Service Area · Exhibition Park & Old University
Siding in Exhibition Park & Old University
Siding, dormer and porch work for the century homes around Exhibition Park, Old University and the streets between them.
The streets around Exhibition Park and through Old University hold some of the best-kept older houses in the city, and the owners there are generally not trying to change what the house is. They bought it for the brick, the trim detail and the proportions. That shapes the siding work completely. The jobs here are gable ends, dormer faces and cheeks, porch ceilings and skirting, bay returns and the occasional rear addition, and the material choice matters more than it does anywhere else in Guelph because the finished result is sitting directly beside original masonry and original trim. Thin vinyl in a narrow profile with a standard corner post reads as cheap against a well-proportioned century house, and it will bother you. Fibre cement or engineered wood in a properly proportioned board, with real corner boards and a wide window casing, does not. The good news on cost is that these are small areas — a pair of gable ends is not a house — so the premium for a better material up there is a much smaller number than people expect when they hear what fibre cement costs per square foot. The technical work is the same as anywhere in the core: the flashing where siding terminates against brick or stone, held-off details rather than sealed-tight ones, and drip caps wherever a run stops on a horizontal band. Dormers deserve particular care, because a dormer has a roof-to-wall junction on both cheeks and those junctions need step flashing and a kick-out at the bottom. A missing kick-out on a dormer cheek is one of the more reliable causes of hidden rot we find in this part of town. Several properties here are heritage designated or sit within a conservation district, so exterior changes may need approval, and that gets confirmed with the city before anything is scheduled.
Siding services in Exhibition Park & Old University
- Vinyl & Insulated Siding
- Fibre Cement & Engineered Wood
- Board & Batten and Vertical Siding
- Soffit, Fascia & Trim
- Siding Repair & Storm Damage
Frequently asked questions
Do you charge more to work outside the city?
Not inside Guelph. For Rockwood, Fergus, Elora, Puslinch, Aberfoyle, Ariss and the rest of the county, travel is built into the quote up front rather than added afterwards, so the number you agree to is the number. Rural jobs are often quoted with the outbuildings included because the mobilisation is already paid for.
Can you do one wall instead of the whole house?
Yes, and plenty of jobs here are exactly that — a wind-damaged elevation, a sun-beaten west wall, a gable end, or the rear addition on an older house. The honest caution is matching: an existing colour that has been on the wall for fifteen years will not match a new panel of the same name, so a single wall is straightforward where it stands alone and harder where it meets an untouched wall at a corner in full view.
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