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Siding Contractor Serving Calgary and Airdrie

James Hardie fibre cement, vinyl and metal siding for Calgary and Airdrie homes. Fixed written price after an on-site measure.

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What we install

What We Install

Three wall materials. Whatever goes on the outside, the wall behind it is built the same way: house wrap, flashing at every penetration, and fasteners to the manufacturer's specification.



Navy blue lap siding on a Calgary bungalow, front elevation

James Hardie Fibre Cement Siding

Fibre cement is the premium option and the one most homeowners here are choosing when they intend to keep the house. It is non-combustible, it takes an impact far better than vinyl, and its colour holds under Alberta sun exposure. It comes as lap boards, vertical panel and shingle, so a house can look designed rather than simply clad.

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Vinyl siding on a two-storey home at dusk

Vinyl Siding

Vinyl is lighter on the budget and faster to install, and modern profiles look considerably better than the vinyl most people picture. It is a legitimate exterior, not a fallback, and the right answer on plenty of houses, rentals and timelines.

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Wood-grain metal siding panels installed over weather barrier

Metal Siding

Steel cladding for walls that take the worst of it. It does not crack in the cold and it will not burn. Hail can dent a panel, but it will not punch through it. Profiles run from flat panel to board and batten, with factory-baked colour.

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Soffit, Fascia and Eavestroughs

These are part of the same envelope, and they are where a siding job either gets finished properly or gets left half done. Soffit carries your attic intake ventilation. Fascia carries the eavestrough. If they are tired, the cheapest moment to deal with them is while the crew and the staging are already at your house — the access is paid for once instead of twice.

Read more about soffit and fascia and about eavestroughs.

We also install stucco, stone and the other cladding systems on the market. If it goes on a wall, ask about it — it gets quoted the same way, line by line.

Materials

Hardie or Vinyl in Alberta Weather

Both work. Neither is universally better, and we will not push you toward the more expensive one.

Hail and impact. This is the sharpest difference. Vinyl cracks or punctures on impact, and it does so more readily when it is cold. Fibre cement can chip at the surface but rarely fails all the way through. After a serious storm a vinyl elevation often needs whole sections replaced, while a fibre cement wall usually needs touch-up.

Cold and chinooks. Vinyl stiffens as the temperature drops, so an impact that would bounce off in July can crack it in January. It also expands and contracts a great deal, which is why it must hang rather than be pinned tight. Vinyl nailed too hard buckles visibly after a few chinook seasons. Fibre cement moves far less and is fastened solidly.

Cost and repairs. Vinyl costs less to buy and less to install, and most of that gap is labour rather than material. Its weakness is repair: a replacement panel has to match a colour that has been fading on your wall since it went up, and older profiles get discontinued. Fibre cement asks a little more upkeep but almost everything on it is repairable, and a damaged board is swapped and painted to match.

You do not have to choose one material for the whole house. Fibre cement on the front and the weather-facing elevations with vinyl on the rest is a common, sensible split, as long as it is planned before anything is ordered.

The full side-by-side breakdown is here: Hardie vs vinyl siding.

Process

How a Siding Job Actually Runs

Most homeowners have never had their walls off. Here is what the next couple of weeks look like.


1

On-site measure

We walk the exterior, measure the wall area, look at the condition of what is there now, and check access, including how tight the lot is, how tall the walls are and whether there is a walkout at the back. We look at soffit, fascia and eavestroughs at the same time, because those decisions are cheaper to make together.


2

Fixed written quote

You get a written quote with the scope spelled out line by line: material, trim, tear-off, disposal, an allowance for sheathing repair with a stated rate beyond it, weather barrier, access and cleanup. What we quote is what you pay.


3

Tear-off

The old cladding comes off. This is the part that cannot be skipped honestly, because going over existing siding hides the sheathing and the weather barrier, which is exactly what needs looking at.


4

Sheathing and weather barrier

With the wall open we check the sheathing. If we find rot or damage, you get a photograph and the number before anything is covered up, at the rate already agreed in the quote. Then house wrap, seam tape and flashing at every penetration go on. This layer is what actually keeps water out of your wall. The siding is the part that takes the weather.


5

Installation

Siding, trim, corners and openings, to the manufacturer fastener and joint specification rather than to preference. Soffit, fascia and eavestroughs go on in the same visit if they are part of the scope.


6

Cleanup and walk-through

Offcuts and packaging out, magnet sweep for fasteners across the yard and driveway, and a walk around the house with you before we call it done.


Choosing a contractor

Choosing a Siding Contractor in Alberta

Siding is one of the few home projects where the work disappears behind the finish. Once the boards are on, nobody can see whether the house wrap was lapped correctly, whether the fasteners hit the studs, or whether the gaps the manufacturer asks for were actually left. That is why it is worth spending ten minutes on the contractor before you spend anything on the siding.

Four things are worth checking with any siding contractor in Alberta, including us:

  • A licence and a real address. Ask for the municipal business licence number and an address you could drive to.
  • WCB coverage. Ask for a clearance letter. You can also check a contractor’s account status yourself through WCB Alberta. If a crew is not covered and someone is hurt on your property, that becomes your problem.
  • A written scope, not a verbal one. The quote should name the product, the colour, the trim, what is being removed and what happens to the old material.
  • Manufacturer requirements. James Hardie publishes its installation requirements openly, and following them is what keeps the product warranty valid. Ask how the crew handles clearances and fastening.

A siding contractor who is annoyed by those four questions has told you something useful.

Your quote

What Is in Our Quote, and What Is Not


Every quote we write is a fixed written price after an on-site measure. We are licensed and WCB-covered, a clearance letter is available on request, and our workmanship carries a ten-year warranty.

This is the most common place where homeowners get caught out, so we would rather be blunt about it.

Included in a Roof Bros siding quote

  • Siding, trim, corners, fasteners and sealant to the manufacturer’s specification
  • Tear-off of the existing cladding, plus bagging, hauling and disposal
  • A stated allowance for sheathing repair, with a per-sheet rate beyond it
  • House wrap, seam tape and flashing at penetrations
  • Access and staging appropriate to the height of the walls
  • Cleanup, including a magnet sweep

Not included unless we agree it and write it in

  • Structural repairs beyond sheathing, such as framing, headers or rot in the wall assembly
  • Window or door replacement
  • Exterior insulation added while the walls are open, which is worth discussing since this is the cheapest moment in a house’s life to do it
  • Painting of primed board, if you choose primed rather than a factory finish
  • Soffit, fascia or eavestrough work, unless it is in the scope
  • Permits, where your municipality requires one

If a quote you are comparing ours against does not have a line for tear-off, or says something like assumes existing sheathing is sound, that is not a cheaper quote. It is the same job with the uncertain parts left out of the number.

Green lap and board-and-batten siding on a detached garage after a Roof Bros siding job

Service area

Where We Work

30+year Hardie lifespan
10year workmanship warranty
7cities served
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We work across Airdrie, Calgary, Cochrane, Chestermere, Okotoks, Crossfield and High River.

Airdrie is home. Calgary and the surrounding communities are a short drive, and we quote them the same way: an on-site measure and a fixed written price, not a rate over the phone.

Our work

Recent Siding Projects

Finished houses in Calgary, Airdrie and the surrounding towns. Ask us about any of them and we will tell you what was on the wall before.

Most of what we photograph is siding, because most of what we do is siding. Have a look at the walls we have finished around Airdrie and Calgary before you decide.

See completed siding projects.

Sage green lap siding with white trim and a brick chimney
Dark grey siding on the rear elevation of a bungalow
Close-up of navy fibre cement lap siding on a house wall
Modern dark siding home with wood-look soffits and multiple gables

FAQ

Common Questions



How much does siding cost in Calgary?
It is priced by the square foot of wall, installed, and the only accurate number comes from measuring your house. What moves it: wall area, how many storeys, how much old cladding has to come off, what the sheathing underneath turns out to look like, how much trim and detail the design needs, and how difficult the walls are to reach. Two houses on the same street can land a long way apart.

How long does a siding job take?
It depends on wall area, access and how much repair turns up once the old cladding is off, and on weather, because fibre cement should not be installed in conditions that compromise the sealant joints. You get a timeline in writing with the quote rather than a guess on the phone, and if something on the wall changes it, you hear about it that day.

What warranty comes with new siding?
Two separate things, and it is worth keeping them apart. The material carries the manufacturer warranty: James Hardie and the vinyl manufacturers each publish their own terms, and we hand you that documentation rather than paraphrasing it. Our own work is covered by a ten-year workmanship warranty. Ask any contractor you are comparing us against what theirs covers, and for how long.

Can siding be installed in winter in Alberta?
The reliable window for exterior work here runs from roughly May to October. Outside it, cold changes how sealants cure and how materials behave, and vinyl in particular is more brittle in deep cold. We would rather book you into the right conditions than take a deposit for a wall that gets installed in the wrong ones.

Do I need to move out while the siding is replaced?
No. You will hear the work, and there will be staging around the house, so it is worth moving anything fragile off exterior walls and parking clear of the drop zone. Say in advance if there is a garden bed or a feature you want protected, and plan for the noise if somebody in the house sleeps during the day.

What happens to the old siding?
We take it down, bag it, haul it away and pay the disposal fee, and that line is in the quote rather than added afterwards. If a quote you are comparing does not mention tear-off and disposal at all, ask where the old cladding is going. The usual answer is that somebody is planning to side straight over it.

What should I ask a siding contractor before signing?
Ask for the licence number, a WCB clearance letter, and a written scope that names the product and the colour. Ask who is actually on site, because the crew that shows up should be the crew that was quoted. And ask what happens if the sheathing underneath turns out to be damaged, which on older Calgary and Airdrie houses it sometimes is.


Next step

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Tell us about the house and we will come and look at it. You get an on-site measure, a fixed written quote with the scope spelled out, and an honest answer about which material we would put on the house if it were ours, including when that answer is the cheaper one.

We are licensed and WCB-covered, a clearance letter is available on request, and we back our workmanship with a ten-year warranty.

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