Vinyl Siding and Replacement Windows in Merrillville, IN

Merrillville is a town of postwar and boom-era houses. Roughly a third of the housing stock went up between 1940 and 1969, and another 39 percent between 1970 and 1999 – which means the majority of homes here are somewhere between forty and eighty years old. Six out of ten are single-family detached, most of them three or four bedrooms. If you own one of the ranches or split-levels off Broadway, around Turkey Creek, or up toward Independence Hill, you are living in a house that was almost certainly sided and glazed at least once already, and is now due again.

Liberty Siding and Windows works throughout Ross Township, and we have been doing it long enough to know what comes off these houses and what should go back on.

Vinyl Siding in Merrillville

The siding that failed first in Merrillville is the siding that went up during the boom. Panels from the seventies and eighties were thinner than what is made now, the color went chalky, and the nailing hems get brittle enough that a hard Lake County wind takes a course off. If your panels rattle in a storm, if the seams have opened up, or if the south wall has faded two shades lighter than the north, that is not something to patch.

What we install is a heavier gauge panel with a proper nailing hem, hung loose the way vinyl is meant to hang so it can move with the temperature instead of buckling. Underneath it we use a house wrap and, where the wall calls for it, insulated backing – which matters on the older Merrillville stock, because a 1955 wall cavity does not hold heat the way anyone would like.

Replacement Windows in Merrillville

Most Merrillville homes we are called to still have either the original wood units or the first round of vinyl replacements from the eighties. Both are past their working life. The tells are a sash that will not stay up, condensation trapped between the panes, and a draft you can feel standing three feet away in January.

• Double-hung windows – two operable sashes that slide vertically, which tilt in for cleaning. The default choice for the ranches and bi-levels that make up most of the town.
• Single-hung windows – a fixed upper sash and a movable lower one. A lower-cost option that suits traditional elevations.
• Casement windows – side-hinged and crank-operated, they seal tighter than anything else and suit the wider openings on newer builds.
• Awning windows – hinged at the top, so they can stay open in rain. Common over kitchen sinks and in basements.
• Slider windows – horizontal operation, good where an outward-opening sash would foul a walkway or a deck.
• Bay and bow windows – used to open up a front room that was built small, which describes a lot of Merrillville living rooms.

Soffit, Fascia and Trim in Merrillville

On houses of this age the soffit and fascia usually need attention at the same time as the siding, and it is cheaper to do them together than to come back. Wood fascia that has been painted five times is often soft behind the paint. We replace what is gone, wrap what is sound, and vent the soffit properly – which matters more than people expect, because a roof that cannot breathe takes the attic and the shingles down with it.

What Merrillville Houses Are Actually Like

The median Merrillville home is worth about 272,000 dollars, and the town runs heavily to three- and four-bedroom single-family houses. Parts of town still have that unmistakable early-eighties look – wide low ranches, shallow-pitch roofs, a lot of aluminum and early vinyl. Those elevations take siding well, but they are unforgiving about trim details, because there is nothing to hide behind on a long flat wall. That is the part most crews rush.

Questions We Get From Merrillville Homeowners

Can you side a house that still has aluminum on it?

Usually the aluminum comes off. It is tempting to go over the top of it, but old aluminum is rarely flat enough to give vinyl a true line, and you lose the chance to see what the sheathing underneath is doing. On a forty- or fifty-year-old Merrillville house, that sheathing is worth looking at.

How long does a full siding job take on a Merrillville ranch?

A straightforward single-story ranch is typically a few days on site once material is in hand. Two-story and split-level homes run longer, and any rot we find in the sheathing or fascia adds time. We tell you what we find before we cover it up.

Do I have to do the whole house at once?

No, but we will tell you honestly when doing one elevation is a false economy. If the panels are the same age all the way around, replacing one wall means a visible color difference and a second mobilization later.

Do you do gutters?

No. Liberty does siding, windows, roofing, and soffit, fascia and trim work. We do not install gutters.

Get an Estimate

Call 219-323-3680 for a free estimate on siding or windows in Merrillville, or send us a message. You are also welcome at our showroom at 1431 East Summit Street in Crown Point, about fifteen minutes south, where you can see the panel profiles and window units in person rather than off a sample chip.

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