Preserve Your Home’s Character With Hardie Siding

There’s nothing like a historic home, packed with character and intricate detailing.
In a sea of cookie-cutter quarters, original architecture stands out.

The gingerbread trim, the craftsmanship, and antique charm. All unique parts of a home’s history that you want to protect.

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Thankfully, you can update your home’s siding and trim while staying true to its historic roots. Whether your Midwest home is a historic farmhouse, a vintage cottage or a classic Tudor, there are plenty of tactful ways to refresh your exterior without stripping it of its character. With James Hardie siding products, you can opt for the timeless look of shingles or lap siding, the more modern look of vertical siding, and a variety of trim options to polish off your preferred siding choices.

You can feel secure knowing you’ll get the look you want with high-performance benefits. James Hardie products are Engineered for Climate® with superior dimensional stability to face changes in humidity, temperature, and moisture.

Here are some starting points when refreshing your historic home, all of which add style and protection.

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For decades, homes have been clad in traditional white siding. Now you can protect your home with durable fiber cement boards in the same color and texture.

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Know your era. If you value the history of your Midwest home style, you can easily stay true to your exterior’s original look. Whether it’s a late 1800’s Victorian, a 1950’s bungalow, or a 1970’s contemporary, James Hardie siding and trim can accommodate your decade and pack a boatload of product performance benefits on top.

Think texture, think Siding

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Go close up to dissect the texture of your home siding and trim. Is it smooth, a rustic wood grain, or stucco? James Hardie offers Select Cedarmill©, for a genuine woodgrain texture, smooth for a simple, clean look, Beaded Cedarmill for added charm, and even stucco texture for the classic Tudor or Spanish-style home you’re looking to update. With an array of texture options, you can stay true to the exterior’s original charm, while adding a needed refresh.

Consider colors, consider Siding

Do some research to decode what colors were common in the time period your home was built. Was your Victorian clad in a palette of bold colors? Or was your farmhouse classic in crisp white? James Hardie’s ColorPlus® palette has you covered from Arctic White to Boothbay Blue to Heathered Moss. James Hardie’s ColorPlus Technology is specifically engineered to help resist damaging UV rays, so your color will stay vibrant longer with less maintenance compared to field-applied paint.

Preserve your Midwest home’s unique character and history with James Hardie siding and trim—it’s durable, built-to-last, and can look just like the original facade you fell for when you bought the place.

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Here's what customers say...

The high-level craftsmanship and personalized customer experience we deliver are what keep our customers happy and telling their friends about us. We can't wait to help you with your remodeling project. 
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Mark and his team did a terrific job and I could not be more pleased with the final work! Throughout whole siding installation process I was kept well informed about the progress and what will be next steps in the process. I'm living in Arlington Heights and anyone who is looking for great siding contractor can stop by my house and check their amazing work. I also plan on hiring them again for another siding project. That would be my parent's home. 🙂

Jessica D.
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I researched over 30 companies, and had 5 come out to my house to give me estimates to install new vinyl siding. I ended up going with Smardbuild, and I am very happy that I did. They showed up on time, and finished the entire job within a week. And the quality of the work is the best part. They are perfectionists! I have never seen attention to detail like this. They even went above and beyond the job requirements. They installed aluminum flashing around my sliding glass door to make it look nicer, and that was not even part of the job. And to top it off, they installed 2 new wall lanterns that I bought at Home Depot. 

Tim H.
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We used Mark and his Smardbuild team to replace our roof, soffits, fascia, siding, upstairs windows, gutters and front door. All work performed is top notch. We went with Hardie soffits and fascia since we had prior issues with carpenter bees drilling holes in our old, wooden soffits. In my opinion Smardbuild is the best with Hardie products. Everything looks great. It took us a while to finally settle on a color for the siding and Smardbuild was quite patient with our process. After having issues with contractors in the past, it was refreshing to work with such a professional team that actually cares about the quality of their work. Thanks Smardbuild.

Peter P.

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