Siding Replacement
Contractor in Los Angeles
Done Right, Once.

Yes. Inside the City of Los Angeles, replacing siding over solid sheathing with an approved weather-resistive barrier, re-stuccoing a house and replacing siding with stucco are express permits at LADBS (no plan check) when the wall is 5 feet or more from the property line; closer walls go through plan check. Burbank, Glendale, Calabasas, Pasadena and the other independent cities issue theirs through their own building departments. We pull the permit in our name.

In a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (which replaced Chapter 7A on January 1, 2026) applies to alterations and repairs, so a re-side has to comply. Fiber cement, metal and three-coat stucco qualify as noncombustible; exterior-rated fire-retardant-treated wood qualifies as ignition-resistant; untreated wood needs a tested assembly behind it; vinyl is generally not used; paints and coatings are not an approved method of protection.

Stucco suits the Spanish, ranch and Mediterranean houses that were built with it and costs less to refresh when the base is sound. Fiber cement suits mid-century, Craftsman and contemporary houses, takes paint well, resists fire and termites and needs no cure time. On a house whose stucco has failed to the lath, a full re-stucco and a fiber cement conversion land in overlapping ranges, so the choice is about the architecture; see stucco vs. fiber cement vs. wood.

Our crew takes 2–4 weeks on site for a full replacement on a typical house. Fiber cement goes up in days once the tear-off and repairs are done; a three-coat stucco job waits for each coat to cure and then 28 days before paint, which is why stucco sits at the long end. Hillside houses add scaffolding time; the Calabasas project on this page ran six weeks because the house is three levels on a slope with rot repairs behind the siding.

Always the barrier and the flashing. New siding over an old, torn weather barrier is the most common reason a re-side fails within a few years. We strip to the sheathing, repair what we find, install a new weather-resistive barrier lapped the right way, flash every window, door, deck ledger and corner, and only then install the siding.

A 10-year written workmanship warranty on our installation, in the contract. Manufacturer product warranties are separate and depend on the product; where the manufacturer offers registration, we register it in your name at completion.

The San Fernando Valley (Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Encino, Van Nuys, Valley Glen, Woodland Hills, Reseda, Winnetka, Pacoima, Sun Valley), Burbank and Glendale, and the Westside and foothill cities: Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Culver City, Pasadena, Calabasas and Malibu. Our office is in Valley Glen; the estimate is free and on site.

Our Los Angeles Remodeling FAQ answers 83 questions, including siding and stucco costs, permits, fire-zone materials and repair vs. replacement, with every cost figure tied to the page that owns it.

Three things: the scope you choose, the condition of the house once we open it up, and the finish level. Each is settled in writing, first in the fixed price after the free on-site visit, then in a written change order if a Los Angeles house hides something, so the number never moves without your signature; LADBS requirements are built in. Planning ranges by tier are in the siding cost guide.