Thirty-year-old houses have thirty-year-old walls

Siding Replacement in Plano, TX

The same arithmetic that puts most Plano roofs on their second covering applies to the walls, with one difference: siding does not get replaced on a schedule. It gets painted, caulked and painted again until a board gives way. On a house built in the 1980s or 1990s, that point has usually arrived somewhere.

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How Much of a Plano House Is Siding?

It varies by house, and this site does not have a survey to quote. Brick is plainly part of how houses are built here; the city runs its own inspection of new brick veneer. On many houses the siding is the part that is not brick: gables, dormers, the upper story, the chimney chase, the wall over the garage door, the back of the house.

Those are also the hardest places to see from the ground and the last to get painted, which is why siding problems tend to be found late. A replacement starts with knowing which walls are actually at the end. That is what a siding inspection is for.

Not all at once

Decide It Wall by Wall

The weather walls

The sides that take the afternoon sun and the driving rain age fastest. They are often done when the sheltered side still has years.

Where roof meets wall

Dormers and second-story walls above a lower roof. Siding there should stop short of the shingles with flashing behind it, and frequently does not.

The chimney chase

A framed, sided chimney is exposed on all four sides and capped with metal that rusts. It is commonly the first sided surface to fail.

Near the ground

Bottom boards close to soil, mulch or a sprinkler head take on water from below.

What Belongs in a Siding Quote

The material by type and thickness, and whether it comes primed or finished.
What happens to the sheathing found soft once the old boards are off, priced per sheet.
The water barrier going behind the new siding, and how it laps at windows and doors.
Flashing above windows, doors and trim, and at every roof-to-wall joint.
Trim, caulk and paint: who does each and what product.
The permit answer. The city's handout on when a permit is needed names roof replacement and remodeling that adds or replaces walls or windows; it does not name siding either way, and says its list is not complete. The contractor should confirm with Plano Building Inspections for your job, and tell you what they were told.

Siding Replacement Questions

Do the roof and siding have to be done together?

No, but where they touch, the order matters. Flashing at a dormer or a second-story wall is easier to get right when both trades are on the job. If the roof is due within a couple of years, plan them together.

Can I replace just one wall?

Yes. Replacing the walls that have failed and repainting the whole house so it matches is a common and sensible way to do it.

Are there rules on what material I can use?

A Texas law that took effect September 1, 2019 limits a city's power to prohibit building products approved under recent national model codes. Private rules are a separate matter: a homeowners association, or the city's downtown heritage district, can still have a say. Check before ordering.