Siding in New Haven, MO
New Haven walls take weather most siding crews never think about. The town sits on a bluff 580 to 600 feet above the Missouri River, where Highway 100 runs the high ground and storms track the river channel straight up the valley. A west or south wall up in the River Street historic district or out off Highway 100 catches wind-driven hail with almost nothing between it and the open water. The federally declared March 2025 storms that swept Franklin County with large hail and 75-plus mph straight-line winds dent and crack the storm-facing side of a house before they ever touch the roof, and on a New Haven bluff lot the exposure is worse than almost anywhere else in the county.
The housing here is not one thing, so the siding answer is not one thing either. New Haven holds some of the oldest homes in Franklin County, century-plus places down near the old metalworking blocks and the Walt Theatre with original sheathing and trim, alongside newer ranch and two-story builds up the hill toward Berger and Gerald. Strip the old siding off a historic River Street home and the sheathing behind it has often been soaking up river-valley humidity and freeze-thaw for decades. Pull a panel off a 2000s build and the story is usually a failed seam or a storm hit, not whole-wall rot. We read which house is in front of us before we quote, and we never price siding off a photo or a satellite image.
What our siding includes in New Haven
Re-siding a home is more than nailing new panels over old. Here is what happens once you approve the estimate.
Tear off the old siding to the sheathing
We strip the failed siding down to the wall sheathing rather than burying it under new panels. Siding over siding traps moisture, hides rot, and voids most manufacturer warranties. Tearing off is the only way to see what the storms and freeze-thaw have done to the wall.
Replace rotten sheathing and trim
With the wall open we replace soft or rotten OSB and plywood sheathing, then fix or replace failed fascia, soffit, and corner trim. We talk you through what we find while the wall is exposed, the same way we narrate a roof tear-off, so nothing gets covered up without you knowing.
Install house wrap and flashing
A proper weather-resistive barrier goes on with taped seams, and we flash every window, door, and penetration before a panel touches the wall. This is the layer that stops Missouri wind-driven rain and freeze-thaw from finding its way behind the siding.
Install your chosen siding system
We hang a complete system from LP SmartSide, Royal, CertainTeed, or Georgia-Pacific, matched to your home and budget rather than to one supplier. The brand, profile, and color are on your written estimate before we order anything.
Trim, caulk, and clean to no footprint
We finish the corners, J-channel, and trim, seal the joints, and magnet-sweep the yard for nails and cut-offs. Customers tell us our cleanup is our signature. We want to get in, do the work, and leave without a footprint on your property.
The river is what makes a New Haven siding job different. Moisture rides up the valley, sits against bluff-facing walls, and a Missouri freeze-thaw winter drives it behind any failed seam, so by spring the wall under chalky old vinyl or split wood siding is doing damage you cannot see from the curb. That is exactly why we tear off to the sheathing instead of layering new panels over the problem, the same way we tear off a roof. On the exposed bluff and the open ground toward Gerald, we lean toward LP SmartSide engineered wood or premium CertainTeed vinyl, because thin builder-grade panels do not take wind-driven river-valley hail. We talk you through what the old siding was hiding while the wall is open, because on an older New Haven home what is behind the siding matters as much as the siding itself.
Siding in New Haven: questions
Get your New Haven siding estimate
A real Emmendorfer inspects your wall, names the brand and color in writing, and gives you a number that does not change. Free, no obligation, and same-day response on storm-damaged siding in New Haven.
- We walk your actual roof before we quote it
- The manufacturer is named on your written estimate
- The price you approve is the price you pay
- Tom handles your insurance claim start to finish