Siding for the Burg's Bungalows and Block Homes
Few Florida cities ask more of their siding than St. Petersburg. The peninsula catches salt air off both Tampa Bay and the Gulf, summer humidity rarely relents, and in the historic districts the siding is often original — meaning it has been protecting the house since Calvin Coolidge was in office. Alpine Exteriors replaces and restores siding across the city, from Old Northeast's brick-street blocks to the post-war neighborhoods off 4th Street N.
In Kenwood and Historic Uptown, the classic problem is century-old wood lap siding: soft at the bottom courses, cupped where sprinklers hit it, and buried under so many paint layers the profile has gone blurry. Homeowners here usually want the historic look preserved — and they should, because those streetscapes are why they bought in. Our answer is fiber cement milled to match the original reveal, so the house keeps its 1920s face with a material that ignores rot, termites, and salt.
The Post-War Block Home Has Its Own Problems
Out in Disston Heights, Meadowlawn, and toward Lakewood Estates, block walls are durable but everything attached to them is not. Gable ends clad in hardboard, plywood soffits, wood fascia behind failing gutters — this is where we find rot on nearly every mid-century St. Pete home we open up. After Helene pushed water through low-lying streets in 2024, we also saw how older siding that wicked floodwater held moisture against sheathing for weeks.
- Full fiber cement re-sides — historic lap profiles for bungalows, clean modern lines for ranches
- Gable, soffit, and fascia replacement — vented systems that dry attics out instead of sealing damp in
- Partial repairs and storm patches — matched courses where wind or water took a section
- Trim and porch detail carpentry — columns, corner boards, and skirting done to neighborhood character
Salt Air Is a Fastener Problem Too
A quarter century of coastal work has taught us that siding near the water fails at the nails first. Within reach of the bay — Shore Acres, Snell Isle, Coquina Key — we spec corrosion-resistant fasteners and flashing as standard, because rust streaks bleeding through new paint two summers in is not a look anyone paid for. That kind of detail is what a 25-year workmanship warranty forces a contractor to take seriously, and ours covers every installation we do.
What Happens When You Call
We begin with a free on-site estimate: a slow walk around the house, a moisture check on suspect boards, photos of what we find, and a written scope with real numbers. If half your siding is fine, we will tell you so — with over 2,000 projects behind us, we do not need to oversell anyone's gables.
Whether you are keeping a Craftsman true to its bones or finally fixing the flaking hardboard on a 1962 ranch, St. Pete siding is a specialty, not a commodity. Bring in a crew that treats it that way.