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Vinyl siding · Weare, NH

Vinyl Siding Replacement in Weare, NH

Vinyl siding replacement in Weare, the town where a farmhouse owner has brought Atlas back for three phases of siding work. Old farmhouses and newer homes each get a scope built around the house.

Weare is a rural Hillsborough County town of about 60 square miles. It was incorporated in 1764 and named for Meshech Weare, the town's first clerk, who went on to become New Hampshire's first governor. The village of Clinton Grove grew up around a Quaker academy founded in 1834, and the Everett Dam, built for flood control, sits in the east of town.

The houses we side in Weare

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020 to 2024 estimates), Weare has about 3,900 homes. The median home in the town was built in 1986. About 10 percent were built before 1940, 35 percent before 1980 and 23 percent in 2000 or later. About 87 percent are single-family houses, 6 percent are in buildings with two to four units, and 94 percent are lived in by their owners.

Housing in WeareShare of homes
Built before 194010%
Built before 198035%
Built in 2000 or later23%
Single-family houses87%
Two to four units6%
Owner-occupied94%

Most Weare homes went up from the 1970s on, alongside a smaller number of much older farmhouses like the one we sided. Both kinds of house need different things from a siding job: the newer homes usually need a straightforward first replacement, while the farmhouses need care with old sheathing, long additions and walls that were built in several stages.

What we look for on Weare houses

These are the problems we expect to find when the old siding comes off a house in Weare. Every one of them is checked before the new siding goes on.

  • Old farmhouse clapboards that have weathered and peeled down to bare wood, like the walls we replaced on the Weare farmhouse.
  • Original board sheathing on older houses, which we check once the siding is off.
  • Wings and additions built at different times, where the new siding has to tie together across several sections.
  • Newer homes from the 1980s and later on their first full replacement.

Climate and building code in Weare

Weare is in Hillsborough County, which the energy code places in climate zone 5: long, cold winters with a lot of freeze and thaw. For siding, that means water management matters more than the panel itself. Snow piles against the walls, ice dams push meltwater behind trim, and any gap in the flashing gets tested every winter. New Hampshire moved to the 2024 International Residential Code on July 1, 2026, and kept the 2018 energy code.

Permits in Weare

Whether a siding replacement needs a building permit is set by the town, and it can depend on the scope. Before work starts we confirm it with Weare's Building and Code Enforcement office. Town permit fees, where they apply, are listed separately on the estimate.

An example ballpark for a Weare house

Here is what our Instant Ballpark returns for a two-story house with about 2,000 square feet of wall, one layer of old siding, 20 windows and doors, built after 1978, re-siding with standard vinyl lap siding, with Weare entered as the town: $19,300 to $23,400. That is an example to show how the numbers work, not a quote for your house. Your range depends on your own wall area, stories, layers and openings, and the written estimate after a site visit is the number that counts.

This is a ballpark, not a quote. It is not adjusted to your site until someone from Atlas sees it; final pricing comes after a site visit and a written estimate.

What the vinyl siding price includes

Included

  • Tear-off and disposal of the old siding
  • New house wrap (house wrap only, never a vapor barrier in above-grade walls)
  • Standard lap vinyl (the most common horizontal style) with starter strip, J-channel and corners
  • Aluminum coil-wrapped window, door and trim

Not included

  • Rotted sheathing or framing repair (priced if found)
  • Insulation upgrades behind the siding
  • Gutters
  • Town permit fees, if your town requires a permit

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More for Weare homeowners

Common questions

Can a siding job be done in phases?

Yes. The Weare farmhouse was done in three phases, with the homeowner bringing us back for each one. Splitting a job by wall or wing works well when each section ends at a natural break, such as a corner or a change in roofline.

Can new siding meet the siding from an earlier job?

Yes. On the Weare farmhouse, the long wing was done in a lighter siding that meets the dark siding from the earlier phases at the corner, with new corner trim.