The upgrade pick for Wisconsin winters — heavy .046" panels bonded to insulating foam that cuts energy loss through the one surface your furnace fights all season: your walls.
Your walls are the largest surface your home loses heat through, and Wisconsin gives them six months a year to do it. Polar Wall Plus bonds a contoured, insect-resistant foam backing to every panel — engineered to reduce energy loss through the walls and the studs themselves, the thermal bridge regular siding ignores. It works both directions: warmer walls in January, cooler ones in July.
The foam does more than insulate. Backed panels resist wind flex — Norandex’s prominent panel projections are engineered for excellent wind-load resistance — and the .046" thickness with low-gloss cedar woodgrain reads as painted wood from the curb. Foam-backed walls are noticeably quieter too: less road noise in, less panel rattle in a gale.
Double 6" Clapboard with a 5/8" projection, Double 5" Dutchlap at a full 3/4", and a 12" Board & Batten for vertical accents — gables, entries, that farmhouse look. We bring profile samples to the inspection so you see the shadow lines on your own walls, not a brochure.
Polar Wall Plus carries the same Limited Lifetime Transferable Warranty with ColorHold® fade protection as our Cedar Knolls flagship — coverage that can follow the house to its next owner. Quoted firm, in writing, installed by Axis-certified crews as a complete wall system: moisture barrier, flashing, and trim included.
On-screen colors are approximations — panels read differently in daylight. We bring physical samples to the free inspection so you choose on your own walls. 6 Standard · 8 Premium · 4 Designer colors.
* See actual Norandex warranty for complete details, limitations, and requirements.
On an older Wisconsin home with thin wall insulation, usually yes — the foam backing reduces energy loss through the walls and studs every month the furnace or AC runs, and the stiffer panel is a real upgrade in wind country. On a newer, well-insulated home, our Cedar Knolls flagship often makes more sense. We quote both side by side so the numbers decide.
The foam is contoured to the panel profile and bonded to it, so the panel is supported across its whole face — stiffer against wind, straighter on the wall, and installed as one system instead of two layers that can shift independently.
Cedar Knolls is the flagship — more colors (31 vs 18) at a lower price point. Polar Wall Plus adds the insulating foam core, a thicker .046" panel, and the Board & Batten vertical option. Drafty walls and high heating bills point to Polar Wall; a tighter newer home points to Cedar Knolls. The free inspection settles it.
Full siding replacement — vinyl, insulated vinyl, and fiber cement — wind-rated for Northeast Wisconsin homes, with free inspections and financing.
Back to the hub →One vinyl line earned the flagship spot on our walls — heavy-gauge panels, real woodgrain, and color engineered to survive the Wisconsin sun-snow cycle.
Read more →Not national averages — our real local per-square-foot pricing, computed for three example homes. The same rates our estimate machine uses on your actual house.
Read more →We install both, so nobody here needs to win an argument. Cost, cold, maintenance, and impact — how the two actually compare on a Northeast Wisconsin wall.
Read more →Damaging wind is the most common severe weather on our region’s record — and siding is what it takes first. Why panels let go, what it says about the rest of the wall, and your next move.
Read more →Foam-backed siding costs more per square foot and claims a lot. Here’s what it genuinely does in a heating-dominated climate, who it pays back, and who should save the money.
Read more →Siding rarely fails all at once — it fades, loosens, and leaks by degrees while the wall behind it keeps score. The honest signs, the hidden ones, and when repair stops being the answer.
Read more →Everything starts online — you pick the path, we bring the crew.
Whatever brought you here — storm damage, a leak, or a roof that's due — it starts the same way: HomeIQ shows your real range and puts our inspection calendar in your hands. About two minutes.
Get My Estimate →We installed it and something's not right? Send photos and details — "Done right. Or we make it right." Covered warranty work costs you nothing.
Request Warranty Service →Free inspection. Firm written price. Financing available.