Before & After Project Gallery

Siding, window and roofing replacement projects completed by Belk Builders across Charlotte, the Lake Norman area and the South Carolina border towns.

Before and after, side by side

Seventeen jobs photographed from the same spot before and after the work. Drag the handle across any of them to wipe between the old house and the finished one.

During: the front elevation under scaffolding with ladders against the brick and a worker at the door. After: the finished house, cream siding above red brick with black shutters and a clear front walk.
Front elevation, siding and windows Renfrow Lane, Charlotte

Siding, window and door installation. Photographed mid-job and again on completion.

Before: a cream two-story with a low porch, peeling trim and a car parked on the gravel drive. After: the same house in deep navy siding with crisp white porch rails and new steps.
Cream to deep navy Selwyn Avenue, Charlotte

Full siding replacement with new porch rails and steps.

Before: a two-story home in dark brown shingle siding with ladders leaning against the gable. After: the same elevation in sage green lap siding with white trim and black shutters.
Brown shingle to sage green

Siding replacement with new trim and shutters.

Before: a cream colonial under a large tree, shaded and dated. After: the same colonial in deep red Hardie Plank with bright white trim and a wreath on the door.
Cream to deep red Hardie Plank

Hardie Plank siding replacement, same camera position either side.

Before: a cream two-story with a tall arched feature window and dated trim. After: the same house in blue-gray siding with white trim picking out the arched window.
Arched window, re-clad University area, Charlotte

Siding replacement worked around a full-height arched window.

Before: a cream two-story with two garage doors and a silver car on the drive. After: the same frontage in blue-gray siding with white garage doors and a cleared drive.
Frontage and garage doors University area, Charlotte

Siding and garage door replacement.

Before: the rear elevation in cream with an overgrown bed and a screened porch to one side. After: the same rear elevation in pale blue-gray with the bed cleared and planted.
Rear elevation and screened porch University area, Charlotte

Siding replacement to the rear elevation and around the screened porch.

Before: a gambrel-roofed lake house in white lap siding with a lattice skirt and a brick chimney. After: the same elevation in dark board-and-batten with the brick chimney left exposed.
White lap to dark board-and-batten Badin Lake, NC

Board-and-batten siding replacement with the chimney masonry left as found.

Before: a gray side elevation and garage with a wheelie bin and weathered siding. After: the same elevation in fresh pale siding with new trim around the window.
Side elevation and garage Kingfisher, Charlotte

Siding replacement to the side elevation.

Before: a garage gable in gray siding with a truck parked hard against it. After: the same gable in clean white siding with new soffits and gutters.
Garage gable, soffits and gutters Pennsford Lane, Charlotte 28270

Hardie siding with new soffits and gutters.

Before: a gable end streaked with mildew and green growth up the siding. After: the same gable in clean pale siding with the streaking gone.
Mildewed gable, replaced Renfrow Lane, Charlotte

Siding replacement where washing was no longer enough.

During: the corner of the house stripped back to weather barrier with scaffolding up. After: the finished corner, cream siding meeting the original red brick.
Corner, down to the barrier Renfrow Lane, Charlotte

Full tear-off. Belk never installs over old siding.

Before: a bungalow mid-job with bare sheathing, plywood on the ground and a ladder at the eaves. After: the same bungalow in gray siding with a new cedar-post porch and a timber deck.
Bungalow with a new porch NoDa, Charlotte

Siding replacement with a new porch and deck.

Before: a modern infill house in plain stucco and brick with a dark garage door and a pickup on the drive. After: the same frontage with a timber-clad garage bay, a metal awning over the windows and planted beds.
Timber-clad garage bay

Exterior finishing work: cladding, awning and trim.

Before: an open porch framed out, bare studs against brick with tools and a ladder on the slab. After: the same porch finished in white board-and-batten with a ceiling fan and furniture in place.
Porch, framed to finished

Custom finishing work: ceiling, walls and trim.

Before: a long single-story clubhouse mid-job, siding materials and trestles across the parking lot. After: the finished clubhouse in dark siding under a new gambrel roof, lot cleared.
Clubhouse, re-clad

Multi-family and community building work.

During: the roof stripped to bare decking with torn felt and a worker on the slope. After: the finished architectural shingle roof with a new vent set clean into the field.
Roof, stripped and re-laid

Architectural shingle replacement, photographed from the same position.

Every photograph below is a Belk Builders job in the Charlotte metro: siding replacement, replacement windows, roofing and exterior finishing work on homes that were already standing. Use the phone number in the header to ask about any project you see here.

Projects

The gallery

Two-story Ballantyne home in brick and siding with white double-hung replacement windows
Light gray fiber cement lap siding with white trim on a two-story Charlotte-area home
Newly installed gray architectural shingle roof with a metal chimney cap, seen from above
White fiber cement siding and trim on a two-story home with a two-car garage
Two-story home in blue-gray siding under a new gray architectural shingle roof
Sage green siding, white trim and black shutters on a completed two-story colonial
Painted white brick lower level with dark gray board-and-batten siding above
Arched windows with custom stained-wood shutters on a white brick home
Cream fiber cement lap siding and black-framed windows on a two-story addition
Brick home with a steep shingle roof set among mature trees
Single-story brick home with a gray shingle roof and landscaped front yard
Gray two-story home with white porch railings after siding and window replacement
Four-photo collage of completed siding and window replacement work in a Huntersville neighborhood
Deep red fiber cement siding with white trim and porch columns on a Huntersville home
New shingle roof line meeting a brick wall with dentil trim detail
Detached garage clad in blue board-and-batten siding
Single-story home with an attached carport during an exterior replacement project
Tan-sided two-story home with black shutters and an attached garage
Two-story home in tan lap siding with black shutters and a white garage door
Craftsman bungalow with gray siding and a dark shingle roof
Blue-gray home with white replacement windows and a covered entry
White two-story home with a board-and-batten gable and attached garage
Tan insulated vinyl siding paired with brick on a two-story home
New shingle roof with a skylight on a wooded lot
White double-hung replacement windows with black shutters on a red brick home
Sage green lap siding and white trim beside a two-car garage
Aerial view of a newly shingled roof with a metal chimney cap
Red brick two-story home with white dormers and a yellow front door
Blue-gray lap siding with white trim and dormer windows on a two-story home
Tan fiber cement siding with black shutters on a craftsman-style home
Cream vinyl siding and white trim on a two-story colonial with a brick chimney
Blue-gray siding and a trio of white replacement windows in a gable end
Tan lap siding with white trim and black shutters on a craftsman-style home
Gray architectural shingles part-way through installation on a steep roof
Two-story home combining tan siding and brick with a white garage door
Single-story home with a wraparound deck and board-and-batten siding
A home partway through siding replacement, with weather barrier still exposed on the upper wall
Blue-gray lap siding and white trim above tan garage doors on a Waxhaw home
Before-and-after pair: a roof stripped to the decking, and the same roof finished in new shingles
Tall white replacement windows with colonial grilles on a light-sided home
Cream siding with white trim on a two-story home with a covered porch and two-car garage
White-sided split-level home with a brown roof and attached garage
Navy blue siding and white trim on a home with a rear deck
Interior great room with arched windows flanking a stone fireplace
Gray two-story colonial with black shutters and white replacement windows
Craftsman home with tapered porch columns during exterior finishing work
White exterior trim and molding where siding meets brick beside a downspout
Navy fiber cement siding with a white portico and a red front door
Dark gray lap siding with white window headers and trim on a two-story home
Red brick two-story home with copper roof accents over the entry
Stucco home with a new gray architectural shingle roof and an arched gable window
White board-and-batten fiber cement siding on a two-story home with a wood-post entry
White lap siding with black shutters and a stained wood front door
Staggered shingle-style siding above a bank of white replacement windows
Single-story home refreshed with blue-gray siding, white porch columns and red shutters
White painted brick bungalow with a covered front porch and new gutters
Gray shake-style siding in the gable above a painted white brick wall
White vinyl porch railing along the front of a single-story home
Blue-gray vinyl siding with white trim on a two-story home with an arched window
Close-up of a long run of gray lap siding with no visible seams
Cream vinyl siding on a single-story home with a two-car garage
White vinyl siding with blue shutters on a single-story home
Brown siding and white replacement windows on a two-story home framed by a flowering crepe myrtle
Black-framed windows on a white-sided porch with a bench and a brick base
Cream craftsman-style home with dormer windows and white replacement windows
Brick two-story home with a new gray architectural shingle roof
Cream insulated vinyl siding with white trim on a two-story home with an arched window

Every photograph on this page is a Belk Builders job, and every caption describes what is actually in the frame. Nothing here is a render, a showroom shot or a stock photograph.