The Right Repair for Each Wall
Block walls get stucco work done properly: failed sections cut back to sound material, cracks routed and sealed rather than painted over, and finishes matched so the repair vanishes. Painting over a moving crack is the most common shortcut we undo around here, because by the time the paint fails again, the moisture has already been living inside the block for a year.
Frame sections — gables, additions, and the occasional fully framed cottage on the older streets near Joe's Creek — are where re-siding pays off. We favor fiber cement locally for three reasons: termites cannot eat it, it does not swell through our nine-month humid season, and it holds paint years longer than the hardboard it usually replaces. Where the budget calls for vinyl, we hang it correctly, with room to expand so July heat does not buckle the courses.
We also rebuild the trim that finishes the job: vented aluminum soffit to keep attic air moving, new fascia behind properly pitched gutters, and window and door trim flashed so water runs out instead of in.
- Stucco crack and patch repair matched to the existing texture
- Fiber cement installation on gables, additions, and frame walls
- Vinyl siding replacement hung with correct expansion allowance
- Soffit, fascia, and trim rebuilds in vented aluminum or PVC
Priced From the Ladder, Not the Curb
We begin with a free on-site estimate at your home, with someone actually touching the walls. On sixty-year-old construction there is often hidden damage — soft sheathing under a leaking gable vent, furring strips gone punky behind old panels — and we would rather find it during the estimate than invoice you for it halfway through the job. You get a written scope that says what we will open up, what we will replace, and exactly which products go on your house.
After more than 2,000 completed projects around Tampa Bay, we can say this plainly: siding fails at the details, not in the middle of the wall. Corners, penetrations, bottom edges, flashing. Those details are what our crews are trained on, and they are what our 25-year workmanship warranty stands behind long after the trucks leave. West Lealman houses were built to be practical — our work is too.
