T And J All In Remodeling installs vinyl, fiber cement and engineered wood over inspected, wrapped sheathing on homes around Pine, Beaver and North Lake. Staging is planned against Chenequa’s shore cover and tree rules.
Shore cover checked · Sheathing inspected · Fixed written price
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Chenequa at a glance
New boards are the last step. What keeps a Chenequa wall dry through winter is the sheathing behind them, the wrap, and flashing at every window, door and lake-side roof edge.
Scope
Repair to full re-side
One storm wall, one lake-facing elevation or the whole house, set by what the old siding is hiding.
Behind the siding
Wrap and flashing
Weather-resistive wrap lapped shingle-style, flashed at every window, door and lake-side roof joint.
Permit
Confirmed for you
Chenequa’s own code decides this. T And J checks whether your re-side needs a village permit before pricing it.
Our Chenequa scope
T And J scopes a single storm wall, one full elevation or every wall on the house by what the sheathing underneath is hiding, with shore cover and tree rules deciding staging.

Full re-side
T And J strips every board, replaces soft sheathing, and rebuilds wrap, flashing, trim and cladding around the house, staging set first against shore cover and tree limits.
Scope
Whole house
Layers
Sheathing, wrap, flashing
Materials
Vinyl, fiber cement, engineered wood

Repair
T And J pulls storm-damaged or rotted sections and fixes whatever they were hiding first, then sources new pieces in a profile and shade that reads correctly, harder on the village’s oldest lake estates.
Scope
One wall or section
Causes
Wind, storm, rot
Match
Profile and color sourced

Premium cladding
T And J installs heavier boards and shakes built for a real wood look, keeping clearance above grade and roofline, sealing cut ends, and planning trim and flashing before the first one goes up.
Materials
Fiber cement, engineered wood
Finish
Factory or field painted
Details
Clearances, sealed cuts

Energy upgrade
T And J’s foam-backed panel stiffens the wall and runs insulation unbroken across the studs. On postwar cottages ringing these lakes, a sealed barrier underneath is what stops the draft.
Panel
Foam-backed vinyl
Benefit
Stiffer, flatter wall
Pairs with
Sealed house wrap

Trim
T And J flashes behind rebuilt casing at every window and door, and replaces rotted soffit or fascia, or a starved attic intake on a humid lake lot.
Openings
Window and door trim
Roof edge
Soffit and fascia
Venting
Vented soffit panels

Openings
T And J pulls back nearby boards for a new window or patio door, ties the unit into the barrier underneath, then closes the gap with J-channel, trim and cladding.
Flashing
Sill, jamb and head
Close-in
Matched siding and trim
Pairs with
Window replacement
Finished work
Real T And J siding jobs across Waukesha County, including the stone-and-siding house below, not manufacturer renderings.
Full re-side
Tan lap siding next to original stone
Gable wall
New siding surrounding a wall of windows
Rear elevation
Siding and trim at a tall glass gable
Trim detail
Siding, trim and stone meet at a window
Side elevation
Siding running to the roofline
More exterior jobs are in the T And J project gallery.
What it costs
T And J prices a Chenequa job from wall area, material, story count, trim and openings needing flashing, then adjusts for staging around shore cover and whatever turns up once old cladding is off.
One section
Spot repair
Most requested
One or two walls
Elevation
Whole house
Every wall
Price your Chenequa siding first
T And J’s John compares current Waukesha County vinyl figures against your lake wall at the walkaround.
Siding materials
Every material handles Wisconsin freeze-thaw swings and lake wind differently, and the layers hidden behind it matter as much as the look.
Never needs paint; hung loose to move with temperature.
Foam-backed panels that stiffen and insulate the wall.
Resists impact and fire, repainted on a long cycle.
Wide boards carry a deep grain, cut ends sealed.
Natural wood siding for older lake houses.
Weather-resistive barrier lapped so it drains outward.
Metal and membrane detail at every opening and roofline.
Intake air for the attic at the roof edge.
Siding materials compared
Material
Upkeep
Look
Keep in mind
Good for
Vinyl
Wash occasionally, never paint
Lap, Dutch lap, board and batten
Can crack from impact in a hard freeze
Budget full re-sides
Insulated vinyl
Wash occasionally, never paint
Stiffer, flatter wall appearance
Higher cost than standard vinyl
Drafty older lake cottages
Fiber cement
Repaint on a long cycle
Crisp wood-like boards and shakes
Heavier; needs clearance from roof and grade
Durable exteriors near the water
Engineered wood
Repaint on a long cycle
Deep wood grain, wide boards
Cut ends and clearances must be sealed
Wood look with less upkeep
Cedar
Stain or paint regularly
Natural wood grain
Most maintenance of the group
Historic lake estates
T And J’s guide weighs fiber cement against vinyl for Wisconsin weather, worth a look if those two are on your shortlist.
Home styles
T And J matches new siding to the house already standing, and Chenequa has four eras of it: 34 percent from 1970 to 1999, 28 percent from 1940 to 1969, 19 percent since 2000 and 19 percent before 1940.

Chenequa’s largest group, set on lots carved from the woods. T And J puts wide lap boards back up in a matching profile, trim upgraded.

Low, long elevations from the postwar years: T And J runs horizontal lap on the roofline and shake or board and batten on gable ends.

These already mix materials, so T And J’s re-side sits against whatever stone or brick is there.

About 19 percent predate 1940, many former summer houses where T And J matches narrow, period exposures.

Wherever a newer opening joins older cladding, T And J’s closure work, not the boards, decides whether the seam stays dry.
Chenequa permits
Chenequa’s permit list names roofs, decks, fences, electrical, HVAC, plumbing and windows, not siding. Its code requires a permit once work is estimated at $2,000, covering nearly any full re-side. A straightforward re-clad counts as minor exterior work, which the Building Inspector can clear without Plan Commission review.
T And J confirms which path your re-side falls under, files the village permit once the job crosses that line, and books inspection with Lake Country Inspections, appointment-only by phone.
Confirmed with Chenequa
Full re-side of the house
Needs the $2,000 village permit.
Permit
Replacing rotted framing or studs
Inspected under the same permit.
Permit
Enlarging or adding windows and doors
Plan Commission reviews window changes.
Plan Commission
Replacing sheathing across a wall
Still needs the village permit.
Usually none
Repairing a few damaged pieces
Like-for-like repair.
Usually none
Cleaning or painting siding
Village calls this maintenance.
The build
Because T And J All In Remodeling works one elevation at a time, a Chenequa house never sits open overnight. Outdoor work stays inside village hours: weekdays 7 to 6, Saturdays 9 to 3, nothing Sundays.
Free walkaround · Fixed price · No deposit
Week 0
John covers the outside wall by wall, checking for soft spots and how close shore cover or trees sit.
Free, at your house
Selections
Material, trim and color get settled in one visit, landing in a single written number that covers the sheathing allowance.
No deposit to start
Lead time
Whichever permit path applies gets filed by T And J, who also orders the siding and trim so every run matches.
Handled by T And J
Install
Board by board the old layer comes off, sheathing gets swapped, new wrap and flashing go on.
In-house crew
Finish
Once new boards and trim are up, nails and scrap get cleared from the yard, and Teli or John walks every wall with you.
Owner sign-off
4.9
4.9 average from 60 Google reviews of T And J remodeling projects across Waukesha County and southeastern Wisconsin.
Where we work
Running from the Brookfield shop, the crew covers siding work through the Lake Country villages ringing Chenequa and the roads linking them.
Hartland to the south, Merton to the north: the villages either side of Chenequa on the highway between Pine and Beaver Lake.
Nashotah, Okauchee and Oconomowoc, where lakefront houses raise the same shore cover and septic questions under their own local rules.
Delafield, Pewaukee and Brookfield, along the I-94 route the crew drives from the Georges Avenue shop.
Visit or call
The T And J shop sits off I-94 on Georges Avenue in Brookfield, between Milwaukee and Lake Country. For a Chenequa re-side, John comes to you.
T And J All In Remodeling
Monday to Friday
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday
Closed
Water emergencies
24/7
Siding FAQ
Ask about your lake house at (262) 352-9525.
The baseline is wall area, material, story count, trim and how many openings need flashing. A Chenequa lot adds staging around shore cover and tree rules, plus the village permit. One written figure covers all of it after John’s walkaround.
Facing wind off open water, fiber cement and engineered wood resist impact and keep paint through freeze-thaw swings. Vinyl sheds moisture without needing paint, though a hard freeze can crack it. Budget, upkeep tolerance and the house’s look settle it.
T And J will in some cases, but pulling the old layer off first is the better call: the only way to catch rotted sheathing, add a weather barrier, and flash windows and doors correctly.
Often, once the job crosses the village’s $2,000 threshold, though Chenequa’s permit list names roofs, decks and fences rather than siding. A straightforward re-clad usually skips Plan Commission review. T And J checks which applies first.
A close match is realistic on one elevation, though profiles and shades shift over decades. An exact match gets harder on pre-1940 estates, so T And J brings the nearest option and shows it first.
A weather-resistive layer over the sheathing keeps water out while letting the wall breathe. On a wall facing open water that matters even more, and it only works if the laps and seams are done right, with lead-safe handling on older walls.
The boards barely change a heating bill, but what goes in around them does. Insulated panels, an unbroken weather barrier and sealed openings cut the air leakage that drives drafts in an older lake cottage.
House size, story count and how much sheathing needs replacing set the schedule T And J writes alongside the price. The crew works one wall at a time, inside village outdoor hours.
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