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Siding in Sullivan, MO

Emmendorfer Exteriors installs siding in Sullivan, MO using LP SmartSide engineered wood, Royal, CertainTeed, and Georgia-Pacific vinyl. We run straight down I-44 from our Union shop, a twenty-minute trip. Family-owned since 1990, our in-house crews replace rotten sheathing before any panel goes up and name your brand on a written estimate.
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When the federally declared March 2025 storms left Franklin County under a disaster declaration, Sullivan caught some of the worst of the large hail and 75-plus mph straight-line winds reported that day. Roofs took the headline damage, but the storm-facing walls underneath took it too. Hail that size cracks vinyl panels, punches holes in chalky old siding, and dents soft spots that let water work behind the wall over the next winter. The siding on a Sullivan home is not just looks. It is the layer between a freeze-thaw Missouri winter and your sheathing, and once a panel splits on the south or west wall, the rest follows quietly.

We are the family that works Sullivan, not a metro outfit that found it on a map after the hail. Our shop is in Union, a straight twenty-minute run down Interstate 44, and Sullivan sits right where Franklin County meets Crawford County on that corridor. We started as a roofing company in 1990 and added siding for one reason Matt Emmendorfer says plainly: homeowners kept asking for one crew to fix everything a storm damaged, not a roofer for the top and a stranger for the walls. So Tom and Tim came on full-time, the crew grew into a full-exterior outfit, and today we wrap roofs, siding, and gutters on the same Franklin County homes, roughly 2,400 to date including 306 jobs in 2025. Family crews.

How it works

What our siding includes in Sullivan

Re-siding a home is more than nailing new panels over old. Here is what happens once you approve the estimate.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Local angle

Sullivan housing runs the full range, from older homes near the historic downtown and the Meramec Caverns side of town to newer subdivisions out toward the lake and rural acreage along the county line. That older stock often wears tired vinyl or chalky wood siding that the I-44 hail and the freeze-thaw cycle have been working on for years. We start every Sullivan siding job on the wall, pulling a section to read the sheathing and house wrap behind it before we quote, never off a satellite image. And because a Sullivan hailstorm usually hits the roof and the storm-facing walls together, Tom Emmendorfer documents both, files one claim, and meets your adjuster on site so you are not chasing two contractors across one storm.

FAQ

Siding in Sullivan: questions

Yes. Sullivan is a regular service town for us, a straight twenty-minute run down I-44 from our shop in Union. The family has worked this part of Missouri since 1990 and based the business in Franklin County since about 2003. Many companies ranking for siding in Sullivan are St. Louis metro operators with a single landing page. We are genuinely local to it and answer the phone at (314) 568-4163.
Yes. The federally declared March 2025 storms drove large hail and 75-plus mph straight-line winds across Sullivan and the rest of Franklin County. Hail like that cracks vinyl, holes brittle old siding, and dents panels on the storm-facing walls, usually the south and west elevations. If your roof took that hail, your siding likely did too. We inspect both for free before the bruising turns into water behind the wall.
No. Emmendorfer Exteriors does not install fiber cement fiber cement. When a Sullivan homeowner wants that durable, woodgrain, impact-tough look, we run LP SmartSide engineered wood instead. It resists moisture, rot, and termites, and it takes wind-driven hail better than thin vinyl on an exposed wall. We name it on your written estimate before we order anything.
If wind or hail caused it, often yes. Tom photographs every cracked, holed, or dented panel and meets your adjuster on site to point out damage they miss from the ground. Missouri has no broad matching statute, but line-of-sight case law can require replacing a full wall when a new panel would visibly mismatch. Under Missouri law no contractor can pay or waive your deductible, so be wary of anyone who offers.
We tear off the old siding down to the sheathing as our standard. Installing new panels over old siding traps moisture, hides rot, and voids most manufacturer warranties. On older Sullivan homes near downtown that wall has often been hiding soft sheathing for years. Pulling the siding off is the only honest way to find it, replace it, and flash your windows and doors before the new siding goes on.
LP SmartSide engineered wood is our pick for the storm-facing walls because it takes wind-driven hail better than thin vinyl and resists rot and moisture through the freeze-thaw cycle. For a low-maintenance whole-home re-side, premium vinyl from Royal or CertainTeed holds color and shrugs off the cold. We match the product to which walls take the worst of the I-44 weather on your specific home.
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