Siding Installation in Hillsboro, OR

Do You Need a Permit to Replace Siding in Hillsboro?

A like-for-like re-side that leaves the structure alone is light on paperwork. Two things can change that in Hillsboro. If the crew opens the wall and the sheathing or framing has to be rebuilt, that is structural work and it runs through the city's Development and Permit Center on the Hillsboro Permitting Portal, which we handle. And if your home is on the city's Cultural Resource Inventory, exterior remodeling is reviewed by the Historic Landmarks Advisory Committee under Community Development Code 12.27.300, where the standard leans toward repairing original features rather than replacing them. We check your address against both before we quote.

A Newer Town, With a Siding Clock of Its Own

Hillsboro is younger than its neighbors. The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 survey puts the median year built at 1997, a full decade newer than Beaverton, with 43,576 housing units. The 1990s and 2000s alone account for 47.4% of them, and only 24.4% of the city was built before 1980.

That changes the siding story. A huge share of Hillsboro homes went up during the tech-driven building boom and are now 20 to 35 years old, which is right when first-generation builder siding and its caulking start to give up at the seams. When it does, the question is always the same: what did the water do to the wall behind it. The only way to answer that is to take the old siding off and look.

Then there is the new end of town. South Hillsboro, a roughly 1,400-acre plan with about 8,000 homes projected across Reed's Crossing, Rosedale Parks and Butternut Creek, is some of the newest housing in the metro. On those homes the siding is whatever the builder put up, and the real question is how carefully it was flashed the first time.

What Happens, Start to Finish

1. Measure and a written price. We walk every wall, check your plan area and the historic inventory, and give you a written price that spells out the James Hardie product and trim.
2. Strip it and haul it off. The old siding comes down to the sheathing and is hauled away, listed on your written estimate, so nothing is guessed at and nothing is left in your driveway.
3. Read the wall. Any soft sheathing or framing is shown to you in the open, and we take care of the city permit that repair needs.
4. Barrier and flashing. A full moisture barrier and flashing at every opening and roof line, lapped to send water back out.
5. Board and trim. Hardie siding and trim to the maker's pattern, caulked and finished clean.
6. Walkthrough, backed by our limited 5-year workmanship warranty.

Doing windows at the same time saves a round of flashing and trim. See window replacement in Hillsboro, the product details on our James Hardie siding page, or what it runs on the siding cost guide.

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Siding Across Hillsboro and Washington County

We serve every part of the city: Orenco and Orenco Station, AmberGlen, Tanasbourne, Quatama, Witch Hazel, downtown and the older streets around it, and out through the new South Hillsboro neighborhoods of Reed's Crossing, Rosedale Parks and Butternut Creek. Every Hillsboro ZIP, 97123 and 97124.

City or county? Some homes with a Hillsboro address are not inside the city. Reedville and Aloha are unincorporated Washington County, so their permits run through Washington County Building Services at 155 N First Ave in downtown Hillsboro rather than the city. We confirm which one covers your address before we quote. We also build fences here: fence installation in Hillsboro.