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Ready to swap failing wood or hardboard for fiber cement that outlasts the next two paint cycles? Call our Kirkwood team at (314) 618-8888 for a free on-site measurement and an itemized quote. We handle the permit and the Landmarks paperwork.
Kirkwood homeowners in Meramec Highlands, Jefferson-Argonne, and across the mid-century belt of Craigwoods share a common frustration: cedar clapboard rots at the butt joint, 1970s hardboard swells at the bottom course, and repainting comes around every four or five years. Fiber cement siding in Kirkwood ends that cycle for good. At Top Quality Exteriors, we install lap, shingle, and vertical panels that carry a 30-year finish warranty and shrug off Missouri humidity, freeze-thaw swings, and wind-driven rain off the mature tree canopy.
Every install starts with tearing off the failed wood or hardboard to the sheathing, inspecting the wall cavity for any hidden rot, and wrapping the home in a fresh weather barrier before a single plank goes up. We flash windows and door heads with pan flashing, cut Hardie planks with dust-collected shears, and blind-nail each course for a clean face. Homeowners weighing profiles often compare our work to LP SmartSide siding in Kirkwood—both are strong picks, but fiber cement wins on fire and insect resistance.
The May 26, 2024 hail and wind event dropped roughly one-inch stones across Kirkwood with gusts pushing into the 80-mph range regionally, and it exposed every soft spot on aging wood and hardboard walls—split laps, punched trim, driven-in nail heads on the sun-baked south elevations. Fiber cement planks, at 5/16-inch nominal thickness, absorb that impact without denting or splintering the way vinyl and thin hardboard do. We install James Hardie HardiePlank and HardieShingle products—Top Quality Exteriors is a James Hardie siding in Kirkwood Alliance Program Member—along with Nichiha and Allura when the spec calls for it. Fastening follows Hardie’s blind-nail schedule at 16-inch stud spacing, with joint flashing behind every butt, kickout flashing at every roof-wall intersection, drip cap over each window head, and a 6-inch clearance to grade so ground moisture never wicks up the first course in the Greentree ranches or the older streets just off Kirkwood Road.
Wrapping a historic Foursquare or a mid-century ranch in fiber cement is not a one-day drive-by job. Here is exactly how we sequence a Kirkwood project from the first walk-around to the final punch list, so you know what to expect at every stage.
We meet you at the property, measure every elevation, and photograph the current wood, hardboard, or vinyl. You get a fully itemized fiber cement quote within two business days.
You pick the profile—lap, shingle, or vertical panel—and the ColorPlus tone that fits your street. We flag anything that may need Landmarks Commission review before we order stock.
We pull your Kirkwood permit through the city Public Portal, stage the material, and set full scaffolding. Old siding comes off cleanly and every sheathing course is inspected.
Fresh house wrap goes on, seams taped, windows pan-flashed. Our crew blind-nails each course, cuts with dust-collected shears, and back-caulks joints per Hardie best-practice spec.
We walk every elevation with you, touch up cut edges with ColorPlus paint, haul all of the job-site scrap off-site, and hand over your 36-month workmanship warranty paperwork.
Top Quality Exteriors was founded in 2022, but the crew leaders on your job carry over seven years of industry experience hanging fiber cement across Missouri and Illinois. We are BBB Accredited with an A+ rating, licensed in both states, and carry full general liability plus workers’ compensation coverage—so if a plank slips off a scaffold at your 1920s Foursquare, or a cut piece dings your slate walk, you are not on the hook for anything.
We are an active James Hardie Alliance Program Member and an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor, and we install Nichiha and Allura when a homeowner prefers those lines. That matters in Kirkwood because your Landmarks Commission reviewer wants to see period-appropriate lap widths, proper exposure, correct trim reveal, and traditional corner-board details—not a generic vinyl swap that flattens the character of Downtown Kirkwood and the East Monroe historic district.
Fiber cement siding installation in Kirkwood runs roughly $8 to $14 per square foot, and a full 2,000-square-foot home averages around $14,326 when tear-off, house wrap, trim, and paint touch-up are all included in the number. Landmark-review homes inside a historic district can push higher because of the detail work—decorative corner boards, custom exposures, and cedar-look shingle courses on gables, dormers, and turret sections that need extra hand-fitting.
Compared with premium vinyl, fiber cement costs more up front but wins over 30 years on paint cycles alone. Homeowners weighing budget options often pair our fiber cement estimate with a look at vinyl siding in Kirkwood—we walk you through the trade-offs honestly, line by line. Hearth and GreenSky financing is available for qualified homeowners, so a Meramec Highlands or Craigwoods re-side does not have to come out of savings in one hit this year.
Every credential we carry is a commitment to quality, safety, and your peace of mind — on every project, in every state we serve.
