Siding Problems We See Most in North Kingstown
North Kingstown splits between very old and fairly new. Wickford village holds wood clapboard and cedar shingle walls that have been maintained, repaired and painted for generations.
Those walls do not fail like vinyl. They fail at the paint film, at the nail heads and at the bottom courses where splashback keeps the wood wet after every storm.
The newer subdivisions along Post Road run vinyl, and their problem is exposure. The water is never far in North Kingstown, so salt reaches walls that owners assume are safely inland.