Siding Contractor Software in Florida

Most Florida houses south of Ocala are concrete block with stucco, so siding here is a North Florida and Panhandle trade first, and a gables, second stories, and soffit trade everywhere else. The frame houses in Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Pensacola are where the full jobs are, and the humidity and the termites decide the material. Wood rots from the bottom course up, and fiber cement and vinyl own the market, with the newer subdivisions in St. Johns County brick or stucco on the front and fiber cement on the rest.

Florida licenses by trade, not by dollar. Siding, soffit, fascia, gutters, and downspouts fall inside the state's specialty structure license, and a company that hangs siding in Florida holds a state or county license to do it. The Florida Building Code applies statewide, every re-side is permitted and inspected, and the products going on the wall carry a state product approval. Florida treats unlicensed contracting as a crime.

Hurricanes put siding on claims. Ian came ashore in southwest Florida on September 28, 2022 at 150 miles an hour, Helene and Milton hit the Gulf side thirteen days apart in 2024, and a storm that takes the roof works at every loose panel of siding for hours. Florida's roof claim rules, with their ban on soliciting claims and their contract notice, are written for roof contracts, so siding on a claim runs on the general rules. Paying or waiving a deductible is a felony on any contract, and the homeowner has three business days to cancel any sale made in the home.

The state's mitigation money reaches the walls only through the openings. The My Safe Florida Home program pays matching grants of up to $10,000 for impact windows, doors, and garage doors, and a siding company that also does openings sells the grant with the re-side. The season runs all year, and it is the summer afternoon storm rather than any winter day that stops a crew.