SIDING AT MONAGHAN LUMBER
Your siding does more than finish the outside of your home. It sets the tone, adds character, and helps protect your exterior from the weather year after year.
Monaghan Lumber offers wood siding, engineered wood siding, aluminum siding, and fibre cement siding options for homes, cottages, additions, and renovations. Siding samples are available, including options for custom colours, to help you compare finishes before making your final selection.
Cape Cod Wood Siding and Engineered Wood Siding
Look + Style
Cape Cod offers finished wood siding with the natural warmth, texture, and character that only real wood can give. Their siding profiles include styles like traditional bevel, board and batten, and contemporary channel profiles, giving homeowners room to create anything from a timeless cottage look to a cleaner architectural exterior. Cape Cod also offers custom colour matching, making it easy to get the colour tone just right
Best For
Cape Cod is a strong fit for homes, cottages, garages, additions, exterior renovations, accent areas, and full siding projects where the natural look of wood is part of the design. It also works well for customers who want more control over the finished colour, especially when trying to match an existing exterior, trim, window colour, or design inspiration.
Material + Finish
Cape Cod offers both finished wood siding and engineered wood siding options. Their wood siding is sealed on all sides with PPG machine-applied coatings, including a two-coat 100% acrylic solid colour finish applied under controlled factory conditions. They also offer semi-transparent stain finishes for customers who want to highlight more of the natural wood grain while still adding colour and protection. Cape Cod has also teamed up with LP SmartSide to offer custom colours on engineered SmartSide siding, giving customers the performance of engineered wood with a colour selected for their project.
Why Choose Cape Cod Siding
Cape Cod is a Canadian company and a dependable choice for customers who want real wood siding with the consistency of a factory-applied finish. With wood siding, shingles, trims, colour-matched accessories, and custom colour options on LP SmartSide engineered siding, Cape Cod makes it easier to create a coordinated exterior that feels intentional from the siding right down to the details.
Maibec Genuine Wood Siding and Engineered Wood Siding (CanExel)
Look + Style
Maibec offers siding with a warm, finished exterior look, whether customers are drawn to the authenticity of genuine wood siding or the clean appearance of CanExel engineered siding. Their genuine wood siding includes Classic Siding, with options for horizontal or vertical applications, while CanExel offers an engineered siding option with a finished look and simpler maintenance. Maibec also offers custom colour options, giving customers more flexibility when matching trim, windows, existing exterior finishes, or a specific design vision.
Best For
Maibec is a strong fit for homes, cottages, garages, additions, exterior renovations, accent areas, and full siding projects where the goal is a finished exterior with strong curb appeal. The genuine wood line works well for customers who want authentic wood character, while Maibec CanExel is a practical option for customers looking for engineered siding that is easy to install, simple to maintain, and made for long-term exterior performance.
Material + Finish
Maibec’s genuine wood siding is available through two product lines: Classic Siding and Red Cedar Siding. These siding options offer the warmth, richness, and natural character of real wood, with durable finishes designed for exterior performance. Maibec CanExel engineered wood siding is easy to install, simple to maintain, and finished using Maibec’s proven paint application process. Maibec also offers trims, corners, accessories, colour options, and custom colours to help create a coordinated exterior.
Why Choose Maibec Siding
Maibec is a Canadian siding manufacturer with decades of experience in exterior siding systems. Their product lines include genuine wood siding, CanExel engineered siding, stone siding, and shingles, giving customers a range of options for creating a coordinated exterior. For customers comparing wood siding and engineered siding, Maibec offers the choice between authentic natural wood character and a lower-maintenance engineered option under one trusted siding brand.
LP Smartside Engineered Siding
Look + Style
LP SmartSide offers the look of wood with the design flexibility of an engineered wood siding product. Their siding and trim options include lap siding, nickel gap siding, shake lap siding, panel and vertical siding, trim, fascia, soffit, and accessories, giving customers room to create anything from a classic exterior to a more modern profile. LP SmartSide also offers two siding textures: Cedar Texture, which creates the look of traditional wood, and Brushed Smooth, which gives a more subtle, modern painted-wood look.
Best For
LP SmartSide is a strong fit for homes, cottages, garages, additions, exterior renovations, accent areas, and full siding projects where customers want the look of wood with engineered performance. It is especially worth considering for projects where impact resistance, weather performance, and a more substantial siding profile matter, making it a strong alternative to vinyl siding and a practical comparison point against fibre cement.
Material + Finish
LP SmartSide is an engineered wood siding and trim product. All LP SmartSide products are treated to the core through LP’s SmartGuard® manufacturing process, which is designed for durable performance. Monaghan Lumber carries select LP SmartSide ExpertFinish siding in stock, including Midnight Shadow and Snowscape White. LP also offers additional prefinished colour options, the ExpertFinish Naturals Collection, and primed siding that is ready to be painted. For customers looking for a more specific colour, Cape Cod has teamed up with LP SmartSide to offer custom colour options on engineered SmartSide siding.
Why LP SmarSide Engineered Wood Siding
LP SmartSide is a leading brand in engineered wood siding, offering the look of wood with the durability and design flexibility of an engineered product. With multiple profiles, trim pieces, soffit, accessories, prefinished colour options, and primed options available, LP SmartSide can help create a full exterior package rather than just one siding profile. It is a practical choice for customers looking for engineered wood siding with long-term performance, curb appeal, and stocked colour options available through Monaghan Lumber.
FastPlank Woodgrain Aluminum Plank Siding
Look + Style
FastPlank is a woodgrain aluminum plank siding system designed to give exterior projects the warmth and look of wood with the durability of aluminum. It is available in a variety of woodgrain textures and solid colours, with planks that can be installed horizontally, vertically, or in creative feature applications. FastPlank is a strong option for customers looking for a clean, architectural exterior finish with a modern wood-look profile.
Best For
FastPlank is a great fit for homes, cottages, additions, garages, exterior renovations, accent areas, soffits, and full siding projects where customers want the look of wood without the same weathering or upkeep. It works especially well for modern exterior designs, feature walls, garage accents, entryways, and projects where a woodgrain finish is wanted, but long-term durability is a priority.
Material + Finish
FastPlank is made from heavy-gauge 6063-T6 extruded aluminum, making it lightweight to handle while maintaining strength and structural integrity. The system is available as a complete 4" or 6" V-Notch aluminum siding system, with planks, trims, clips, connectors, and accessories. FastPlank also includes an integrated rainscreen, with built-in moisture management features designed to help direct water away from the building envelope.
Why Choose FastPlank Aluminum Siding
FastPlank is a strong choice for customers who want low-maintenance aluminum siding with the look of wood. It is designed to resist weathering, fading, moisture, corrosion, hail, impact, and high winds, while offering a clean finished look that avoids the ongoing maintenance of natural wood. FastPlank is also non-combustible and infinitely recyclable, making it a durable option for modern exterior siding projects.
James Hardie Fiber Cement Siding
Look + Style
James Hardie offers fibre cement siding with a clean, crisp look that works across both traditional and modern exteriors. Their siding options include lap siding, vertical siding, panels, shakes, shingles, trim, and architectural profiles, giving customers flexibility to create a full exterior or add detail to accent areas. It is a strong choice for projects where the goal is a polished finished look with sharp lines, texture, and long-term curb appeal.
Best For
James Hardie is a strong fit for homes, cottages, garages, additions, exterior renovations, accent areas, and full siding projects where customers want a durable, non-wood siding product. It is a good option for homeowners who like a painted exterior look but want something different from vinyl, real wood, or engineered wood siding.
Material + Finish
James Hardie siding is made from fibre cement, a durable material designed for exterior performance. Their products are built to stand up to the elements, hold little appeal for pests, and provide a stable, long-lasting exterior finish. James Hardie also offers colour and design resources, including Statement Collection® colour options, helping customers choose a finish that suits their home’s style.
Why James Hardie Siding
James Hardie is a strong choice for customers who want fibre cement siding with a crisp finish, design flexibility, and long-term exterior performance. It offers a clean, painted look with options for lap siding, panels, shakes, shingles, trim, and architectural profiles. For homeowners comparing siding materials, James Hardie is a practical option when a cement-based exterior product, pest resistance, and a more rigid finished profile are priorities.
In-Stock Siding Option
In-Stock Wood Siding
Monaghan Lumber carries a wide selection of in-stock wood siding in both White Pine and Western Red Cedar. These profiles are a strong fit for homes, cottages, cabins, sheds, additions, accent walls, and exterior projects where real wood texture and character are part of the look.
Our in-stock wood siding selection includes popular profiles such as cove siding, bevel siding, channel siding, rougherhead, battens, log cabin siding, V-joint log cabin siding, cedar shakes, cedar shingles, and ridge caps.
Availability may vary by profile, species, and size, but our team can help confirm what is currently in stock and what works best for your project.
Your Siding Project, Backed by Monaghan Service
Choosing siding comes with a lot of decisions, from material and profile to colour, finish, trim, and accessories. Our team can help you compare options, review samples, and sort through what makes sense for your home, cottage, addition, or exterior renovation.
- Compare wood, engineered wood, aluminum, and fibre cement siding options
- Review colours, profiles, textures, and exterior finishes
- Ask about siding samples, including custom colour options
- Confirm trim, corners, accessories, and special order details
- Work with the Monaghan Lumber team to build with confidence
Let’s Find the Right Siding for Your Project
Bring your plans, measurements, or inspiration photos, and the Monaghan Lumber team will help you compare siding options, review samples, and get your quote started.
Siding is one of the biggest visual decisions on an exterior project, and seeing the colours, textures, and profiles in person can make a big difference. In our showroom, you can compare wood siding, engineered wood siding, aluminum plank siding, fibre cement siding, and in-stock wood siding options side by side.
Our team can help you review samples, talk through custom colour options, and sort out the trims, corners, accessories, and finishing details that bring the whole exterior together. Bring your plans, measurements, or inspiration photos, and we’ll help you build a clear material list and quote for your project.
