The neighborhoods between downtown and Fourth Plain are where this trade started for us. Walk Hough or Shumway and you will see the pattern on house after house: a 1915 or 1925 frame, and over it a layer of gray or painted cement shingles put on sometime after the war when the original cedar was tired. That shingle is the material people mean when they say transite siding, and it is still on more houses in 98660 and 98663 than anywhere else in the county.
Most of our Central Vancouver work comes from two situations. The first is a reside, where a homeowner wants the cement board gone so new fiber cement or wood can go on properly instead of over the top. The second is a sale, where the inspector flagged the siding and the buyer wants it handled before closing. Both need the same thing from us: a lab result, a filed Southwest Clean Air Agency notice, a crew that pulls every piece wet and whole, and a manifest showing where it went.
Burnt Bridge Siding Removal quotes these houses from the address and a few photos. Old frames here usually have the shingles nailed through a felt layer into the original wood, which comes off clean when you lift the nails instead of prying the board. That is slower than a demo crew, and it is the difference between a legal job and a cloud of dust in a neighborhood where houses sit twelve feet apart.
Historic blocks and what they change
Carter Park is a listed historic district and parts of Hough and Arnada carry city design guidance, so before you pick replacement siding, check with the City of Vancouver whether the new exterior needs review. The removal itself does not, but the reside might.
Streets we work on most
- Hough
- Arnada
- Carter Park
- Shumway
- Lincoln
- Uptown Village
- Officers Row
- Clark College
- Esther Short Park
Pricing in Central Vancouver follows the same table as everywhere we work. The cost guide lists every range, and the SWCAA notice page explains the 10 day wait and who may legally do the work.