Siding installation in Yarmouth, ME covers clapboard and shingle walls from the Royal River shipbuilding years and the big run of houses built from 1960 to 1989. We read every wall before pricing, since a captains' house and a 1970s cape hide different problems.
This page explains siding installation in Yarmouth, Maine: old siding off, the rot it hid repaired, then new housewrap, flashing, trim and siding. It is written for owners of Main Street captains' houses, Royal River village homes, the many houses from 1960 to 1989, and homes on Cousins and Littlejohn Islands.
Yarmouth has five local historic districts, and a visible siding change in one goes to the Historic Preservation Committee before the permit. We find out where a house stands, then say whether in-kind wood or a substitute fits.
The figure to keep: Yarmouth vinyl averages $1,025 to $1,275 per square and cedar shingles about $2,550, numbers pooled from many local quotes, not a price for your walls.
Yarmouth siding needs a historic check first because five local historic districts send visible siding changes to the Historic Preservation Committee before the permit issues. Its ruling is advisory, but the review is required.
Yarmouth's 2024 Design Manual is our siding guide in this town.
The manual lists wood shingle for Colonial and Georgian houses and shingles on every wall of a Shingle style house. There, cedar shingle siding at the old exposure can count as in-kind work and skip committee review.
We match the old reveal course by course, and natural cedar weathers to silver-gray.
The manual advises against cement board over historic cladding in a district, so James Hardie fiber cement goes on rear ells there and on newer houses elsewhere.
The manual adds that cement fiber clapboards can delaminate when moisture gets in, so we prime every cut end and keep boards clear of roofs.
Almost 300 vessels were launched from Yarmouth shipyards between 1790 and 1890, and the 1858 Captain Reuben Merrill House still wears clapboard on granite.
When a few boards fail on a house like it, siding repair matched to the old reveal beats a re-side, and exact in-kind work skips review.
Most Yarmouth jobs draw on these three.
Yarmouth's Building Permits and Codes office takes applications by drop-off or mail and quotes about 30 days for review. We confirm whether your re-side needs a permit and file it.
We open the siding at a sill, a corner and a window where you allow it, then check the district map.
Maine's home construction contract law requires a signed written contract over $3,000 and caps the down payment at one third.
Each side is stripped, repaired, wrapped and closed before the next opens, and we finish with a walkaround together.
You choose siding installation in Yarmouth, ME by settling the district question first, then picking a material the review and your budget both accept. Skip that and you can end up with a cement board front wall the manual advises against.
Then ask about old paint: half of Yarmouth's homes date to 1973 or earlier, and the EPA's lead-safe renovation rule governs work on houses older than 1978.
Last, ask about water: on Cousins and Littlejohn Islands, where walls face open bay, we tape housewrap seams and add kick-out flashing.
Yarmouth owners who should plan siding work early live in the five districts or own a Local Historic Landmark, reviewed on all sides.
Shoreland zoning reaches a Yarmouth re-side inside the Shoreland Overlay, generally 250 feet from rivers, streams, saltwater and wetlands, where a Shoreland Zoning Permit comes first. Check river, cove and island houses against Maine DEP's shoreland rules.
A Yarmouth house is best re-sided late spring through fall, with paperwork in winter. The Royal River sewer moratorium does not list exterior work, so it does not block new siding.
Siding installation in Yarmouth costs about $1,025 to $1,275 per square for vinyl, $1,525 to $1,925 for LP SmartSide, $1,650 to $2,050 for James Hardie and about $2,550 for cedar shingles, per 100 square feet of wall. Each band is the middle of many Yarmouth quotes: a budget test, never a price for your walls.
| House size | Vinyl | LP SmartSide | James Hardie | Cedar shingles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small20 to 25 squares | $20,500 to $32,000 | $30,500 to $48,000 | $33,000 to $51,000 | $51,000 to $64,000 |
| Medium25 to 32 squares | $25,500 to $41,000 | $38,500 to $61,500 | $41,500 to $65,500 | $64,000 to $82,000 |
| Large32+ squares | from $32,500 | from $49,000 | from $53,000 | from $82,000 |
Installed Yarmouth averages across many quotes, not a quote: tear-off, housewrap, flashing, trim and haul-away. Damage under the old siding can move a house out of its row.
After the material, a Yarmouth price moves most with what the old siding hides: soft sheathing, failed flashing or framing damage. Three-story captains' houses and heavy trim add more.
Siding over the old saves tear-off and disposal, and suits asbestos-cement or lead-painted layers better sealed in. It is out over a soft wall, and on district houses the manual advises against covering historic cladding with synthetics.
There is no repair price list because piece count, wall height, hidden rot and matching old clapboard set the cost. We price each repair after a visit and say when a re-side makes more sense.
You get a price for your Yarmouth siding by sending the estimate request, then we visit to read the walls. Siding is all we do, and work starts only after you sign.
