Siding Contractor in Langley, BC
Mi Casa Exteriors is a trusted siding contractor in Surrey, offering installation, repair, and replacement.
Langley is two municipalities, not one. The Township of Langley covers Willoughby, Walnut Grove, Murrayville, Brookswood, Fort Langley, and Aldergrove. The City of Langley is the smaller urban core around Fraser Highway and Brydon Lagoon.
They have separate building departments. They have separate rules. If a contractor treats Langley as a single place, they haven’t done the paperwork.
Our shop sits at 19340 65 Ave in Surrey. The Township’s building department is at 20338 65 Avenue. We’re on the same road, about ten minutes apart.
If your home is in the City of Langley, that’s a different department. Same street name won’t help you there. Two Township rules catch people out:
- Pre-1990 homes. The Township's own construction guide notes that a hazardous material survey and a Notice of Project may be required for homes built before 1990. That's asbestos. It applies to a lot of Murrayville and Brookswood stock.
- Tree Protection Bylaw 2019 No. 5478. Trees measuring 20 cm or more across at chest height are protected. That matters when we need scaffolding tight to a wall with a big cedar in the way.
Permits and Paperwork in Langley, BC
Short answer: plan on needing one.
The Township requires a permit for most alterations and repairs to existing buildings. A full re-clad is an alteration to the building. Nothing in the Township’s published lists exempts it.
A small repair to one damaged area is a different conversation, and often clears without a permit.
The building information line is 604-533-6018, and the current requirements are on the Township of Langley residential building permits page. We call before we quote.
Worth saying plainly: even where no permit is needed, the BC Building Code still applies to the wall.
What Langley Homes Need
The building stock here splits cleanly, and the two halves fail differently.
Willoughby and parts of Walnut Grove went up after 2000. Most of these homes have a rainscreen already, because the BC Building Code required a 10 mm drainage gap behind cladding on coastal builds from December 15, 2006. Problems here are usually localized: a failed sealant joint, an ice-damaged corner, a wall that never got proper flashing at a deck ledger.
Murrayville, Brookswood, Fort Langley, and Aldergrove carry much older housing. Wood siding from the 1960s and 1970s. Early vinyl from the 1980s. Stucco that’s cracked at the corners and stained below. These homes often have no drainage gap at all.
We handle both. A single wall repair in Willoughby is siding repair. A full tear-off in Brookswood is siding replacement. They’re different jobs with different prices, and we won’t sell you the bigger one if you don’t need it.
Rural and Acreage Properties
South and east Langley have acreage, ALR parcels, and outbuildings. Those homes get more wind exposure than a townhouse in a Willoughby subdivision.
Wind-driven rain is the thing that fails walls out here. A wall that would stay dry in a sheltered street gets soaked repeatedly on an open field edge. That’s where a proper drainage gap earns its cost.
Ours is standard on every install, not an upgrade line item.
Tell Us About Your Project
Sharing a few details about your home or project helps us better understand your needs before we connect.
Materials that Suit Langley
- Fiber cement siding for exposed acreage walls and anything facing open ground
- Engineered wood siding when you want a wood look with less upkeep
- Cedar siding for Fort Langley homes where the character matters
- Vinyl where budget leads and exposure is low
Why Homeowners Hire Us
- In-house crews only. We don't subcontract your job out
- WorkSafeBC registered, clearance number C136733062
- $2,000,000 general liability insurance
- 25-year workmanship warranty, signed by our company and by the installer who did the work
- Zero deposit. Nothing up front, and no final payment until you're happy
- BBB Accredited
Pricing
A quote depends on the wall, not the postal code. Cladding choice, house size, storey count, and how much rot sits behind the old material all move the number.
Older Langley homes carry more unknowns than newer ones. We plan for that. If we open a wall and find more damage than expected, we stop, show you, and price it before continuing.
You get a written quote. No pressure to sign the same day.
Townhouses and Strata Properties
A lot of Willoughby and Walnut Grove housing is strata. That changes who makes the call.
The strata corporation usually controls the building exterior. You may own your unit, but you don’t own the cladding on it. Any re-side needs strata approval first.
Larger complexes often plan this as a full building envelope project. That involves the strata council, a depreciation report, and usually an engineer. It’s a different process than a single detached home.
We work on both. We’ll ask at the estimate whether your property is strata, because the answer changes the timeline more than anything else.
Signs It's Time to Call
You don’t need to guess. These are the signals we act on.
- Trim that gives when you press it. That's rot, not paint failure.
- Staining that comes back after you wash it. Something above is leaking.
- Gaps where panels meet trim or corners. Water goes in there.
- Panels that are cupped, split, or brittle. Vinyl from the 1980s and 1990s goes brittle and cracks in cold snaps.
- Peeling paint on one wall only. Usually the one facing weather.
- A musty smell inside an exterior wall. Take that one seriously.
- Any of these on a Murrayville, Brookswood, or Aldergrove home built before 2006 is worth a look. Those homes usually have no drainage gap behind the cladding.
What We Look at During an Estimate
We walk all four elevations. The wall you see from the driveway is rarely the one that’s failing.
We check the base of every wall for clearance above grade and soft spots. We press on trim. Soft trim means trapped water.
We look at every window head and sill. Those leak more than anything else on a house.
We check where decks and railings attach. Bolts through a wall are a common entry point.
If we suspect rot, we open a small test area and then close it. It’s the only reliable way to see the sheathing.
Then we write the quote.
Questions Worth Asking any Langley Contractor
- Which municipality is my address in, City or Township?
- Are you registered with WorkSafeBC, and what's the clearance number?
- How much liability insurance do you carry?
- Are the crews yours, or subcontracted?
- What deposit do you want up front?
- Who signs the workmanship warranty?
- My house is pre-1990. How are you handling the hazardous materials survey?
That last one matters here. A contractor who shrugs at it on a 1970s Murrayville home is a contractor who hasn’t read the Township’s own construction guide.
Our answers: WorkSafeBC clearance C136733062. $2,000,000 liability. In-house crews. Zero deposit. A 25-year workmanship warranty signed by our company and by your installer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work in both Langley City and Langley Township?
Yes, both. They’re separate municipalities with separate building departments, so we confirm which one applies to your address before we quote.
Do you serve Aldergrove and Fort Langley?
Yes. Both are inside our regular service area, along with Willoughby, Walnut Grove, Murrayville, and Brookswood.
My house was built in 1978. Is asbestos a problem?
It can be. Homes built before 1990 may contain asbestos in exterior materials, and BC requires a survey before that material is disturbed. We won’t start a tear-off until that’s handled properly.
Can you match siding on an addition?
Sometimes. Older profiles get discontinued, and a patch that doesn’t match is worse than a clean re-side of that elevation. We’ll tell you which one you’re looking at.
Get a Quote
Call 604-603-0257. We’ll come out, look at the walls, and give you a written price. See recent work in our gallery.