On this side of the bay, re-siding is a wall-assembly job rather than a surface job. We take the old siding off instead of layering over it, because the point of the work is to see the sheathing, the band joist and the sill plate that decades of salt air and wind-driven rain have been working on. That last part is worth being precise about: rain here arrives sideways off the bay and gets pushed up under head trim, so the stain a Bay Shore homeowner sees below a window usually starts above it, and the rot is in the framing rather than in the window.
What goes back on the wall is chosen for exposure. Bay- and canal-facing elevations get fiber cement or coastal-grade systems that tolerate constant salt and moisture, and the fastening schedule is set for the wind loads that apply along Suffolk's south shore rather than to a generic inland spec. Fasteners are the detail a homeowner never sees and the one that decides how the job looks in five years — stainless or hot-dip galvanized throughout, because ordinary nails and staples corrode in this air and bleed rust streaks down new siding. Behind the panel goes a continuous weather barrier, with head flashing and sill pans at every opening.
Two conditions common in this hamlet shape the estimate before we start. Postwar houses north of Montauk Highway often still have their original cement-asbestos siding or wood shakes in place beneath a 1970s aluminum or first-generation vinyl overlay; that appears on tear-off, it changes the scope, and suspect material has to be tested and handled under the regulations that apply rather than simply ripped off. Nearer the water, on elevated and post-Sandy raised homes, the detailing below the raised floor has to satisfy flood-zone rules as well as keep water out — and staging on a canal lot means protecting bulkheads and planning deliveries around narrow streets.
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