Siding in Brooklyn Park, MN.
Ask a Brooklyn Park siding crew what the city looks like and you'll get two different answers depending on which side of 694 they were standing on. South of the freeway you're mostly dealing with 1960s and 70s ramblers and splits, a lot of them still on original or first-generation hardboard. Cross north and the housing gets newer — 1980s-through-2000s two-story construction plus a sizable run of townhome and association buildings that most siding pricing pages never bother mentioning.
What follows is our actual 2026 installed pricing by square, a plain read on which material fits which budget, and how we keep a townhome association re-clad from turning into a scheduling nightmare for whoever manages the property.
- Older housing stock
- 1960s–70s ramblers and splits, largely south of Hwy 694
- Newer housing stock
- 1980s–2000s two-stories and townhome plats, largely north of 694
- Common existing siding, older homes
- Masonite/hardboard, original or first-generation replacement
- Common existing siding, newer homes
- Thin builder-grade vinyl
- Association and rental property
- A large share of the city's housing — common multi-building work
- Permit
- City of Brooklyn Park requires a permit before siding starts, and we handle pulling it
- Job size
- Ranges from a single damaged wall to a complete multi-building re-clad, no floor on scope
What makes siding work in Brooklyn Park different?
You can't bid the older half of this city from a photo. Ramblers and splits built through the 70s were sided heavily in Masonite and similar hardboard, a product with a well-documented tendency to swell and separate at butt joints and bottom courses once water finds its way behind the panel. A wall can look sound from the street and still be soft under the sill, so we walk up and check the low courses and window bottoms before we ever put a number on paper.
The newer stock has its own quiet problem. Much of the two-story and townhome construction that went up from the 80s into the 2000s used the thinnest vinyl the builder could get away with — cheap to install at the time, not built to be a 30-year wall. That's not a manufacturing flaw so much as a cost decision made two decades ago, one that's now catching up with whoever owns the house today and has to decide what to spend on it.
Then there's the sheer amount of it. Brooklyn Park carries an unusually large share of townhome and rental housing for a suburb this size, so a good chunk of our calendar here isn't a single homeowner at all — it's a board, a management company, or an owner juggling several buildings on one lot, and the job gets phased and priced with that reality in mind from day one.
What siding actually costs in Brooklyn Park (2026)
We price by the square — 100 square feet of wall. Because a single-story rambler on the south side has so much less exterior wall than a two-story up north, the size brackets below deliberately span that whole range. Every figure already bakes in stripping off and disposing of the old siding, so what you see is the finished-install cost, not a number that grows once demo starts.
These are Midwest Building Exteriors' own current 2026 installed prices, confirmed directly by owner Christian Musta: vinyl $900–$950 per square; LP SmartSide and fiber cement $1,200–$1,300 per square depending on finish; and steel $1,300–$1,500 per square (about $13–$15 per sq. ft.), dependent on various factors. One siding square equals 100 square feet of wall.
| Wall area | Vinyl ($900–$950/sq) | LP SmartSide ($1,200–$1,300/sq) | Fiber cement ($1,200–$1,300/sq) | Steel ($1,300–$1,500/sq) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–14 squaresSingle-level rambler, common south of 694 | $9,000 – $13,300 | $12,000 – $18,200 | $12,000 – $18,200 | $13,000 – $21,000 |
| 15–19 squaresSplit-level or larger rambler, or a smaller townhome unit | $13,500 – $18,050 | $18,000 – $24,700 | $18,000 – $24,700 | $19,500 – $28,500 |
| 20–26 squaresA two-story home with a garage bay for two cars, the typical footprint in the newer plats | $18,000 – $24,700 | $24,000 – $33,800 | $24,000 – $33,800 | $26,000 – $39,000 |
| 27–40 squaresLarger two-story, walkout with a tall rear elevation, or a townhome association building | $24,300 – $38,000 | $32,400 – $52,000 | $32,400 – $52,000 | $35,100 – $60,000 |
- Vinyl ($900–$950/sq)
- Exterior Portfolio's Market Square panel at .44 mil is our standard vinyl, alongside comparable options from Royal Building Products and CertainTeed. If you're a Brooklyn Park owner pulling off thin builder vinyl on a tighter budget, stepping up to a heavier-gauge panel installed correctly is a legitimately good outcome — not the fallback pick.
- LP SmartSide ($1,200–$1,300/sq)
- Our default engineered-wood recommendation for Minnesota's freeze-thaw cycling — good fastener grip and a profile that tolerates ordinary install variance better than a cement product does. Comes pre-finished or can be painted after it's on the wall.
- Fiber cement ($1,200–$1,300/sq)
- A dense board that holds factory color for a long time. We put it up whenever a customer specifically wants it or a building's palette specifies it, and out of everything we sell, this is the one where installer precision on clearances, joints, and flashing has the biggest effect on how it holds up. That match to LP SmartSide's per-square rate is intentional — neither one is priced as the discount option.
- Steel ($1,300–$1,500/sq)
- Christian currently prices installed steel at $1,300–$1,500 per square—approximately $13–$15 per square foot—dependent on various factors. It resists rot and woodpeckers and won't burn, yet hail can still mark it, so choose it for low upkeep rather than as a way around future insurance discussions.
Line items that move a Brooklyn Park number
- Insulated siding, available if you want it+$150 – $300 per square
- New sheathing/OSB where hardboard has delaminated underneath+$85 – $160 per sheet
- Correcting kickout and step flashing at a roofline tie-in+$350 – $900 per location
- New drip caps and trim wraps over window and door tops+$45 – $120 per opening
- Fresh house wrap over exposed sheathing+$60 – $110 per square
- Removing and resetting soffit, fascia, and gutter runsquoted per elevation
- A single elevation, one building, or any partial-repair scopequoted per job — no minimum
Ranges are installed totals in 2026 dollars — removal and disposal of the existing siding, house wrap, flashing and kickout details, trim, fasteners, permit, and cleanup included. They are planning numbers, not a quote. Wall area, number of stories, trim and gable complexity, window count, sheathing repair, and color availability all move the final figure. Repairs and partial-wall work are quoted on their own; there is no job-size minimum.
Which siding material fits a Brooklyn Park home or building?
We stock four siding lines — vinyl, steel, LP SmartSide, and fiber cement — and Brooklyn Park's split-personality housing stock is exactly why: the rambler on the south side, the 1990s two-story, and the newer townhome all reward different choices. Below is how each material performs here and where its price actually buys you something.
| Material | Life in MN | Installed / square | Install time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl (Exterior Portfolio Market Square, .44 mil)A smart pick if the budget is the deciding factor: paint is never in your future and impacts flex the panel instead of cracking it. We also carry comparable lines from Royal Building Products and CertainTeed. Compared to the flimsy builder vinyl found on a lot of Brooklyn Park's newer construction, the difference is thickness, full stop — and that's where the extra cost goes. | 20–40 years | $900 – $950 | 3–5 days |
| LP SmartSide engineered woodThe one we point most Minnesota customers toward first. It grips fasteners well, runs a deeper profile, and rides out the freeze-thaw swings of a Brooklyn Park winter better than most alternatives. This is often what homeowners move to once a rambler's original hardboard finally fails. | 30–50 years | $1,200 – $1,300 | 3–5 days |
| Fiber cementDense, won't burn, keeps its color a long time. We put it in when someone requests it or a board's approved palette specifies it. Out of everything we install, this is the product where install precision — flashing, caulking, clearances — decides the most about how it ages. See the studies below. | 40–50+ years | $1,200 – $1,300 | 3–5 days |
| SteelMakes sense for someone chasing the lowest-maintenance wall on the block and willing to pay for it. One honest caveat: hail dents steel just like it dents anything else metal on the house, so it doesn't remove you from a real conversation with your insurer if a storm ever does hit. | 40–50+ years | $1,300 – $1,500 | 4–5 days |
Why we default to LP SmartSide — and what the research actually says
This is a category-wide point, not a knock on one manufacturer — the cement-matrix chemistry behind most fiber cement boards is fairly consistent brand to brand. Lab testing on fiber-cement boards found that repeated freeze-thaw cycling alters both the internal structure of the board and its resistance to bending stress (Gorzelańczyk & Schabowicz, Materials journal, 2019, retrieved 2026-09-16). A Brooklyn Park wall racks up plenty of those cycles every winter, so this is more than an academic footnote here.
Field data on moisture tells a similar story. Building Science Corporation's multi-year exposure testing on fiber-cement-clad walls under sustained wetting found that how the assembly drains and dries mattered more to long-term performance than which cladding sat on top of it (BSC Research Report RR-1306, retrieved 2026-09-16). Separate field surveys looking at gapped butt joints and caulk failure on lap-style fiber cement siding land in the same place: the clearance, caulk, and flashing choices made at install time are what actually determine longevity (InspectAPedia field reports, retrieved 2026-09-16).
None of that is a mark against fiber cement or any specific brand of it — it's simply why LP SmartSide is our go-to for the typical Brooklyn Park home; engineered wood tends to shrug off normal installation quirks through a hard winter more forgivingly. When a homeowner or a board's palette calls for fiber cement instead, we follow the maker's spacing, fastening, flashing, and caulk-joint instructions to the letter, since that's exactly what its warranty coverage rests on.
Is steel siding storm-proof?
Steel gets marketed as hail-proof, and that claim doesn't hold up. Steel resists rot, won't burn, and holds its shape — yet a strong hailstorm can still leave marks on it, the same way hail marks up any other metal component on a house, and insurers know to look for exactly that. Choose steel because you want a long-lived, low-upkeep wall and like the look of it, not because you've been told it puts hail damage off the table entirely.
Does your Brooklyn Park association need to approve siding color?
In most townhome associations, yes — and with how much of Brooklyn Park falls into that category, this comes up constantly on our end. Our process is built around it: we bring actual color and profile samples with us, photograph the building in good light, and assemble a submittal packet in whatever format lets your board or management company actually vote on it.
Sometimes a palette got approved years back around a product that's since been pulled from production. In that case we track down the closest match still being made across the brands we install and present it as an equivalent, instead of putting your board in the position of approving something that no longer exists.
For a board or manager planning a re-clad across several buildings, we walk each structure, split the job into phases by building and elevation, and hand back one combined quote rather than a pile of separate ones. Background on how that process works lives on our multifamily and HOA projects page, with more detail on larger jobs generally over on commercial siding.
- Physical color and profile samples shown against the property's real elevations
- A submittal packet, spelling out product, color, and trim, formatted for however your board or manager needs to vote
- A current-production match sourced whenever the approved color has been discontinued
- Multi-building projects staged around occupied units, elevation by elevation
- One point of contact who keeps the board, the management company, and individual owners all on the same page
Siding work from our crews
Do you repair siding in Brooklyn Park, or only do full re-clads?
We do both, and neither has a minimum size to qualify. Whether it's a bottom-edge blowout on one hardboard section, a hail-hit elevation on a rambler, or a single townhome unit that needs to match its neighbor, we'll price that job on its own instead of pushing you toward a bigger project you never asked for.
Color match is what actually caps what a repair can do — especially with older hardboard or painted vinyl that's sat under 15 to 25 years of sun. If a patch would be obviously visible against the rest of the wall, we say so up front and suggest re-siding the whole elevation rather than promising a blend that won't happen.
Insulation can be added to either a repair or a full replacement — it's available on any material we install. Just ask, and we'll break it out as its own line rather than burying it in the total.
Who else does siding work in Brooklyn Park?
Most Brooklyn Park homeowners and property managers end up comparing bids gathered from yard signs, door-knockers, and word of mouth — and there's rarely an easy way to check any of those names yourself. We pulled the records so you don't have to, focused on the companies that show up most often in the same bidding pool as us across the north metro.
This isn't written to trash anyone. Every company named here carries an active Minnesota contractor license for residential building work — the baseline anyone touching your property's exterior should meet. Our summary sticks to what the public record actually says, flags anything we weren't able to verify, and leaves the final call up to you.
| Company | MN license | Status | Expires | Licensed address | BBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craftsman's ChoiceCraftsmans Choice Inc | BC384780 | IssuedEnforcement flag on state record | 2027-03-31 | 5680 Quam Ave NE, Ste A, St Michael, MN 55376 | Unverified — BBB's published listing could not be retrieved on 2026-09-16. Check bbb.org directly. |
| Super SidersWinslow Companies (DBA Super Siders) | BC632296 | Issued | 2028-03-31 | 10533 Karston Ave NE, Albertville, MN 55301 | Unverified — BBB's published listing could not be retrieved on 2026-09-16. Check bbb.org directly. |
| Minnesota Exteriors IncMinnesota Exteriors Inc | BC002877 | Issued | 2028-03-31 | 8600 Jefferson Hwy, Maple Grove, MN 55369 | Unverified — BBB's published listing could not be retrieved on 2026-09-16. Check bbb.org directly. |
| Twin Cities Siding & RoofingTwin Cities Siding Professionals Operating Company LLC (DBA Twin Cities Siding and Roofing) | BC752041 | Issued | 2027-03-31 | 6500 Carlson Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55346 | Unverified — BBB's published listing could not be retrieved on 2026-09-16. Check bbb.org directly. |
| TWS RemodelingThe Window Store Inc (DBA TWS Remodeling) | BC773859 | Issued | 2028-03-31 | 9000 Science Center Dr, New Hope, MN 55428 | Unverified — BBB's published listing could not be retrieved on 2026-09-16. Check bbb.org directly. |
| Garrett ConstructionGarrett Construction Limited Liability Company | BC785223 | Issued | 2027-03-31 | 2321 Rockwood Ave, St Paul, MN 55116 | Unverified — BBB's published listing could not be retrieved on 2026-09-16. Check bbb.org directly. |
| Anchor Roofing & ExteriorsHudson Enterprises Inc (DBA Anchor Roofing and Exteriors) | BC689351 | Issued | 2028-03-31 | 101 Bridgepoint Way, Ste 140, South St Paul, MN 55075 | Unverified — BBB's published listing could not be retrieved on 2026-09-16. Check bbb.org directly. |
- Craftsman's Choice — License BC384780 was listed as Issued through March 31, 2027, at 5680 Quam Ave NE, Ste A, St Michael, MN 55376 in the Minnesota DLI residential contractor export retrieved September 16, 2026. The export's enforcement-action field is marked, but the export provides no action type, date, outcome, case number, or order text; we therefore make no claim about what occurred. DLI's enforcement materials state, ‘A Consent Order is not a finding of fact or admission of guilt.’ The export does not establish whether this flag relates to a Consent Order. Verify the current license and any enforcement information directly at dli.mn.gov.
- Super Siders — Licensed and active with no enforcement flag on the export. Long-standing license, originally issued 2008. Their own marketing claims about years in business and families served are self-reported and we have not verified them.
- Minnesota Exteriors Inc — Licensed and active with no enforcement flag, and one of the oldest license records in the export — originally issued January 1992. A separate entity, Minnesota Exteriors Commercial LLC (BC741401), holds its own active license for commercial work.
- Twin Cities Siding & Roofing — Licensed and active with no enforcement flag. Note the operating entity name differs from the trade name — worth checking that the contract you are handed names the licensed entity.
- TWS Remodeling — Licensed and active with no enforcement flag. An earlier, similarly named license (BC283598, Window Store LLC The) shows as voluntarily terminated — the current active record is the one above.
- Garrett Construction — Licensed and active with no enforcement flag; the license number published on their own site matches the state record. The license was originally issued in August 2021, which is worth weighing against marketing that cites a longer operating history.
- Anchor Roofing & Exteriors — Licensed and active with no enforcement flag. As with several on this list, the licensed entity name differs from the trade name you see on the truck.
License numbers, status, expiry, and addresses below are taken from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry residential contractor license export, retrieved 2026-09-16. License status and enforcement flags change — confirm current status yourself at dli.mn.gov before you sign anything with anyone, including us. BBB accreditation and rating are shown as unverified because we could not retrieve BBB's own published listings at the time of writing; we would rather label that gap than repeat a number we have not read at the source.
Brooklyn Park siding questions
- How much does siding replacement cost in Brooklyn Park?
- Installed vinyl runs $900 to $950 per square, where a square means 100 square feet of exterior wall; LP SmartSide and fiber cement each land at $1,200 to $1,300 per square depending on finish. A single-level rambler common south of 694 often measures 10 to 14 squares, putting vinyl around $9,000 to $13,300 installed. A two-story with a two-car garage in the newer plats typically runs 20 to 26 squares, putting vinyl around $18,000 to $24,700 and LP SmartSide or fiber cement around $24,000 to $33,800. Installed steel currently lands between $1,300 and $1,500 per square (approximately $13–$15 per square foot), depending on the factors present at the property.
- How long does a siding job take?
- On an average single-family house, budget three to five days no matter which of vinyl, LP SmartSide, or fiber cement you pick, with steel running a day longer at four to five. A larger townhome building, heavy trim work, or sheathing that turns out to need replacing once demo starts can all push that window out. In practice, the association's approval process is usually the bigger factor in how long the whole project takes, not the crew's time on the wall.
- Is the hardboard siding on my Brooklyn Park rambler a problem?
- It might be, particularly along bottom edges, butt joints, and under window sills — the spots where water tends to get trapped behind the board. Masonite-era hardboard products are known to swell and delaminate once moisture gets in, and that damage isn't always obvious from the street. We check those specific spots by hand before quoting rather than trusting a wall that merely looks fine.
- My townhome's vinyl siding looks thin — is it worth replacing with better vinyl, or should I upgrade materials?
- Both are reasonable, depending on your budget and how long you expect to stay in the unit. Stepping up to a heavier panel — the .44 mil Exterior Portfolio Market Square we install — is a genuine improvement over thin builder vinyl and stays the most affordable path. If durability matters more than saving money up front, LP SmartSide is what we'd suggest given our winters here.
- What siding do you recommend for Minnesota winters?
- For most homeowners here we point first toward LP SmartSide engineered wood — good fastener grip, a deep profile, and enough give to tolerate ordinary installation quirks through repeated freeze-thaw cycles. That said, plenty of our jobs still land on one of vinyl, fiber cement, or steel — the deciding factor is usually budget, an association's approved palette, or plain preference.
- Is vinyl siding a downgrade from fiber cement or LP SmartSide?
- Not by itself. A quality vinyl panel — the .44 mil Exterior Portfolio Market Square we run, or a similar Royal Building Products or CertainTeed option — never needs paint and flexes on impact instead of cracking. Vinyl's bad reputation traces back to the thin builder-grade version common across Brooklyn Park's newer homes. Thickness and how well it's installed are what actually separate a good vinyl job from a weak one.
- Is steel siding storm-proof?
- No. It won't burn or rot, and it keeps its shape well, but a hard hailstorm will still leave marks on it, the same as it would on any other metal surface on the house — and that's exactly what an adjuster is trained to look for. It's a strong low-maintenance option, just not one that keeps you out of an insurance conversation after a storm.
- Do you handle siding for townhome associations and multi-building properties in Brooklyn Park?
- Regularly, given how much of the city's housing falls into that category. We walk the entire property, bring physical samples for the board or manager to approve, and stage a multi-building job structure by structure and elevation by elevation so occupied units aren't all disrupted at once.
- What happens if my association's approved siding color is discontinued?
- We find whichever currently manufactured option, among the brands we carry, comes closest to the discontinued one, and bring that to your board as the substitute — rather than asking them to approve a product that no longer exists.
- Will you take on a repair job, or is it full replacement only?
- Both, and there's no minimum job size for either. One damaged section, a single elevation, or one unit within a bigger building — each gets priced individually. Color match is usually the deciding factor: after 15 to 25 years of sun exposure, a patch may not blend in, and when that's the case we'll suggest re-siding the elevation instead.
- Will you work with me on a storm-damage or insurance siding claim in Brooklyn Park?
- We can help, though most of our Brooklyn Park work is routine replacement and repair rather than storm claims. When a job is storm-related, we photograph the damaged elevations and turn that record over to your insurance adjuster. Our role is repairing the siding — we don't act as your public adjuster.
Christian Musta
Owner, Midwest Building Exteriors
Christian Musta owns Midwest Building Exteriors, a family-led exterior restoration company with offices in Richfield, Eagan, and St. Croix Falls. He has spent 10 years in the insurance restoration industry and holds a Minnesota Public Adjuster license — a credential that reflects his command of policy language, coverage, and claim ethics. Midwest Building Exteriors does not act as a public adjuster on jobs it repairs; Christian applies that insurance knowledge to how our crews document damage and communicate with the homeowner's own insurance adjuster during a project. Every city guide on this site is written and reviewed by him, using measurements, adjuster scopes, and tear-off findings from jobs his own crews completed.
- 10 years of experience in the insurance restoration industry
- Licensed Minnesota Public Adjuster — held as a credential of competency, ethics, and policy-language knowledge, not an adjusting service we provide
- Minnesota-licensed residential building contractor
- Manufacturer-certified roofing installer (Owens Corning, TAMKO, CertainTeed)
- Installs vinyl, LP SmartSide, fiber cement, and steel siding systems
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