Siding in growing Ferndale.
Ferndale is the fast-growing town just north of Bellingham along the freeway, with a mix of the older downtown core and a lot of subdivisions that filled in from the 1980s through the 2000s. The bulk of the siding work here is on those subdivision homes, which went up with builder-grade vinyl and hardboard siding. That hardboard, the pressed-wood-fiber product sold under names like Masonite, was everywhere in that era and it's failing now: swelling at the edges, soaking up water, and rotting where it meets the trim and the ground.
Most Ferndale homeowners want a re-side that's affordable and durable, not a premium showpiece, so engineered wood and insulated vinyl are the workhorses here. We tear off the failing hardboard or old vinyl, fix the rot behind it (failing hardboard usually means soft sheathing underneath), flash the windows right, and re-clad with LP SmartSide or vinyl at a price that works for a subdivision home. We also do plenty of straight rot repair when a full re-side has to wait. The goal is to stop the water damage that failing hardboard causes before it gets into the framing.
What we see on Ferndale homes.
Common home styles
1980s to 2000s subdivision homes plus an older downtown core, much of it in failing builder-grade vinyl and pressed-wood hardboard siding.
Popular projects
Affordable engineered wood and insulated vinyl re-sides, rot repair behind failing hardboard, and re-clads of swollen, water-damaged builder-grade siding.
Climate & siding considerations
Ferndale's 80s to 2000s hardboard soaks up our wet weather and rots at the edges and the ground. We re-clad with moisture-tolerant engineered wood or vinyl and fix the rot before it reaches the framing.