Siding work across Winston-Salem’s neighborhoods
Winston-Salem’s housing stock is unusually mixed, and siding tells the story. Out toward Sherwood Forest, Forest Hills, and Konnoak Hills, where most homes are 1960s and 70s ranches, we still pull a lot of original aluminum siding — chalking, dented, and well past its life. That’s a clean candidate for a tear-off and re-side in Hardie or premium vinyl. In the older neighborhoods around Ardmore, West End, and Buena Vista, the issue is usually wood siding and trim that’s been painted over too many times, with rot setting in behind the failing caulk lines and around the window heads.
In the newer subdivisions west toward Clemmons, Lewisville, and Pfafftown, we see builder-grade vinyl and engineered siding from the early 2000s reaching the end of its run — faded, brittle, and sometimes installed over house wrap that was never properly taped. Different street, different failure mode, same underlying truth: siding is a system, not a covering.
Why what’s behind the siding matters here
Most siding failures we find in Forsyth County aren’t failures of the siding itself. They’re failures of the house wrap, the window and door flashing, and the kickout flashing where siding meets a roof — the single most common detail done wrong on older Winston-Salem homes. Our weather makes it worse: heavy summer thunderstorms blowing up from Charlotte drive rain sideways into walls, and the surprise ice storms out of Mount Airy find every gap. When water gets behind siding, it sits against the OSB sheathing and rots it quietly for years before anything shows on the outside.
Our installs are built on the assumption that water will get behind the siding eventually — so every element, from the wrap to the drainage gaps, exists to give that water somewhere safe to go.
What we install in Winston-Salem
- James Hardie fiber cement — the premium standard for the Southeast. It doesn’t burn, rot, or feed termites, and it suits the larger custom homes out toward Lewisville as well as a tasteful re-side in Ardmore. We’re trained on Hardie’s spec — fastener type, blind nailing, gap details — because the warranty depends on a correct install.
- Premium vinyl (CertainTeed, Mastic) — a sensible choice for rental property and budget-conscious replacements around Old Town and the inner ring. Not the thin contractor-grade stuff that warps in July heat.
- LP SmartSide engineered wood — real wood texture with a rot- and termite-resistant coating, ideal for modern-farmhouse builds going up in the newer west-side subdivisions.
- Cedar shake — for the historic and custom applications near Old Salem and the West End where nothing else gives that look.
What’s actually in our install
Full tear-off, sheathing inspection with rot replacement, properly lapped and taped Tyvek house wrap, peel-and-stick flashing at every window head, jamb, and sill, kickout flashing at roof-wall intersections, Z-flashing at horizontal lap joints, and complete trim and finish carpentry — corners, frieze, water table, and window surrounds. We handle the whole envelope, not just the field siding.
Why Winston-Salem homeowners choose Mid Atlantic
- Local, on Reynolda Road — our shop is right here, just south of Wake Forest. You can drive by.
- Hardie-trained crews who know the install spec the warranty requires
- In-house W-2 installers — no subcontractors hired the morning of the job
- Full wrap and flashing detailing, not staples and luck
- A+ BBB rated, 4.8 stars on Google and Facebook
- 3-year workmanship warranty in writing
Schedule a Winston-Salem siding estimate
Call (336) 671-5208 or request an estimate online. Siding estimates typically take 45-60 minutes for a full whole-house walk, and we can usually get on a Winston-Salem schedule within the week.