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Your home deserves siding that stands up to St. Louis weather without quarterly repair bills. Let us walk your property, talk through profiles and colors, and put a real number in front of you. We show up on time and answer every question.
Hail storms across Chesterfield and Ballwin can dent vinyl, crack stucco, and splinter cedar planks within minutes of hitting your wall. LP SmartSide siding gives St. Louis homeowners an engineered wood product built to shrug off those exact impacts, along with the freeze-thaw cycles and humid summers that wreck weaker exterior materials. At Top Quality Exteriors, we install LP SmartSide lap, panel, and trim profiles on homes throughout the metro that need to handle whatever Missouri weather throws at them, season after demanding season.
Every board carries the SmartGuard treatment, a zinc borate process baked into the wood strands that fights fungal decay, termites, and the moisture problems that plague this region. Our crews fasten each course tight to code, flash every penetration, and prime any field-cut edges before paint goes onto the wall. Homeowners weighing options often compare LP SmartSide against fiber cement siding, and we walk through the real trade-offs honestly so you can pick the right material for the house and your budget.
LP SmartSide starts as Southern Yellow Pine wood strands, bonded with zinc borate, resin, and a tough resin-saturated overlay to form a board that handles real weather instead of pretending to. The 5/16-inch lap profile holds a crisp shadow line on ranch-style homes in Kirkwood and Webster Groves, while vertical panels and shake panels add texture on craftsman and farmhouse exteriors across O’Fallon and St. Charles. Because it is engineered, the boards stay straight through humid August stretches and the freeze-thaw cycles January throws at every wall facing north. Field cuts go fast since the material weighs roughly a third less than fiber cement, which keeps two-story installs safer and trims labor hours on tall gables. We integrate LP trim, corner boards, and frieze details so the whole envelope reads as one finished system rather than a bunch of mismatched parts. Pair the install with proper siding installation practices and the product earns its 50-year warranty.
We keep the LP SmartSide install predictable from the first walkaround to the final caulk bead. Each project moves through five clear steps so you know what is happening on your wall and when. Here is how a typical St. Louis job runs.
I walk the perimeter and photograph every wall condition we find. We measure square footage, note penetrations, and flag rotted sheathing. You get a written scope before pricing.
We bring lap, panel, and shake samples to your driveway for review. I show how each profile reads on your home from the curb. You choose colors and trim with hard samples on hand.
My crew strips old siding, hauls debris, and checks the sheathing. We replace rotted decking and put down fresh house wrap. Window flashing is reworked so water has a clear path.
We hang LP SmartSide tight to manufacturer specs and local code. Nails land in the prescribed zone with proper joint gapping. Corner trim and butt joints get sealed against rain.
I walk every elevation with you before trucks leave the site. We touch up paint, finish punch list items, and confirm cleanup. Warranty paperwork lands in your inbox same day.
We have been hanging engineered wood siding across the St. Louis metro long enough to know which details actually matter and which ones the marketing brochures gloss right over without comment. Our installers train on LP SmartSide specifications directly, not generic siding habits picked up from other brands they ran years ago. That shows up in nail placement, butt joint gapping, and the way we treat field cuts and end grain before any topcoat goes onto the wall.
Insurance adjusters in Maryland Heights and Wentzville recognize our claim reports because we photograph every elevation and document each line item by code reference. We pull permits where the municipality requires them, schedule the inspections, and stay on site until you have fully signed off. Our project managers answer the phone after hours during a storm event, which really matters when a tarp call comes in at 9pm on a Sunday in mid-July.
LP SmartSide typically lands between vinyl and fiber cement on the price sheet, with most metro projects running based on square footage, profile choice, and tear-off scope. Lap profiles sit at the lower end of the range, while shake panels and wider vertical boards push numbers up because of material cost and labor time. A ranch home in Ballwin will spend less than a two-story colonial in Chesterfield even at identical price per square foot.
The long-term value math leans toward LP because the 50-year limited warranty and SmartGuard treatment cut down on repaint cycles and rot repair calls over the life of the home. Compared with cheaper vinyl siding jobs, the engineered wood impact resistance often pays for itself the first time a hailstorm rolls through your neighborhood. We quote every project line by line so you see exactly where the dollars are going on each elevation and trim detail before signing.
Every credential we carry is a commitment to quality, safety, and your peace of mind — on every project, in every state we serve.
