Siding Contractor in Fairfield, ME
Kenneth Cox Construction is the siding contractor in Fairfield, ME that will tell you the truth about what is inside your walls before it covers them back up, and we have been doing that since 1988.
- 38 years in business, since 1988
- Over 250 projects completed
- Affordable work, two-year written warranty
Siding work in Fairfield is really two jobs at once. Pulling the old boards off a 1960s ranch or split-level opens the wall for the first time since it was built, and that is your only practical shot at insulation and a water barrier before everything gets covered again.
Houses put up here through the sixties and seventies usually have board sheathing, no house wrap, and thin insulation. That combination is why the north side feels cold and why oil goes fast through a Kennebec valley February.
Ken Cox has been working central Maine under one name since 1988, and he is on the job rather than sending a crew and a clipboard. The written two-year workmanship warranty covers the finished siding and the work now hidden behind it.
Why Fairfield Residents Hire Us for a New Siding
Kenneth Cox Construction has worked central Maine for thirty-eight years under one name, and Ken is on site rather than dispatching crews from a desk.
The company is BBB accredited and the workmanship warranty runs two years in writing. That covers the work you can see and the work now buried behind it.
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Tell us what is on the house now and what you want on it. Takes about a minute.
What other contractor services do we offer in Fairfield?
What other towns do we cover near Fairfield?
Where is our shop?
Directions from Fairfield, ME to our shop in Searsmont
128 New England RoadSearsmont, ME 04973
What Siding Services Do We Offer in Fairfield?
The list below separates a complete wall repair from a surface-only installation and makes the work behind the siding visible in the estimate. In Fairfield, we use the inspection to decide whether one elevation, the trim and openings, or the whole exterior belongs in the first phase.
- wood and cedar siding installation and replacement
- exterior trim replacement
- continuous exterior insulation during re-siding
- single-elevation and whole-house siding replacement
- siding removal and old-material disposal
- sheathing inspection and repair
The drainage plane and openings must be corrected first, because an inexpensive surface over a wet wall is not a savings. The final recommendation for a Fairfield house follows the exposure and the condition found at tear-off, not whichever sample carries the largest price tag.
What is our siding process in Fairfield?
Get your free quote
Ken checks the age and construction of the house, then prices the siding and the wall upgrade separately so the choice stays yours.
We bring your project to life
The wall gets opened, sealed, insulated where it makes sense, wrapped and flashed, then finished in the material you chose.
Enjoy your new space
The cold side of the house warms up, the furnace runs less, and the exterior stops being a maintenance schedule.
Why are we an affordable siding contractor in Fairfield, ME?
We are an affordable siding contractor in Fairfield, ME because an open wall is the cheapest chance you will ever get. The ranches and split-levels built here through the sixties and seventies generally have board sheathing, no water barrier of any kind, and whatever insulation was standard the year they went up.
That was acceptable when oil was cheap and nobody talked about air sealing. It is the reason those houses are cold on the north side and expensive to heat through a Kennebec valley February.
Stripping the siding puts all of it within reach for the first and probably last time in that house's life, and skipping that opportunity is the most expensive saving available.
On a mid-century Fairfield house, the open wall is the only chance you get. Once new siding is on, nobody is taking it off again to do the part that actually lowers your heating bill.
Ken prices the work and stands behind it with a 2-year workmanship warranty from a BBB accredited company.
Most of our Fairfield calls come from owners of postwar houses who have been quoted for siding, quoted separately for insulation, and never had anyone connect the two.
We also work with owners of the older riverfront housing, where the wall assembly question is the same even though the house is eighty years older.
While the wall is open we do the work you cannot do later. We look at the sheathing, air seal the obvious leaks, add continuous exterior insulation where the detailing allows, then install a real drainage plane before any new siding goes up.
Continuous insulation is the piece most crews leave out because it changes the trim depth around every window and door. It is also the piece that makes the biggest difference to comfort.
We work across Fairfield, in the village, in the riverfront neighborhoods along the Kennebec, and the farm properties running out toward Clinton and Benton where the wind has nothing to slow it down.
Rural addresses usually mean easy staging and harder winter access, which is a fair trade if the job is scheduled sensibly.
You should plan a Fairfield siding project for May through early October, because inland seasons are shorter than coastal ones. Deep cold arrives early here and we would rather not gamble on November.
Planning over the winter also gives time to price the insulation upgrade and check what Efficiency Maine is offering that year, which is not a same-week decision.
Inland walls need more than a new surface because of frost depth first. This valley freezes deeper and longer than the coast, and a poorly insulated wall in that climate moves moisture through itself all winter.
Temperature swing is the second. Sharp freeze-thaw cycling opens joints and works fasteners loose, and it punishes any assembly with no drainage plane behind it.
Original construction is the third. These houses were built to a different standard, so treating a re-side as a cosmetic job leaves the actual problem untouched.
Ask whether their quote includes anything that happens before the new siding goes on. If tear-off, air sealing and barrier are not itemized, they are not planned.
Then ask how they will handle the trim depth if insulation is added. A contractor who has not thought that through will either skip the insulation or leave your windows looking sunken.
The upgrade adds a fraction of what the same insulation would cost as its own project, because the expensive part, getting to the sheathing, is already paid for.
We quote the siding and the wall upgrade as separate lines against the current state energy code guidance, so you can weigh the payback yourself instead of taking our word for it.
What do Fairfield homeowners ask about siding?
Do I need a permit to re-side in Fairfield?
You generally do not need a permit to re-side in Fairfield on a straight replacement, though structural repairs and shoreland properties along the Kennebec are treated differently. We check with Fairfield Code Enforcement before we begin.
Is exterior insulation worth the extra trim work?
Exterior insulation is worth the extra trim work on a house with little insulation to begin with, noticeably so on the wind-facing walls. On an already well-built house the case is weaker and we will say so.
Will my windows look recessed afterward?
Your windows will not look recessed afterward if the trim is extended properly, which is part of the job rather than an extra. Poorly handled, that detail is the giveaway on a cheap insulated re-side.
Can you do half the house now and half next year?
We can do half the house now and half next year, and on a large house with a tight budget that is often sensible. We start with the elevation taking the worst of the weather.
How do you start a Fairfield project?
You start a Fairfield project with a second opinion on what happens underneath. If somebody has quoted you for new siding on a house built before 1980, that is the question worth asking.
Ken will walk the house and give you both numbers with no obligation attached. Call 207-386-9235.