If you own a home in Lakewood, CO, the search for a siding contractor usually starts after a storm. Lakewood sits right where the plains meet the foothills, which means it catches Front Range weather at full strength: some of the most damaging hail in the country, downslope winds funneling off Green Mountain, and intense sun at altitude. Much of the city’s housing dates to the post-war building boom, so many of those original sidings are now well past their prime. GS Exterior Experts installs and replaces siding systems built to withstand it all.
We handle full siding installation and replacement for Lakewood homeowners, along with everything a proper exterior needs: trim, soffit, fascia, moisture barriers, flashing, and insulation upgrades. From the mid-century ranches around Green Mountain Estates and the 6th Avenue corridor to the brick single-family homes near Belmar and Eiber, we match the system to the house and to the weather it actually faces.
When siding has reached the end of its life, we take it down to the sheathing, inspect what’s underneath, correct any moisture or structural problems, and install a new system rated for Front Range storms. You get a straight read on what’s worth keeping and what isn’t, not an automatic upsell to a full tear-off.
We replace these alongside your siding so the entire exterior is finished and sealed as one system, rather than leaving weak points at the eaves and edges where wind-driven water tends to seep in.
Before new cladding goes up, we check the weather barrier and insulation behind the old siding. Lakewood’s freeze-thaw swings and wind-driven rain punish a compromised barrier, so if it’s failing, we fix that first. On many older Lakewood homes, this is also the moment to add insulation that the house never had.
A few conditions drive almost every siding decision in this city, and they’re specific to where Lakewood sits.
Lakewood sits in the heart of “Hail Alley” and has taken some of its worst hits, including the May 2017 supercell, the costliest hailstorm in Colorado history. One- to two-inch stones show up most summers, and thin cladding cracks under that impact, which is why impact-resistant materials tend to pay for themselves here.
Lakewood’s western neighborhoods back right up to Green Mountain, and the 6,800-foot mesa channels strong chinook gusts across the surrounding blocks. West-facing walls take the brunt, wearing siding on that side faster than the rest.
A huge share of Lakewood homes date to the post-war boom, so their siding has weathered intense sun for decades. At this elevation, UV fades, finishes, and breaks down older materials faster than most owners realize, so refreshing a tired exterior often makes sense before it fully fails.
Homes bordering Green Mountain, Rooney Valley, and the open space sit at a real grassland-fire interface. Fast-moving fires have forced evacuations here before, so for west-side properties, noncombustible cladding is worth serious consideration.
Fiber cement addresses several of Lakewood’s problems in a single product. James Hardie and similar boards absorb hail that would crack vinyl or dent aluminum, keep their factory finish under high-altitude UV exposure, and stay stable through Colorado’s freeze-thaw cycles. Near Green Mountain on the west side, there’s a bonus: they’re noncombustible (verified to ASTM E136) with a Class A flame-spread rating.
Homes still wearing original wood, Masonite, or hardboard from the 1960s or 70s stand to gain the most. Switching to fiber cement is one of the highest-impact upgrades available, both for surviving storms and for resale in a market where a tired exterior gets noticed.
That said, we’re not a one-product shop. Your home’s style, budget, and location might point instead to LP SmartSide engineered wood, Nichiha fiber cement panels for a cleaner modern look on Lakewood’s mid-century homes, stucco systems, or stone and brick veneer for accents and full facades. We’ll talk through the trade-offs rather than force one product on every house.
Wildfire rules now reach into exterior work here. Lakewood’s own Wildfire Resiliency Code took effect for building permits filed on or after July 1, 2026, matching Jefferson County’s stricter standard, and the city drew its own Wildland-Urban Interface map. Most of the mapped hazard areas sit along the western edge of town, adjacent to the foothills.
For those properties, a significant exterior renovation, such as siding replacement, can trigger the code, which generally requires noncombustible or ignition-resistant cladding. Interior-only projects are exempt, but if you’re already re-siding a mapped home, it’s the natural time to move to fire-resistant materials. Since Lakewood handles its own permitting instead of deferring to the county, we verify the rules for your exact address before scoping anything. Our fire-resilient home guide covers the specifics, and you can download the full Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code e-book.
We start at your house, look over the exterior together, and give you a straight account of its condition. If patching a few areas beats a full replacement, that’s what we’ll recommend. No padded scope, no hard sell.
Before anything gets scheduled, we walk through materials, colors, hail and fire ratings, and any upgrades worth folding in, so cost, product fit, and timeline are all clear from the outset. Our design tools let you preview options on your actual home.
We prep the wall, lay in the weather barrier, and detail every flashing, edge, and opening the way it should be done. The layers that hold out water and wind are the ones you’ll never see, and they get as much care as the finished surface you will.
We’ve been working on Front Range homes for over two decades, long enough to have seen how shortcuts age: they quietly fail, usually just after the warranty lapses. Lakewood homeowners choose us because we do the opposite. Here’s what that looks like:
Looking for a siding contractor in Lakewood, CO? Call (720) 683-6288 or request a free estimate, and we’ll take an honest look at what your home needs.
For most homes here, fiber cement is the practical choice. It handles hail, high-altitude UV, and freeze-thaw better than vinyl and holds its finish longer than wood. For west-side homes near Green Mountain and the open space, it has the added advantage of being noncombustible, which matters under Lakewood’s Wildfire Resiliency Code. We’ll walk you through the options based on your home and location.
Yes. Storm work is a big part of what we do across the west metro. We document the damage we find during our assessment to support your claim, and we’re familiar with the process from inspection through installation.
Full siding replacements in Lakewood require a permit through the city’s Planning and Permitting division, and homes in mapped wildfire-hazard areas may have additional requirements. We coordinate the permit as part of the project so you don’t have to navigate it yourself.
The deciding factor is usually what’s happening behind the siding, not just on its face. Isolated, cracked, or loose boards can often be swapped out. But once moisture has worked into the sheathing, or you’re seeing soft spots, and failure spreads across multiple walls, patching tends to cost more over time than replacing. We’ll tell you which camp your home is in after we look.
