Siding installation in Windham, ME splits between Sebago and Little Sebago camps now lived in all year and the postwar and newer subdivisions of North Windham. Either way, the sheathing gets checked before any price.
This page is about siding installation in Windham, Maine, for Sebago and Little Sebago camps that have become year-round homes and for North Windham's subdivision houses. We strip the old siding, repair the sheathing, add housewrap and flashing, then install vinyl, LP SmartSide, fiber cement or cedar shingles.
On a camp conversion we plan exterior insulation while the wall is open, and on a lake lot we keep the re-side to the existing walls under shoreland rules.
The figure to keep: Windham vinyl averages about $1,000 to $1,250 a square and cedar shingles about $2,500 a square, a planning yardstick built from many quotes.
Windham's converted camps need more than new siding because many began as summer places, and the comprehensive plan says most dense lakeside development is once-seasonal homes now lived in year-round. A camp wall may have no housewrap or flashing.
Vinyl works on most North Windham subdivision houses, and LP or cedar suits the lake camps.
North Windham's postwar and newer subdivisions are where vinyl siding replacement gets the most wall for the money, and it is our first recommendation there.
Windham winters bring ice and snow load, so we set the starter course well off the ground and hang each panel loose enough to move.
A camp going year-round often gets insulation, a foundation, septic and heat in one stretch. LP SmartSide, engineered wood lap finished in paint, suits that rebuilt camp and looks at home on a lake lot.
With the old siding off, we add exterior insulation and taped housewrap, then hang the LP with clearances kept at roof and deck.
Where a Sebago or Little Sebago camp was shingled to begin with, cedar shingle siding keeps it looking like part of the shore, silver-gray if left natural.
Shoreland zoning on both lakes governs setbacks and expansion, so a lakeside re-side stays on the walls already standing.
Most Windham re-sides use all three services below.
Windham's Code Enforcement office takes permit applications through the town's MyGov portal. Its page is silent on when a re-side needs one, so we call first and file where required.
We open a corner, a sill and a window to see the sheathing, and on a camp, what sits behind the old boards.
You get scope and price in writing, and nothing is scheduled until the contract is signed.
We button up one wall before stripping another, then walk the finished house with you.
You choose siding installation in Windham, ME by deciding first whether the job is a plain re-side or part of a camp conversion, because a conversion is the rare moment the wall is open for insulation.
On a lake lot, ask how the contractor will stay on your existing walls, since Maine's shoreland zoning rules and Windham's own version govern building near Sebago and Little Sebago.
Our pick for most North Windham houses is vinyl, and for a lake camp, LP or cedar. Old paint on a house built before 1978 falls under the EPA's lead-safe renovation rule, so ask how a crew follows it.
The Windham owners most likely to need new siding have a lake camp turned year-round home or a postwar house in a North Windham subdivision.
A re-side needs the most planning on the lakes, where many homes sit on private wells and aging septic systems along old gravel camp roads.
A Windham siding job should happen between spring and fall, before snow load returns, and on a camp conversion after the insulation goes in.
A Windham re-side costs about $1,000 to $1,250 per square for vinyl, $1,500 to $1,875 for LP SmartSide, $1,625 to $2,000 for James Hardie fiber cement and about $2,500 for cedar shingles. Treat those bands as a budget check from a long run of quotes, not a price for your house.
| House size | Vinyl | LP SmartSide | James Hardie | Cedar shingles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small20 to 25 squares | $20,000 to $31,500 | $30,000 to $47,000 | $32,500 to $50,000 | $50,000 to $63,000 |
| Medium25 to 32 squares | $25,000 to $40,000 | $37,500 to $60,500 | $41,000 to $64,500 | $63,000 to $80,500 |
| Large32+ squares | from $32,000 | from $48,000 | from $52,500 | from $80,500 |
Installed Windham averages for three house sizes (a square is 100 square feet of wall), planning figures from many quotes covering tear-off, housewrap, flashing, trim and haul-away; rot behind old boards is priced once found.
Beyond the material, a Windham siding price rises with what the tear-off reveals, like soft camp sheathing or missing flashing, then with added stories, awkward walls and trim.
New siding can go over the old on a Windham house when the old layer is flat and sound, leaving asbestos-cement shingles or lead-painted boards undisturbed and skipping tear-off. A soft wall rules it out, and so does a conversion that opens the wall for insulation anyway.
This page skips a repair price because no two repairs share the same board count, height off the ground, hidden damage or color match, which only show on site. When damage covers a whole side, re-siding that side usually beats a patch.
Send an estimate request; we look under the old siding, then put scope and price in writing. Maine's home construction contract law calls for a signed contract on work over $3,000 and holds the down payment to one third.
