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James Hardie HardiePlank Select Cedar Mill Siding Installation | Partial NT Window Replacement with Oversized Opening
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James Hardie HardiePlank Select Cedar Mill Siding Installation | Partial NT Window Replacement with Oversized Opening
This Leander siding project used James Hardie HardiePlank Select Cedar Mill lap boards at 8.25 inches wide. The crew tore off two layers of old siding before installing the new primed fiber cement. Fiber cement holds up far better than wood against Central Texas hail, heat, and moisture. Sherwin Williams Super Paint sealed the finish across siding, fascia, soffit, shutters, and doors.
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The windows portion of this Leander job replaced select openings with NT Window units. One opening ran over 120 united inches and needed an oversized window. Windows were ordered in late September and installed after arriving in October. The new units help block summer heat gain and seal out cedar pollen better than the aging originals.
The homeowner found us through one of our yard signs and reached out on August 23, 2023. That first conversation covered the tired siding, the aging windows, and a patio cover that needed attention. It became a prospect on August 25, 2023.
We walked the Big Falls home to assess the exterior. The old cladding turned out to be a double layer, which meant a heavier tear off and a check of the sheathing beneath. We also flagged stone areas that needed mortar repair and confirmed which windows to replace.
The homeowner approved the project on August 29, 2023. We finalized the scope: James Hardie HardiePlank siding, select NT Window units, a new door, patio cover work, and full paint. The oversized opening over 120 united inches was noted so the correct window could be ordered.
Windows were ordered September 25 and arrived October 20, then installed over multiple days. Siding began shortly after, with the double-layer tear off first, followed by the 8.25-inch HardiePlank. Paint came last, covering siding, fascia, soffit, shutters, and doors, along with the garage jamb wrap and stone mortar repair.
We finished on December 12, 2023, running two rounds of yard clean and punch-out to close every detail. The patio cover got a new roof and the entry door was set and painted.
We re-clad a Big Falls home in Leander, TX with James Hardie fiber cement siding and replaced a set of aging windows. The home now sheds heat and hail far better than it did before.
The old cladding had reached the end of its life. Central Texas is hard on exterior wood, and this home showed the wear you'd expect after years of 100-degree summers and spring hail.
Peeling back two layers told the real story of this house. The double-layer tear off is common on 2000s-era Leander homes where someone added a second skin instead of fixing the first. That trapped moisture and hid soft spots underneath. We hauled off both layers, checked the sheathing, and repaired failing stone mortar before a single new board went up. A homeowner who skips that step just seals the problem inside the wall, where limestone-soil movement and summer heat make it worse fast.
We chose James Hardie HardiePlank Select Cedar Mill at 8.25 inches wide. Fiber cement is the right call here because it won't rot, warp, or feed the pests that chew through wood siding.
Fiber cement also shrugs off hail far better than vinyl or older wood. That matters in a region where one spring storm can dent an entire elevation.
We replaced only a selection of this home's windows, not all of them. The NT Window units were ordered on September 25 and arrived October 20. Installation ran over several days once the units were on site.
Newer, tighter windows help block the summer heat gain that drives up cooling bills in Leander. They also seal out the cedar pollen that coats everything each winter.
This was a full exterior package, not just walls and glass. The team also refreshed the patio cover and swapped a door.
The home went from tired and weathered to a sealed, durable exterior built for Central Texas. Fiber cement walls, fresh paint, a new door, and upgraded windows all work together.
The homeowner approved the work on August 29, 2023, and we completed it on December 12, 2023. Custom window orders and a full tear off stretch a timeline more than a simple re-side.
It handles the extremes here. Fiber cement resists rot in humid stretches, holds up to hail, and won't buckle when temperatures climb past 100 degrees.
This job fell in the $30,000 to $40,000 range. That reflected siding, a partial window replacement, a patio cover, a new door, stone mortar repair, and full exterior paint.
No. On this home we replaced only a selection of the windows. You can prioritize the worst or largest openings and phase the rest.
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