Exterior Remodeling · Every Trade · Colorado
Exterior Remodeling Contractor in Colorado — Every Trade, One Company, One Warranty
Roofing, siding, windows, doors, decks, gutters and exterior painting — handled by one contractor, on one contract, under one vertical warranty covering every trade. No sequencing three companies yourself. No standing between trades who blame each other when something leaks. One number to call, and one company that owns the result.
Quick Answer: Who Handles a Whole-Home Exterior in Colorado?
Northern Lights Exteriors is a licensed Colorado general contractor that self-performs the full exterior — roofing, siding, windows and doors, decks and outdoor living, gutters, and exterior painting. That means one estimate, one schedule, one project lead, and one vertical warranty across all trades, instead of three or four separate companies each warranting only their own piece.
Most homeowners find us while searching for two trades at once — roofing and siding, siding and windows, roof and siding replacement cost. Combining them is usually cheaper and always better built, because the trades meet correctly instead of being cut in after the fact.
Why One Source Matters: The Finger-Pointing Problem
Ask anyone who has re-sided a house one year and replaced the windows the next what happened when water showed up. The window company says the siding was flashed wrong. The siding company says the window was set wrong. Both are certain. Neither is paying. The homeowner is left in the middle, funding the argument.
It happens because the failure almost never sits inside one trade — it sits at the joint between two of them. Roof-to-wall flashing. Window head flashing under siding. Deck ledger through the wall assembly. Gutter and fascia and drip edge. Those are precisely the details that fall between two contracts, and precisely where Colorado freeze-thaw, wind-driven rain and hail find their way in.
One contract, one schedule
Every trade is sequenced against the others deliberately — roof before siding, windows before trim — instead of each company defending its own calendar. Nobody is waiting on a subcontractor they cannot reach.
One vertical warranty
One warranty covering every trade, from one source. When the roof, the wall and the window are all ours, there is no seam in the coverage and no question about who owns the fix.
One point of contact
One project lead who knows the whole scope, plus your own client portal — selections, schedule, photos and documents in one place, so you are never reconstructing the project from a text thread.
One set of details that actually meet
Flashing, trim, transitions and terminations get designed as one assembly. That is the part you cannot buy by hiring the cheapest bid in each trade.
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Every Exterior Trade, Under One Roof
These are the trades we self-perform. Each has its own detailed page — but on a multi-trade project they arrive as one plan.
Roofing
Asphalt, Class 4 impact-resistant, metal and flat roofing — plus insurance-claim documentation when the damage is storm related.
Siding
James Hardie® fiber cement, LP SmartSide®, metal and stone — we install all of them, so the recommendation fits your house rather than our inventory.
Windows & Doors
Fiberglass, composite, wood-clad and vinyl windows from Pella, Marvin, Andersen and Anlin, plus entry, patio and sliding doors from Therma-Tru, ProVia and Pella. Brand-agnostic, full-frame or insert.
Decks & Outdoor Living
Composite and PVC decks, plus covered patios and pergolas — engineered, permitted, and built for Colorado snow load.
Gutters
Seamless and oversized gutter systems, sized to the roof they actually drain rather than to a default.
Commercial, Multifamily & HOA
Occupied-building exteriors, HOA and multifamily re-clads, and the phasing that keeps residents in place while the work happens.
We also handle exterior painting as part of a wider remodel — most often alongside siding repair, trim replacement or a re-clad.
The Combinations People Actually Ask For
Very few people search for “an exterior remodel”. They search for two trades at once, because that is how the work really lands. Here is how each pairing behaves.
Roofing and siding
The most common pairing after a hail storm, and the one with the most to gain from a single contractor. Roof goes first so step and counter flashing tie into the new wall rather than being reused. Done separately, the second trade inherits the first one’s flashing and warrants around it. See roofing and siding.
Siding and windows
Windows before siding, every time. Setting new windows first lets head flashing, sill pans and trim be integrated into the wall assembly instead of cut in around existing openings — and it is the only sequence where you get a genuinely continuous water barrier. It is also the pairing where doing it together saves the most, since the trim is bought and cut once. See windows.
Siding and decks
The deck ledger penetrates the wall, so the ledger flashing has to be part of the siding assembly, not applied over it. Replacing siding around an existing deck usually means the ledger detail stays whatever it was. Doing both together is the moment to fix it. See decks and outdoor living.
Siding, gutters and fascia
Fascia, drip edge and gutter hangers all live in the same few inches. When a gutter company works behind a siding company, that edge is where callbacks come from. Combined, it is one detail. See seamless gutters.
On pricing, the honest version: a combined project usually costs less than the same scopes bought separately, because mobilization, staging, disposal and permitting are paid once instead of two or three times. We do not publish a multi-trade price because the number depends entirely on which trades and what condition — but the individual guides are public: siding cost in Colorado, and financing options if the project is bigger than the year allows.
How a Multi-Trade Project Actually Runs
- One walk-through, every trade at once. We look at the roof, walls, openings, deck and drainage in one visit, because they fail as a system.
- One itemized estimate. Each trade priced separately inside a single document, so you can see what each piece costs and drop or defer any of it.
- One schedule, sequenced correctly. Roof, then openings, then cladding, then trim and gutters, then deck and paint.
- One project lead and your portal. Selections, schedule, photos and documents in one place, updated as the work moves.
- One walk-through at the end, and one warranty. One company signs off on the whole exterior.
Recent Multi-Trade Projects Across Colorado
Every one of these involved more than one trade on the same house.
Where We Work
We work across the Front Range and Northern Colorado — the Denver metro, Boulder County, and up through Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins and Greeley — and into the mountains in Summit County. Each city has its own page with local permit and code detail:
Exterior Remodeling FAQs
Can one contractor really handle roofing, siding, windows and decks?
Yes — that is how we are set up. Northern Lights Exteriors is a licensed Class C general contractor, and roofing, siding, windows, doors, decks, gutters and exterior painting are all handled by our own project team on one contract, one schedule and one warranty. You are not hiring four companies and coordinating them yourself.
What happens when something goes wrong and the trades blame each other?
That is the exact problem this structure removes. When a roofer, a siding company and a window installer all work on the same wall, a leak turns into an argument about whose flashing failed — and the homeowner is stuck in the middle paying for the referee. Because every trade here is ours, there is no one to point at. One company is responsible for the whole exterior.
Is it cheaper to do siding and windows at the same time?
Usually the combined project costs less than the same scopes done separately, because you pay once for mobilization, staging, disposal and permitting instead of two or three times. The bigger saving is sequencing: windows installed before siding lets the trim and flashing be integrated properly rather than cut in afterwards.
Should the roof or the siding go first?
Roof first in most cases, so that step and counter flashing can be tied into the new wall assembly rather than reused. Where a project includes both, we sequence them deliberately — which is difficult to arrange when two separate companies are each protecting their own schedule.
Do you work on occupied homes and buildings?
Yes. Most of our residential work happens while people are living in the house, and our commercial, multifamily and HOA work is almost always in occupied buildings, phased so residents keep access to their entries and parking.
Where in Colorado do you work?
Across the Front Range and Northern Colorado — the Denver metro, Boulder County, Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins, Greeley and the communities between them. Every city we serve has its own page with local detail and code notes.
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One Company for the Whole Exterior
Tell us which trades you are thinking about — even if it is all of them. We will walk the whole exterior, price each piece separately, and you decide what happens this year.
