaward wall far longer than paint brushed on at the house.

Blue beach house with white trim in Old Orchard Beach, ME: Two-story residential home with light blue horizontal siding, white-trimmed windows and doors, gabled roof, front porch, situated on sandy lot with beach grass and flowering shrubs, ocean visible in distance.

Vinyl Siding for Inland Houses and Summer Rentals

Farther from the beach, the year-round houses sit on roomier lots, with trees between them and the ocean wind. Vinyl siding replacement makes sense there and on rentals run to a budget, since vinyl costs the least per square and never needs paint.

We hang a thicker panel than the bargain grade, because thin vinyl cracks when struck in the cold and chatters in a hard wind. Where an older house still wears asbestos-cement shingles over sound sheathing, covering them with new vinyl is the lower-cost route, and we tell you on the first visit whether your walls qualify.

Re-sided ranch in Old Orchard Beach, ME: Cream-colored horizontal siding ranch house with white trim and brown asphalt shingle roof on grassy lot with trees.

Cedar Shingles for the Older Summer Cottages

An older summer cottage that already wears cedar shingles usually looks right only in cedar again, and we recommend keeping it that way when the budget allows. Salt air weathers new shingles from honey brown to silver gray within a few years, the coastal look many cottage owners want.

Shingles go on one course at a time by hand, which is why they sit at the top of the price range. Every window gets taped flashing lapped shingle-fashion into the housewrap before the first course goes up, so wind-driven rain off Saco Bay drains out of the wall instead of into it.

Cedar shake cottage in Old Orchard Beach, ME: Single-story house with golden-brown cedar shingle siding, white trim and columns, gabled roof, front porch, situated on sandy beach lot with beach grass and pink flowers.
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What Siding Services Do We Offer in Old Orchard Beach?

Our siding services in Old Orchard Beach start with stripping the worn boards and end with the last corner piece, on a cottage or a year-round house alike.

  • 01Tear-off of the old siding, with rotted sheathing and water-damaged framing repaired before anything new goes up
  • 02Housewrap with window and door flashing, plus trim and corner boards detailed for rain blown in off the ocean
  • 03New siding in the material that suits the cottage, from vinyl up to cedar shingles, with the old boards hauled away

Many Old Orchard Beach cottages went up long before 1978, and their old paint can carry lead that federal rules say must be contained when the siding comes off. The EPA's lead-safe renovation program lays out how that old paint has to be handled.

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What Happens During an Old Orchard Beach Siding Job?

  1. Beachfront cottage siding inspection: Two men examine cedar shake siding on a tan and white coastal home with white trim and dark roof near beach grass and ocean.

    Walk the cottage and the lot

    We measure every wall in squares and find where staging can stand between your cottage and the one next door, then hand you a written price.

  2. Blue cottage with white trim in Old Orchard Beach, ME: A small blue shingled cottage with white trim and gray roof sits on sandy beach property surrounded by picket fencing.

    Open the walls one side at a time

    With the permit from Old Orchard Beach Code Enforcement in hand where the town requires one, we strip one wall at a time and close it up the same day, which matters on a lot open to onshore storms.

  3. Beach cottage with blue siding in Old Orchard Beach, ME: A small house with light blue shingle siding, white trim, and dark roof sits on sand near beach grass. Two people stand facing the house's entrance.

    Walk every side together

    Before the staging comes down, we go around all four sides with you and mark any trim joint you want another pass on while the crew is still on the lot.

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Beachfront shed with white vinyl siding in Old Orchard Beach: Two people examine a small white-sided beach structure with wood roof and trim, situated on sand near beach grass and ocean.

How to Choose Siding Contractors in Old Orchard Beach, ME

You choose siding contractors in Old Orchard Beach, ME by asking how they will keep salt and wind-driven rain out of the wall, not which color looks good with the trim. A good answer names the fasteners they use near salt water and shows you how each window gets flashed.

Then ask where their staging will stand. On a beach lot where the next cottage is a few steps away, a contractor without a plan for that gap ends up on your neighbor's lawn, or skips the tight side of the house entirely.

Last, ask when they can start and when they will finish. Siding work here belongs in the shoulder weeks of spring and fall, and a crew that cannot commit to that window may leave a rental half covered in July.

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Who Needs New Siding in Old Orchard Beach, Where and When?

Re-sided cottage in Old Orchard Beach, ME: Light blue-gray shingle-sided house with white trim and gabled roof on sandy beachfront lot with pine trees.

  1. Who usually needs new siding in Old Orchard Beach?

    The owners who usually need new siding in Old Orchard Beach have a rental cottage that wants a cleaner face before next season, or a year-round house whose vinyl has gone chalky and brittle after years of beach sun. Buyers who just closed on an older cottage often want the walls opened and checked before their first winter.

  2. Where do the walls wear out first in Old Orchard Beach?

    The walls that wear out first in Old Orchard Beach face the ocean, where salt and sand strip paint and loosen trim on the seaward side of cottages from Ocean Park up to Grand Beach. Downtown, the town's Design Review Committee reviews facade materials in the Downtown and Historic Preservation districts, so we check a downtown address before you settle on a siding.

  3. When should an Old Orchard Beach siding job be scheduled?

    An Old Orchard Beach siding job should be scheduled for May or for September and October, the quieter weeks on either side of the summer crowds. Price it over the winter, and the crew can start as soon as the rentals empty or before the first ones fill.

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How Much Does New Siding Cost in Old Orchard Beach?

New siding in Old Orchard Beach costs about $1,050 to $1,300 per square for vinyl and $1,700 to $2,100 for James Hardie fiber cement, installed, where a square is 100 square feet of wall. Each band is an average drawn from many siding quotes around the area, a planning range rather than the number on your cottage.

House sizeWall areaVinylLP SmartSideJames Hardie
Small20 to 25 squares$21,000 to $33,000$31,500 to $49,000$34,000 to $52,500
Medium25 to 32 squares$26,000 to $42,000$39,500 to $63,000$42,500 to $67,000
Large32+ squaresfrom $33,500from $50,500from $54,500

Installed averages per square for Old Orchard Beach. Each covers the tear-off and haul-away of the old siding plus new trim over fresh housewrap and flashing, and rotted sheathing is priced after the wall is open.

What do cedar shingles cost on an Old Orchard Beach cottage?

Cedar shingles run about $2,625 per square installed in Old Orchard Beach, so a small cottage of 20 to 25 squares lands near $52,500 to $65,500. That price buys a wall hand-laid one course at a time, the finish that suits an older cottage near the beach.

Can a flood zone change the cost of new siding?

A flood zone can change the cost when a cottage is small and the full scope of work grows large next to what the building is worth, because the town then reviews the job under its flood rules. We raise that question with Code Enforcement before your price is final, so it does not surface halfway through the job.

What makes a beach cottage cost more per square?

A beach cottage costs more per square when the staging has to squeeze into a gap between buildings or the tear-off finds soft sheathing under the seaward windows. Lots of trim and short runs of wall between windows add labor too, since every cut end needs sealing near salt water.

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Where Do You Start on New Siding in Old Orchard Beach?

You start on new siding in Old Orchard Beach with the free estimate request, then a visit where we look at every wall with you and measure it. The written price follows, and nothing is scheduled until you have read it and asked your questions.

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