Do you work in Salishan?

Yes. We work across the Eastside, Salishan included, on both the rebuilt homes and older houses nearby.

My house was built after 2002. Does it need roof work yet?

Often not a new roof, but sealant, vent boots and gutters on homes that age can need attention. A checkup catches it early.

Can you repair siding on an older Eastside house?

Yes. We cut out rotted boards and match the profile as closely as we can, keeping the sound siding in place.

Do you need to know how old my house is?

It helps. Prewar, 1970s to 1990s and post-2002 homes each have different weak points, so the age guides the visit.

Can you do roof and siding work together?

Yes. Doing both together lets us flash the roof-to-wall junctions properly instead of working around old siding.

Roof and siding work across Tacoma's Eastside, old houses and new

Few parts of Tacoma mix housing ages the way the Eastside does. A street of prewar homes can sit a few blocks from houses built after 2002.

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Roofer checking vent boots on a newer Eastside home

Short answer

Yes, we work throughout Tacoma's Eastside, where housing mixes pre-1939 homes with 1970 to 1999 construction and the rebuilt Salishan community. That range means very different roofs a few blocks apart. Older homes need careful repairs over board sheathing, while the newer homes are reaching the age where first roofs, siding and gutters start needing attention.

Three eras of housing on one side of town

The Eastside is one of Tacoma's eight neighborhood councils. NeighborhoodScout describes its housing as a mix of homes built before 1939 and construction from 1970 to 1999, and mostly owner-occupied. Add Salishan, rebuilt after 2002, and the Eastside covers three distinct eras.

Prewar homes here share the needs of older houses across Tacoma: board sheathing, chimneys with tired flashing, and rot at eaves and sills. Houses from the 1970s to 1990s are usually on their second roof, sometimes laid over the first. Each era gets a different kind of visit, so we ask about the age of the house when you call.

Salishan and its newer homes

Salishan began as a World War II housing project. A 2001 HOPE VI grant funded demolition starting in 2002 and about 1,400 new homes. Those homes are much younger than most of Tacoma, and their roofs and siding have now been through two decades of wet winters.

On houses that age, the first problems are usually small: sealant at vents and flashing drying out, gutters clogged or sagging, and siding joints opening near trim. Catching those early is cheaper than letting water into the wall. Our roof maintenance page and siding repair page cover what a checkup includes.

Rotted lap siding replaced near the ground on an older house

Siding takes the rain here too

Tacoma's own climate table shows about 40.81 inches of rain a year over roughly 155 wet days. Siding has to shed that rain just as the roof does. On older Eastside homes, we see wood siding split and rotted near the ground and under windows. On newer ones, it is caulk joints at trim and penetrations that let go first.

We repair what is failing and match profiles where we can. When an elevation has too much damage to patch, new siding with a proper rainscreen and house wrap is the longer fix. A single-family reroof in Tacoma is often exempt from a permit when coverings come off and framing stays the same, so roof and siding work can often run back to back.