Siding & Roofing in Burnaby

Burnaby sits at the geographic centre of Metro Vancouver, and that central position says a lot about the exterior work the city needs. Push out in any direction and the housing changes character, from quiet post-war streets on one side to glass towers and townhome complexes on the other. Mega Siding Exterior covers all of it. We are based in Port Moody, a short drive up the highway, so Burnaby is comfortable, familiar ground for our crews rather than a job on the far edge of a service map.

What makes Burnaby unusual is the split running through it. Neighbourhoods like Capitol Hill, Burnaby Heights, Willingdon Heights and Buckingham are full of established homes, many still wearing the siding they were built with decades ago. At the same time, the town centres at Metrotown, Brentwood and Lougheed have exploded with condo and townhome development, which means a huge stock of strata and multi-family buildings that need envelope care. Add the larger character homes around Deer Lake and the exposure up on Burnaby Mountain, where SFU sits, and you get a city where a contractor has to be equally at home on a single family re-clad and a multi-building strata project.

That range is exactly what we are built for. Whether the job is one tired bungalow that deserves better or a row of townhomes with failing cladding, the work rests on the same foundation: understanding the building envelope and respecting the weather it has to stand up to.

Siding installation and replacement in Burnaby

Siding is the heart of what we do, and Burnaby gives us the full spread of it. We install and replace every major system: James Hardie fiber cement, vinyl and premium vinyl, engineered wood, natural cedar, and architectural metal and aluminum panel. Each has its place. The right pick comes down to the home, the street it sits on, the budget and the look you want, and we walk you through the trade-offs rather than steering you toward whatever is easiest for us.

For a great many Burnaby homeowners, especially those re-cladding an older house, James Hardie fiber cement is the clear front-runner. It shrugs off the Coast rain, resists rot, fire and insects, and holds its colour far longer than the paint on aging wood siding ever could. On a Burnaby Heights or Capitol Hill street where the houses sit close and the weather is relentless, that durability is worth a lot. As a certified James Hardie Alliance contractor, our crews are trained in the complete Hardie system, from Plank and Panel through to trim and the finishing details that make the difference.

A siding replacement with us is never a surface-only job. We strip the old cladding, look hard at the sheathing and framing underneath, put right the weather-resistive barrier and rainscreen, detail every flashing and every window and door opening, and hand the site back clean with a proper walkthrough. If we open a wall and find rot or trapped moisture, you hear about it immediately, with photos, so you can make an informed call instead of paying for a problem to be quietly covered up.

Rainscreen built for the way it rains in Burnaby

Burnaby earns its share of the Coast's rain, and rain is the quiet enemy of any wall that cannot drain. The most common reason we find siding failing and framing rotting in Burnaby is a missing or broken rainscreen: the narrow drainage cavity behind the cladding that lets a wall shed water and breathe.

Older homes across Capitol Hill, Burnaby Heights, Willingdon Heights and Buckingham are the most exposed to this. Many were built before rainscreen construction became standard practice, so water that slips behind the siding has nowhere to go. If your cladding is aging, if you are seeing stains, soft spots or paint that keeps peeling, moisture may already be sitting against the sheathing. When we re-side, we build the wall the right way, with a drainage gap, correct membrane laps and flashings that actually direct water out. That is the line between a job that photographs well on day one and one that keeps protecting the house for decades.

The same physics apply to the newer buildings around Metrotown, Brentwood and Lougheed, where rainscreen detailing is central to a wall assembly that lasts. Whatever the age of the structure, we treat the drainage plane as the part of the job that matters most, because it is.

Exterior insulation and the BC Step Code

Re-siding is the ideal moment to make a Burnaby home warmer and quieter, and that is where exterior insulation comes in. Adding a layer of continuous insulation outside the sheathing cuts the thermal bridging that ordinary wall framing suffers, which means lower heating bills, fewer cold spots and a more comfortable house. It is also part of how new construction meets the BC Step Code, the provincial framework nudging buildings toward better energy performance.

We can fold exterior insulation into a re-clad so the wall goes back together as a genuinely upgraded assembly, not just fresh cladding over the same old problems. For builders and developers working to a Step Code target on a Burnaby project, we handle the continuous insulation and the rainscreen over top of it as one coordinated system, with the detailing at windows, doors and transitions worked out properly.

Roofing across Burnaby

We keep siding and roofing under one roof, so to speak, which suits Burnaby homeowners tackling a whole exterior. The city has every roof type going, and we install and repair all of them: asphalt and architectural shingles, standing seam and other metal roofing, torch-on flat and low-slope membranes, and cedar shake, including conversions from high-maintenance cedar to systems that ask less of you.

A Burnaby roof takes a steady beating from rain and from the leaves and needles that come down off the mature trees in areas like Deer Lake and the older neighbourhoods. When a roof starts to leak, our instinct is to hunt down the real source and fix it, extending the roof's life rather than pushing a tear-off nobody needs. When a roof has truly reached the end, we replace it with the underlayment, flashing and ventilation done right so the new one earns its keep. Roof restoration and repair are a real part of the work here, not just full replacements.

Because both trades are ours, a Burnaby homeowner can run the whole exterior through one accountable crew, from the ridge and the soffit and fascia down to the last row of siding.

Soffit, fascia and exterior finishing

The details at the edge of a house do more than tidy up the look. Soffit and fascia close off the roofline, keep pests and weather out of the eaves, and carry the ventilation a roof assembly relies on. When we re-side or re-roof a Burnaby home, we take care of the soffit and fascia as part of the package so the finished exterior reads as one clean, consistent piece rather than a patchwork of old and new.

Exterior finishing is the rest of that story: trim, corners, transitions and the tidy meeting points where materials come together. It is the part of a project people notice without quite knowing why, and it is where good crews separate themselves. We hold that standard on every Burnaby home we touch, and it is a big reason our restorations look finished rather than merely repaired.

The Burnaby neighbourhoods we work in

Burnaby is a large, layered city, and we work right across it. On Capitol Hill, in Burnaby Heights and through Willingdon Heights, we re-side and re-roof established homes that have earned an upgrade after decades of weather. Around Buckingham and the larger character properties near Deer Lake, we take on homes where the finish and proportions deserve respect. Out toward Edmonds and the southern edge of the city, we work on both single homes and the townhome and strata stock that fills those neighbourhoods.

At the Metrotown, Brentwood and Lougheed town centres, the work leans toward multi-family and strata buildings, where envelope repairs and re-clads keep whole communities dry and looking sharp. In quieter enclaves like Montecito, we handle single family exteriors with the same care. Wherever the address, the aim does not change: an exterior that performs and looks right, installed by a crew that respects your property and leaves it clean at the end of each day.

Siding and envelope work for Burnaby stratas and property managers

A large slice of Burnaby's housing is strata and multi-family, and we are set up for that world. We work with strata councils, property managers and building envelope consultants on re-clads, rainscreen restoration and targeted repairs, from a single building to phased work across several. We coordinate with depreciation reports and engineers so the scope is defined properly and the finished work stands up to review.

Multi-family projects carry demands a single home does not: residents living on site throughout, access and staging to plan around, and schedules that have to hold. We approach that work with clear communication, tidy staging and steady progress, so the building stays livable while the envelope gets fixed. For property managers juggling several Burnaby buildings, having one crew that handles both siding and roofing keeps the whole exterior scope simple and accountable.

Working with Burnaby builders and developers

Burnaby keeps building, and for the general contractors and developers driving that, we bring a disciplined approach to the cladding and roofing scope. That means drawing review, material coordination, checks on the substrate and weather barrier before any cladding goes up, installation documented with photos, and a clean closeout with warranty paperwork in order.

Bringing us in early, at the consultant or schematic stage of a Burnaby project, pays off. We can give useful input on rainscreen depths, insulation strategy under the Step Code, transitions and flashing details before those choices get locked in and expensive to change. The result is an envelope that performs on paper and on the wall.

A certified James Hardie contractor close to Burnaby

Working from Port Moody, a straight run down the highway from Burnaby, is a real edge for our clients here. It keeps our response times short and our read on local conditions sharp. Pair that with our James Hardie Alliance certification and more than ten years in the trade, and you get a contractor who is both genuinely nearby and properly qualified for the systems going onto your home.

We work for Burnaby homeowners who want a house that looks sharp and lasts, for stratas and property managers who need a re-clad delivered on schedule and to spec, and for builders who need a dependable exterior crew. The standard never moves: honest assessments, clean workmanship, and an exterior built for the way it actually weathers in Burnaby.

Book a free Burnaby assessment

If you are thinking about new siding, a roof, or a full exterior in Burnaby, the right first step is a free on-site assessment. We will look over the home or building, talk through the options in plain terms, and come back with a clear, written, line-itemed quote, with no obligation and no pressure. Call us at 604-315-2251 or request a quote online, and we will follow up within one business day to set a time that suits you.