Door Trim Installation for Fort Saskatchewan, AB

If there is wood or vinyl exterior trim around your windows and doors, it can begin to erode, warp and decay over time. Trim in bad shape does not only look unattractive, but it can enable water to get underneath and create more harm. While bad weather and other elements will surely cause damage, you can make repairs and replace trim, so the outside of your house looks more attractive and resists damage. Contact Handyman Connection of Edmonton for trim repair and replacement in your Fort Saskatchewan, AB home.

Should I Replace My Home’s Exterior Trim?

The best way to check for trim issues is by taking a walk around your house. If you notice cracks, holes, damaged, wobbly or decaying wood, you should call Handyman Connection of Edmonton. We’ll then figure out whether your trim can be maintained or should be totally replaced. If wood isn’t deteriorating, significantly warped or seriously broken, a professional can make a few fast repairs to return trim to ideal shape.

Trim Options

• Wood: Wood is the most common material for exterior trim. It’s available in either whole boards or finger-jointed sections. Finger-jointed wood trim is just shorter wood pieces that lock together. It’s easy to install wood trim and accepts paint well.
• Plastic: There are two main types of plastic trim, polyurethane and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Polyurethane is slightly more expensive, but more dense and ready to paint. PVC needs to be sanded prior to painting.
• Fiber-cement: This is a combination of cement, sand and wood-fiber support. It’s resilient, fire resistant and resistant to water and insects. Most fiber-cement trim is moisture repellent, which means paint will last for years to come.
• Laminated veneer lumber: Wood veneer layers come in parallel grains and two veneer crossbands, and are coated by an average thickness overlay to make this substance.
• Hardboard: Hardboard external trim is made from hardwood chips that are warmed with steam and water and then pushed into board stock. During pressing, lignin that is part of wood, will become present again and serve as adhesive to keep the board together. The adhesive makes the hardboard more resistant to rot than wood.

Call Us Today

Need exterior trim replacement services? Call Handyman Connection of Edmonton for an estimate. Having new external trim not only makes your home’s exterior more appealing, it also provides waterproofing at corners and surrounding doors and windows. With more materials to use than ever before, there is no time like the present to replace your decrepit, worn out exterior trim. Call us today at 780-414-6152 for an estimate.