Replacing your house’s siding is not usually a priority to most people. But it should be. The prime time to attend to your siding is not when strenuous problems present themselves, you need to make regular maintenance of your siding if and when an issue arises. For instance, when your siding breaks or cracks, you have to address it before any other part of the house is affected. In case the siding starts to leak, addressing the issue will become costly. So, there are lots of signs that you need to be aware of when you want to make any repairs to your siding.

Once you start to make regular checks on your house’s siding, look for the following signs:

Repainting the house

If you keep repainting your siding after every four to five years, then your siding must be having an issue. Quality siding will still have its color and shape for approximately a decade. When you start to see pealing, cracking, or chipping, these are signs that you need to make a replacement.

Rotted or Warped Siding

It is also important to make regular checks around your house’s siding on a regular basis. Use a screwdriver to poke the warped area of the siding to check if the underlayer is still hard. If it feels soft, it has started to rot and you need to replace the siding as soon as possible.

Increased energy bills

There are lots of reasons as to why your energy bills soar. One of the first inspections to perform is checking the status of the attic and the roof. Once these two areas are ruled out, you can inspect the siding. A poor siding and low-grade wall insulation can be the cause of the rise in heating and cooling costs.

Bubbling

Bubbles present in the siding is a sure sign that water is being trapped. Siding is supposed to keep away moisture from getting to the interior walls.

Mold, fungus and mildew

When you see molds growing on the sidings, it is a sign that water is passing through. The mildew or fungus is as a result of the wall holding water which should not be the case. The repairs needed might extend to roof remodeling.