Siding Contractor Aylmer

The housing stock in Aylmer, and what it means for cladding

Pre-1930 — The core and the surrounding farm properties. Wood frame construction is far more common here than in London. Many of these walls have been re-clad two or three times and the original sheathing is genuinely unknown until tear-off.

1960s–1990s — The residential streets off Talbot Street. Aluminum and early vinyl on modest bungalow stock.

Permits and approvals in Town of Aylmer

Aylmer runs its own building department as a lower-tier municipality in Elgin County. Agricultural outbuildings on surrounding township land fall under Malahide rather than the Town, which is a common point of confusion when a property straddles the boundary.

Permits and inspections for Aylmer are handled by Town of Aylmer Building Department.

Weather exposure in Aylmer

Aylmer sits in open agricultural country with limited windbreak between fields, so exposed elevations see sustained rather than gusting wind loads. That favours mechanical fastening systems over hung panels on the most exposed walls.

That points the material choice in a specific direction:

• Board and batten or steel on agricultural outbuildings.
• Engineered wood on farmhouse renovations where a wood profile suits the building.

What we most often find on Aylmer walls

• Multiple layers of historic cladding on old frame walls, discovered at tear-off.
• Wind-driven rain on unsheltered elevations with no adjacent structures to break it.
• Outbuilding cladding failing years before the house does, because it was specified as agricultural rather than residential.

Working in Aylmer

Aylmer sits at the centre of a working agricultural area, and a meaningful share of the exterior cladding work here is on outbuildings, drive sheds and farm structures rather than houses — which is a different material conversation, usually steel or board and batten rather than vinyl lap.

About 40 minutes southeast of London via Highway 3.

Areas of Aylmer we cover

Downtown core, Talbot Street corridor, East Aylmer, Malahide edge.