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A James Hardie wrap is one of the biggest exterior investments on a Kirkwood home, and it deserves a real conversation before the first quote. Call the office, tell us what block you are on, and we will schedule the site walk this week.
Your cedar or lap siding in Kirkwood is working overtime, surviving May hail, humid July stretches, and the freeze-thaw rot that chews at north walls shaded by the mature tree canopy on streets like North Taylor and East Monroe. Top Quality Exteriors installs James Hardie siding on 1900s American Foursquares in Jefferson-Argonne and 1955 ranches out in Craigwoods, matching the original lap and shingle profiles that make those historic homes read right from the sidewalk. Fiber cement is how you keep the character and lose the maintenance schedule.
As a James Hardie Alliance Program Member, we spec HardiePlank, HardieShingle, and HardieTrim to fit the exact reveal your Kirkwood house was built with, so the historic profile survives and the wood-rot maintenance schedule does not. For a full material breakdown against other fiber cement lines, see our fiber cement siding in Kirkwood page. Every wall gets HardieWrap, kickout flashing at each roof-wall termination, and a fully level substrate before the first plank ever goes on the sheathing.
Kirkwood is nine locally designated historic districts and eighty-five landmarks packed into one small town, which means your siding choice is not just aesthetic, it has to hold up under Landmarks Commission review and the city’s published design guidelines. James Hardie HardiePlank comes in 5.25-inch, 6.25-inch, 7.25-inch, and 8.25-inch reveals, so a Colonial Revival in Jefferson-Argonne holds its narrow reveal and a Craftsman on North Taylor keeps its wider one. HardieShingle handles gable ends on Foursquares. ColorPlus and ExpertFinish factory paint carries a 15-year fade warranty in period palettes, no ladder-and-brush repaint every seven years like wood lap. Fiber cement is non-combustible, shrugs off the roughly one-inch hail this metro sees three to five times a year, and does not warp when a July afternoon hits 95 degrees. For 1950s ranches in Craigwoods or Greentree, HardiePanel with battens reads honestly mid-century. If you need siding installation in Kirkwood on a full-perimeter tear-off, we run the whole job end to end.
Every James Hardie project in Kirkwood follows the same five-step path, from the first site walk to the final punch list, and we brief you on each stage before a single plank leaves the yard. Here is what to expect once we get on your street.
We meet at the house, measure every wall, and photograph the existing lap. I flag rot, weak kickouts, and window trim gaps on the spot. Written scope comes back within 48 hours.
We pull the reveal off the existing lap and pick a matching HardiePlank width. ColorPlus samples hang on the house so you see the shade in real Kirkwood light before we order it.
Crews strip the old siding down to bare sheathing, swap any rotted OSB, and hang HardieWrap tight to the studs. Kickout flashing goes in at each roof-wall termination overnight.
Planks go on with corrosion-resistant nails at the correct pattern, blind-nailed per spec. HardieTrim wraps every window, door, and corner post. Z-flashing tops each butt joint.
We caulk every joint with Hardie-approved sealant, sweep the site with a magnet, and walk the perimeter with you. Punch items close the same week, and warranty paperwork follows.
Top Quality Exteriors is a James Hardie Alliance Program Member and a BBB A+ accredited business, founded in 2022 with an ownership team that brings over seven years of industry experience installing fiber cement on older homes across West County. Every Kirkwood project is pulled through the Kirkwood Public Portal by a crew holding a current Kirkwood Contractor Business License, so your permit, inspections, and Building Division paperwork all track cleanly.
For homes inside one of the nine local historic districts or on the eighty-five-landmark list, we build the submittal packet the Landmarks Commission expects, with profile detail, ColorPlus swatches, and trim reveals, before we tear off a single board. Foreman on site, a direct phone number, 52-plus team members backing the schedule, and a 24/7 emergency line if a storm hits mid-install. That is the paper trail and the people you actually get.
Kirkwood James Hardie installs typically land between $12 and $18 per square foot installed, driven by wall height, trim complexity, tear-off condition, and how many gables, dormers, and window wraps the house carries. A tight 1,600-square-foot Cape near East Monroe runs one number, and a two-story Foursquare with wraparound porch trim in Jefferson-Argonne runs another. We quote line by line so you can see exactly where the money goes.
Every install carries our 36-month workmanship warranty, with upgraded coverage up to a lifetime warranty on select James Hardie products, plus the Hardie 30-year non-prorated substrate warranty and the 15-year ColorPlus finish warranty on factory paint. We offer Hearth and GreenSky financing for qualified homeowners, so a full wrap does not have to come out of savings. LP SmartSide siding in Kirkwood is an engineered-wood alternative worth pricing right beside Hardie.
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