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Ready to replace failing gables, dormers, or soffits on your Richmond Heights home? Call Mario and the Top Quality Exteriors team at (314) 618-8888, and we’ll set up a written estimate and bring board samples to hold against your brick.
Wood trim on a 1930s Richmond Heights brick home takes a beating: gable boards swell in humid summers, dormer cheeks crack every January, and soffits stay damp long after a storm. Fiber cement siding in Richmond Heights, MO from Top Quality Exteriors swaps that failing wood for a cement-and-cellulose board that won’t rot, warp, or feed termites, and it takes paint far better than the original cedar. It suits the brick bungalows and Tudors around Hampton Park, Berkshire, and Big Bend Boulevard, where the brick is sound and the wood around it is what fails.
We install lap, shingle, and vertical panel profiles, pre-finished or field-painted to match your brick and window sash. Houses sit close together on many blocks here, so a fire-resistant board carries real weight. Already set on one manufacturer? Our James Hardie siding in Richmond Heights page covers the line we install as a James Hardie® Alliance Program Member. Narrow streets and steep driveways shape our staging, since the boards are heavy and need cutting well away from your shrubs and flower beds.
Wood trim is the weak link on a pre-war brick house, and vinyl isn’t a clean swap either: it can crack in a January cold snap and can’t copy the shadow lines of Tudor half-timbering. Fiber cement stays dimensionally stable through the freeze-thaw cycles that pry open caulk joints each winter, and a factory finish or two coats of field paint holds through humid summers. Hail is the other test. Spring storm seasons here test every exterior, and the May 16, 2025 EF3 tornado showed what flying limbs do to exposed eaves across the city. Owners in Berkshire and Hampton Park, and across 63117, 63143, and 63144, sometimes price LP SmartSide siding in Richmond Heights, an engineered-wood alternative, as a comparison. We hold both samples against your brick and let the profiles decide. Before any board goes up, we flash windows and brick returns, tape the house wrap seams, and check the roof-to-wall joint, because water behind siding does its damage out of sight.
Every Richmond Heights fiber cement job follows the same five steps, so you always know what comes next. Here’s how we take your gables, dormers, and soffits from a first walk-around to a clean yard and a finished, fully caulked wall.
We probe gables, dormers, and soffits for soft wood and moisture. Photos mark each spot where rot has spread. You then get a written scope listing what must go and what can wait.
We hold lap, shingle, and panel samples up against your brick. You choose the profile, finish, and trim width with our guidance. Every line is priced in writing before we order.
We plan board staging around the narrow streets and steep driveways here. You settle on trim color, finish, and profile with us. Then we agree on a start date that works for you.
We cut out failed wood, flash every opening, and fasten each board. Cut edges get sealed and joints stay tight against moisture. Trim lines up square with your brick and roofline.
We walk each elevation with you and check every caulk line. A magnet sweep clears stray nails and offcuts from your yard and driveway. Your 36-month workmanship warranty starts.
Top Quality Exteriors is a James Hardie® Alliance Program Member and a BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating, licensed in Missouri and Illinois. We were founded in 2022, and owner Mario Granados brings 7+ years of industry experience, backed by a team of 52+ who flash every opening on tight Big Bend blocks. Our crews carry general liability and workers’ compensation insurance, so a slip on a steep Richmond Heights driveway never becomes your problem.
Every fiber cement job includes our 36-month workmanship warranty, with extended coverage up to lifetime available on selected products. Manufacturer warranties differ by material, and we explain each one before you sign. If a storm damages your siding, our 24/7 emergency response line is staffed after hours. We are also an Owens Corning® Preferred Contractor, so roofing and siding can come from one team. Call (314) 618-8888 to reach Mario, or the office weekdays from 8 to 5.
Fiber cement siding across the St. Louis metro is priced by the installed square foot, so the real question is how many square feet of gable, dormer, or full wall you’re covering. Re-siding two gables and a dormer on a Hampton Park bungalow is a small job; every elevation of a four-bedroom Berkshire Tudor is not. Pre-finished boards cost more than field-painted ones but skip a painting step, and rot behind old wood, scaffolding on steep grades, and busy trim all move the total.
You’ll get an itemized written estimate that separates boards, trim, labor, and wood repair. Fiber cement costs more up front than vinyl siding in Richmond Heights, but it needs repainting far less often than wood and won’t warp in summer heat, which is why owners put it on visible elevations first. Hearth and GreenSky financing is available for qualified homeowners, so you can finish the whole front at once. Nothing starts until you approve the scope in writing.
Every credential we carry is a commitment to quality, safety, and your peace of mind — on every project, in every state we serve.
