Siding & Resides
Peeling cedar, chipping fiber cement, wavy faded vinyl — different materials, same ending. A complete tear-off reside in LP SmartSide ExpertFinish resets the clock on your whole envelope, prefinished at the factory so there is no paint scope. At all. Ever.
Know your failure mode
Cedar looks beautiful — for the two years after each paint job. Then Michigan sun, woodpeckers, and freeze-thaw start the cycle again. At $15–25K a repaint on a large home, three cycles pays for a reside that ends the treadmill permanently.
Fiber cement is brittle in our climate: edge chipping, cracked butt joints, moisture wicking at cut ends. It also still needs repainting. Engineered wood flexes instead of fracturing and carries an impact resistance fiber cement can't match.
Builder-grade vinyl fades unevenly, oil-cans in heat, and cracks in deep cold — and buyers can spot it from the street. Converting to ExpertFinish transforms curb appeal with true wood texture, deep shadow lines, and heavier trim details.
The full envelope
A Rekleinery reside isn't just wall panels. We spec the whole exterior in matched ExpertFinish components so nothing on the house needs a brush:
Cedar-texture lap hung at the exposure your architecture calls for — including tight 4-inch reveals on craftsman homes.
Prefinished cedar-texture shakes for gable fields and accent walls, straight or staggered edge.
Full 5/4 trim package at every opening, corner, and roofline band — proud reveals with proper sealant joints where trim meets siding.
Vented soffit on gutter runs, solid on gables — we verify your attic ventilation math as part of the spec, not as an afterthought.
Fresh housewrap, taped seams, and flashing integration at every window and door before a single course goes up.
Straight answers
Honest math: a quality repaint buys 8–10 years on aging substrate and costs real money every cycle. A reside costs more once — then the maintenance line goes to zero. We'll quote both, side by side, from the same measurement model, and tell you which one we'd choose for your house. Sometimes the answer genuinely is paint. You'll get it straight either way.