Service Area · Rockwood, Fergus & Wellington County
Siding in Rockwood, Fergus & Wellington County
Farmhouse siding, board and batten and outbuilding cladding across Rockwood, Eden Mills, Ariss, Fergus, Elora, Puslinch and Aberfoyle.
Out past the city limits the buildings get larger, the walls get longer and the weather gets worse. Farmhouses through Rockwood, Eden Mills, Ariss, Fergus, Elora, Puslinch and Aberfoyle routinely have two full storeys of uninterrupted wall with nothing to break it, and after a century of settling on a stone foundation they are rarely plumb or square. That matters for vertical cladding in particular: board and batten on a wall that leans has to be laid out against the building itself rather than against a level, or every batten will argue with the corner. Board and batten is common out here and is frequently the right material to put back, because it is the original language of these buildings and it handles a wall that is not perfectly flat better than a tight horizontal lap does. Exposure is the second difference and it is a real one. A farmhouse standing alone in open country takes wind and driven rain from every direction with nothing upwind to break it, and that has to show up in the fastening schedule, in the trim details, and in the conversation about whether a drainage gap behind the cladding is worth it so the wall can dry outward. A wall that would be fine in a sheltered subdivision is not automatically fine on a concession road. Outbuildings are usually part of the job rather than a separate one — drive sheds, garages, workshops and barns where the brief is durability rather than appearance, and where a simple vertical cladding or steel beats anything decorative. Quoting them at the same time as the house is worth doing because the mobilisation is already paid for. The last variable, and often the biggest one in the quote, is access. A two-and-a-half storey gable end over a slope with no room for a lift is a scaffolding job before it is a siding job, and that gets measured and priced honestly rather than guessed at. Travel out to the county is built into the quote up front rather than added afterwards.
Siding services in Rockwood, Fergus & Wellington County
- 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.
Serving Guelph and surrounding areas. Contact us for a no-obligation quote specific to your property.