Siding in Union, MO
Siding in Union takes a beating from the same county weather that works the roofs above it. Union sits where Highway 50 crosses Highway 47, and the housing runs the full range, from older homes near the courthouse and the historic downtown to 1990s subdivisions on the edges of town and rural acreage out toward the county line. The chalky wood siding on an older downtown home and the thin vinyl on a newer subdivision wall fail in different ways, but the cause is the same stack: wind-driven hail off the eastern Missouri corridor, then a winter of freeze-thaw working moisture behind every tired seam.
We are not a metro siding crew driving in with a Union landing page. We moved the business to Union around 2003 and have wrapped exteriors across Franklin County since 1990, right around 2,400 Missouri homes and 306 jobs in 2025. The family added siding because customers kept asking one crew to fix everything a storm damaged, the roof and the storm-facing walls together, instead of a roofer for the top and a stranger for the sides. So when a real Emmendorfer pulls a section of your Union siding, looks at the sheathing behind it, and hands you a written number, that is the family whose name is on the truck, not a sub.
What our siding includes in Union
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.
Because our shop is in Union, we get to the wall fast and we own the result. After a hailstorm rolls through town, the storm-facing elevation of a Union home often hides dents, cracks, and holes that the homeowner never sees from the driveway, and the wall sheathing behind aging siding can be soft from years of freeze-thaw moisture. We pull a section and show you what the old siding has been hiding before we quote a thing. On an insurance claim Tom Emmendorfer documents the siding damage alongside the roof, files one claim, and meets your adjuster on site here in Union, because that one inspection is your chance to get the full wall scope on the record before the adjuster forms their own view.
Siding in Union: questions
Get your Union siding estimate
A real Emmendorfer inspects your Union wall, names the brand and color in writing, and gives you a number that does not change. Free, no obligation, same-day storm response.
- 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