Identify the structures.
Use consistent building labels on the sketch and photographs.
Siding · Port Townsend, Washington
Siding in Port Townsend, WA.
Siding in Port Townsend may involve more than one building on a parcel. Identify the house, garage or other structure individually before assuming that one building’s history or review answers the question for every wall.
The City’s historic-residential information directs owners to property research and PCD assistance. Use that process to establish the actual building record rather than treating a general address as one undifferentiated exterior project.
Siding replacement
Give each affected building its own scope and record.
Label the structures on the site sketch and prepare photographs of the elevations proposed for work. For each building, identify retained cladding, removal and any supporting construction changes. Ask PCD which historic or other review applies, and keep that response tied to the correct structure and scope. Have the provider price the work boundaries clearly. If another building is added later, update the inquiry instead of assuming the first review and material selection automatically extend across the property.
Separate the proposed work.
List the removed and retained wall areas for each structure.
Keep review responses matched.
Tie the applicable records and decisions to the actual building and work.
Before work begins
Describe each building’s cladding and supporting changes.
Confirm City jurisdiction and give PCD the complete proposal. Ask staff which building records and current application materials apply to each affected structure.
This guide does not assign a historic classification to a house or garage. Have City staff establish the relevant record and review before selecting demolition or replacement work.
Siding questions for Port Townsend homeowners.
Does one address mean every building has the same review?
Identify each affected structure and have City staff confirm the relevant record and proposed scope.
What should the siding estimate separate?
The buildings, elevation work, retained materials and supporting repairs included in the actual proposal.
What if I add the garage after the first discussion?
Update the project scope and ask which additional documents or review are needed.
Bring the building labels and elevation photos.
Show which house or accessory-building walls you want assessed so the provider can separate the scopes and relevant records.
