Siding
Roofing & exterior

Install or replace siding

PRO STEP
Squares of vinyl, fiber-cement or engineered-wood lap siding for your house, with house wrap, starter, J-channel, corners, trim and nails — from the same answers as the exterior paint Sheet.
0 of 18 answers are yours. The rest are typical defaults — check each one.
House length
default
Outside wall to outside wall, the long side.
ft
in
House width
default
The other way (the gable ends, if it has them).
ft
in
Or the floor area
default
Living space on every floor, if that’s what you know; we work out the walls from it. Leave 0 to use the length and width.
sq ft
Stories
default
Wall height
default
From the ground to the eaves.
Gable ends
default
Triangle walls under a roof peak: 2 on a plain gable roof, 0 on a hip roof.
2
Roof pitch at the gables
default
Windows
default
Exterior doors
default
2
Garage door
default
Siding
default
Removing old siding?
Under the siding
default
Outside corners
default
4 on a plain box; more where the walls jog.
4
Inside corners
default
Where two walls meet facing out, as on an L-shaped house.
0
Typical window
default
New soffit and fascia too?
When was the house built?
default
Old siding may be asbestos-cement shingles, and old paint may hold lead (before 1978 in the US, 1990 in Canada).
Squares 22.7
Materials ~$5,100