Metal Siding in Saskatoon
Steel and aluminum cladding for homeowners who want the toughest wall on the block and a finish that keeps its colour through prairie sun.
Steel is what this climate cannot beat up, and Saskatoon Siding Co installs it on houses for exactly that reason. Metal siding used to mean farm buildings. The current generation of prefinished steel and aluminum panels belongs on architecture, and it is the strongest cladding case for a home that has already lost one exterior to a hailstorm.
Where Metal Earns Its Place
Three arguments bring Saskatoon homeowners to metal. Hail is the first: a steel wall takes the storm that writes off vinyl. Fire is the second, and on the narrow lot setbacks of newer infill, a non-combustible wall between you and the neighbour’s barbecue is worth more than most upgrades. The third is the look, because concealed-fastener vertical steel is the cladding language of modern prairie design, and nothing imitates it convincingly.
The build-out matters as much as the material. Panels get cut cold rather than torched, cut edges land inside trim so they never sit raw to the weather, and every penetration is flashed with metal bent to the house on our brake. Fastening follows the panel system’s spec so the wall can move through the temperature swing without oil-canning, the wavy read a metal wall gets when someone screws it down like deck boards.
Profiles for Both Eras of Saskatoon Housing
Vertical board-and-batten steel and standing-seam-style wall panels suit contemporary builds and additions. Horizontal steel lap, which reads like conventional siding at ten feet, suits the post-war stock in established neighbourhoods like Sutherland where the goal is durability without changing the street’s character. Accent walls mixing steel with Hardie board or wood-look cladding let one material carry the exposure the weather actually attacks.
Metal pairs naturally with the rest of the exterior envelope, and most metal projects here include soffit, fascia, and eavestrough in matching finish, bent and hung by the same crew.
The quote is written and product-specific: panel system, gauge, finish line, flashing plan. If a different cladding serves your house better for the money, the quote conversation is where we will say so.
What's Included
- Prefinished steel and aluminum, horizontal and vertical profiles
- Concealed-fastener panels for a clean modern face
- Baked-on finishes rated for prairie UV
- Non-combustible cladding, a real consideration on tight infill lots
- Matching flashings bent to the house, not forced from stock
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Metal & Steel Siding Questions
Everyone asks about the noise. Does a steel wall drum in a storm?
No, and the reason is what the panels are attached to. Wall steel fastens against solid sheathing, so there is no open cavity to resonate the way a pole-shed roof does. During hail the racket in your house comes from the windows and the trough, and the steel wall is busy being the one surface likely to come through unmarked.
Steel or aluminum?
Steel is harder and takes hail better, which makes it the default recommendation here. Aluminum is lighter, will never rust at a cut edge, and remains the standard for trim, soffit, and fascia work. Many of our exteriors use both, steel on the walls and aluminum on the finishing metal, and the quote names which goes where.
Will the colour fade?
Modern metal finishes are baked on and warranted for decades against chalking and fade. Prairie sun is a real test, and the south face of any home ages fastest, but a factory finish on steel outlasts field paint on wood by a wide margin. Dark modern colours hold up far better than they did a generation ago.
Does metal siding dent?
It can, under a direct hit that vinyl would crack through and fibre cement would shrug. The honest ranking for hail is that steel and fibre cement trade the top spot depending on stone size, and both leave vinyl behind. Panel profile matters too, since ribbed and textured faces hide small dings that a flat panel would show.
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