Siding Contractors in Sag Harbor, NY
Whaling-era clapboard, Noyac cottages, and Northwest Woods contemporaries: AP sides them all, estimate free.
Siding Work That Fits Sag Harbor's Old Streets
Sag Harbor's housing is older than almost anywhere else we work. The streets off Main Street, Madison, and Division hold Greek Revival, Federal, and Italianate houses from the whaling years, mostly in painted clapboard with a few in cedar shingle. Outside the village, in Noyac on the Southampton side and the Northwest Woods and Sag Harbor hamlet areas on the East Hampton side, the housing shifts to 1950s cottages, 1970s and 80s contemporaries, and newer shingle-style builds. AP Siding & Windows installs horizontal lap, cedar shake, vinyl shake, fiber cement clapboard and shingle, board and batten, and insulated vinyl across all of it.
The harbor opens onto Shelter Island Sound and the Peconic, and the exposure here is different from the ocean towns. Winter northeasters come straight down the harbor, drive rain under lap siding, and keep the north and east walls wet. Summer is gentler but still salty. On the village's clapboard houses we strip to the sheathing, repair rot at sills and corner boards, and refasten with stainless. We recommend fiber cement clapboard most here because it holds paint far longer than wood and the historic board accepts it on many streets. In Noyac and the Northwest Woods, under heavy tree cover, the concern is shade and moss, so we focus on airflow and house wrap.
Sag Harbor at a Glance
- ZIP
- 11963
- Township
- Town of Southampton and Town of East Hampton
- Permits
- Village of Sag Harbor Building Department inside the Village; Town of Southampton or Town of East Hampton outside it
- County
- Suffolk County
- Estimates
- Free, in person, written price after measuring
- Crew
- In-house, based in East Northport
Sag Harbor Areas We Serve
The village historic district, from Main Street up Madison, Hampton, and Division Streets to the Jermain Avenue area, is where the whaling captains' houses and worker cottages stand. Redwood and Azurest, on the harbor side, have mid-century homes on water-view lots. Noyac, west along Noyac Road and around Long Beach, is cottages and newer houses on Peconic Bay. Bay Point and the streets off Noyac Road are compact waterfront neighborhoods. On the East Hampton side, Northwest Woods and the roads off Swamp Road and Route 114 are wooded lots with contemporaries and shingle-style houses from the 1980s onward.
The Village, Noyac, and the Northwest Woods
We serve the Village of Sag Harbor on both sides of the town line, plus Noyac, Bay Point, and the hamlet areas with a Sag Harbor address in East Hampton Town. Bridgehampton, Water Mill, and East Hampton Village are each a short run down Route 114 or the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike.
All siding townsFrequently asked questions
What is a fair price for siding on a Sag Harbor village house?
Old clapboard houses carry a lot of trim, and that is usually where the money goes: corner boards, window casings, water tables, and cornice returns, plus whatever rot we find at the sills. Measured wall area, material, tear-off, and that trim work set the price. Vinyl keeps the cost down; fiber cement is the premium end. We measure in person and the estimate is written and free.
Which building department covers my Sag Harbor siding permit?
Sag Harbor is unusual. The Village sits in both the Town of Southampton and the Town of East Hampton, but inside the village line the Village of Sag Harbor Building Department issues permits in either town, and the Board of Historic Preservation and Architectural Review signs off first in the historic district. Outside the village, Noyac goes to Southampton Town and the Northwest Woods to East Hampton Town.
What siding is best for Sag Harbor's harbor-facing exposure?
For the village's clapboard houses, fiber cement lap is our usual recommendation: it holds paint, resists the rain that northeasters drive down the harbor, and matches the original reveal. Cedar clapboard is right if the review board asks for it. In Noyac and the wooded East Hampton lots, insulated vinyl or vinyl shake is sensible and economical. Stainless fasteners go on every job regardless.
How long will my Sag Harbor siding job run?
A vinyl re-side on a typical cottage in Noyac or the Northwest Woods takes three to five working days. A clapboard replacement on a historic village house takes longer because of trim replication and sill repair. A northeaster can stop work for a day. We reserve the crew for the whole job so nobody is waiting on us between visits.
Can you replace windows during a Sag Harbor siding job?
Yes. On the historic houses, the review board will want true-divided or simulated-divided-light units in the original proportion, and we match that. With the clapboard off we set double-hung, casement, or custom-shape windows into the sheathing, flash them, and side back to the casing. In Noyac and the Northwest Woods, standard vinyl or fiberglass replacements go in the same way on the same visit.
My house is in the Sag Harbor Village Historic District. What should I expect?
The historic district covers most of the village core, and the Board of Historic Preservation and Architectural Review reviews exterior changes before a permit issues. Street-facing walls generally need wood or an approved fiber cement in a matching profile; vinyl is rarely approved. We prepare the application with samples and photos, attend the hearing with you, and price the job around what the board will allow.
Why Sag Harbor Homeowners Choose AP
- In-house crews. Replicating 1840s trim profiles on a Sag Harbor clapboard house is detail work, and we keep it with our own installers rather than handing it to a sub.
- Written price after we measure. We measure every wall, probe sills and corners for rot, and account for historic review before writing a price you can hold us to.
- Based nearby in East Northport. Sag Harbor is around an hour and three quarters from our shop, so we schedule it as a dedicated run and keep the crew on site through the last coat of trim paint.