Siding for the whole city.
Bellingham is a mix of every era and every kind of cladding. You've got the old wood and cedar in the historic core near downtown and the Lettered Streets, the postwar ranches and split-levels in Roosevelt and Cornwall Park with original T1-11 and early vinyl, the bigger homes near the water in Edgemoor, and the newer builder-grade vinyl out in Barkley and toward Cordata. We re-side all of it, and the through-line is the same everywhere: this is a wet town, about 35 inches of rain a year, and the wall has to be built to shed water.
That's why the rainscreen story leads every quote we write. A vented gap behind the siding, proper window head and kick-out flashing, and a weather barrier lapped the right way are what keep water out of your sheathing for the long haul. We open the wall, show you any rot we find with photos, and put it back together with fiber cement, cedar, vinyl, or engineered wood depending on the house and the budget. One local crew, licensed and bonded in Washington, covering all of Bellingham and Whatcom County.
What we see on Bellingham homes.
Common home styles
Everything from early-1900s wood-sided foursquares and bungalows downtown to postwar ranches with T1-11, mid-century cedar, and newer vinyl and fiber cement in the outer neighborhoods.
Popular projects
Whole-house re-sides in fiber cement and cedar, rainscreen upgrades, rot repair behind old direct-applied cladding, and vinyl or engineered wood re-clads on budget-conscious homes.
Climate & siding considerations
Bellingham's wet marine climate is the whole reason this trade matters here. We build every wall to drain and dry, with a rainscreen and proper flashing, so the new siding lasts decades instead of failing early.