Find a Siding Contractor in Keizer, Oregon

Salem Siding Pros covers siding repair and replacement in Keizer, and homeowners can request a siding quote here. On permits, Oregon’s residential code exempts replacing or repairing siding from a building permit unless the wall must be fire-resistive, but work on the sheathing behind it can need one, so confirm with the City of Keizer before a job that goes past the siding. On the house itself, the decade it was built tells you most about which siding problems to expect.

Who handles building permits in Keizer?

Keizer’s permit process is shared with Marion County. According to the city’s building permit FAQ, you apply for building permits at the City of Keizer’s Building Department, in Keizer City Hall on Chemawa Road NE, using a Marion County permit application. The city’s “Where to Apply” table then shows which of the two offices takes each kind of permit: the City of Keizer handles permits for single-family homes, residential interior remodels and accessory structures, while Marion County Building Inspection handles others, including plumbing and electrical permits that need plan review, and deferred submittals. Some permit types can go to either office, and Oregon ePermitting takes applications online. Marion County’s own building inspection operating plan (revised April 2019) describes the same arrangement from the county’s side: Keizer is inside the county’s building jurisdiction, which excludes only Aurora, Salem, Mill City and Silverton, and permits for work within Keizer city limits may be purchased at the city.

Three points from the city’s FAQ matter on a siding job:

• Either the property owner or the contractor is responsible for getting the permit. Agree in writing who will apply.
• The City of Keizer and Marion County issue permits only to properly licensed and bonded contractors. A contractor who can pull the permit has already cleared that check.
• When in doubt, call. The FAQ says there are exceptions to the permit requirement and points unsure owners to the Building Department.

Exterior siding and sheathing work is not listed separately in the “Where to Apply” table, so if a siding job turns into sheathing repair once boards come off, ask the Keizer Building Department which office issues the permit before the wall is closed back up.

Does siding work in Keizer need a permit?

The exemption for siding comes from the Oregon Residential Specialty Code, which applies statewide: replacement or repair of siding that is not required to be fire-resistive does not need a building permit. Neighboring Salem’s building officials spell out the limits in their guidance, requiring a permit when sheathing is repaired or replaced, or when T1-11 that doubles as structural sheathing is replaced. Keizer’s permit counter can tell you how the same questions are handled for a Keizer address. Do you need a permit to replace siding in Salem? walks through the details.

A permit exemption does not relax the code itself. New siding still goes over a continuous water-resistive barrier, with kickout flashing where a lower roof edge meets a wall and, by default, a drainage gap behind the siding.

How Keizer grew, and what it means for the siding

Keizer is younger as a city than as a place. The city’s own history of Keizer says frequent Willamette River flooding held development back until dams on the river and its tributaries began regulating it, and development started in earnest in the 1950s. By 1960 there were over 5,000 people; during the 1960s the population doubled to 11,405, with orchards and berry fields giving way to houses, and about another 7,000 people had arrived by 1980. Keizer incorporated as a city on November 2, 1982.

The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey shows the same pattern in today’s housing (2020-2024 five-year estimates, table B25034):

• Very little old housing. Fewer than 1% of Keizer’s homes were built in 1939 or earlier, against nearly 9% in Salem.
• The 1970s are the biggest decade, at about 26% of homes, with the 1960s adding another 12%.
• The 1990s come second, at about 20%.
• About 22% were built in 2000 or later.

The median home in Keizer was built in 1981, 62.9% of homes are owner-occupied, a higher share than Salem’s 55.9%, and about 64% are single-family detached houses.

1960s and 1970s houses

This is Keizer’s largest group of houses, and all of it predates 1978, so any painted siding on it may carry lead paint. When a job on one of these houses disturbs 20 square feet or more of painted exterior, the contractor needs a Construction Contractors Board lead-based paint renovation license and has to work lead-safe. Houses this age have usually seen more than one paint job, and some have been re-sided, so the siding on the wall may be newer than the house. What siding do I have? helps you tell.

1980s and 1990s houses

Keizer built a lot of housing in the 1990s, and the Masonite hardboard siding settlement covered siding installed from 1980 through January 1998, while the LP Inner-Seal OSB settlement covered siding installed before 1996. If the bottom edges of your lap siding are swollen or soft, read swelling hardboard or OSB siding first. Both settlements have closed, so the fix is a repair or a replacement at the owner’s cost. The boards that have not failed yet on those walls are the same product as the ones that have, which is why a contractor may suggest pricing both.

Houses built since 2000

About a fifth of Keizer’s homes are this new. Their siding is more likely to still be in production, which makes board-by-board repairs easier to match. When a newer wall does leak, check the details before the siding: a missing kickout at a roof-to-wall corner, a window that was not flashed, or siding run too close to soil or a patio.

Repair or replace on a Keizer house?

Repair when the damage is limited to a few boards or one wall and the sheathing behind is sound. Price a siding replacement alongside the repair when swelling, rot or peeling paint shows on several walls, or when the siding is a product nobody makes anymore, which is common on 1980s and 1990s lap siding. On a pre-1978 house, the lead-safe setup is part of either job, so it pays to settle the scope before work starts rather than adding walls one at a time. The siding cost page shows published replacement, repair and removal figures with their sources, and a sample job priced for 1,250 square feet of wall.

Keizer’s ZIP code

Keizer is covered by ZIP code 97303, which it shares with a slice of north Salem. Requests from 97303 are accepted here, and so are the Salem ZIP codes on the Salem page. Use the ZIP code of the house rather than a P.O. box. Near the Salem line, whether the house sits inside Keizer or Salem city limits decides which permit office applies, not the ZIP code.

Keizer weather and siding

Keizer borders Salem on the north, so the NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Salem’s McNary Field give a fair picture of its weather: about 40 inches of rain a year, roughly six to seven inches in each of November, December and January, and little from June through September. Siding that sheds water and dries out matters more here than any single material; the best siding for Salem’s climate compares the options, and the dry months are the easiest time for painting and finishing. If moss or mildew keeps coming back on a shaded wall, cleaning it safely comes first, then a look at the wood underneath.

Getting a siding quote in Keizer

Request a siding quote, enter 97303, and describe the siding and the problem, including the year the house was built if you know it. We will follow up about the quote. Before you hire, check the contractor’s license on the CCB license search, and agree who will apply for any permit the job needs.