Maybe you bought new, or close to it. The siding still looks decent, the roof hasn’t given you trouble, and you’d like to keep it that way for as long as you can.
You’ve got company. Haubstadt’s median home was built in 1983, the newest of the six towns we serve, and 31% of homes went up in 2000 or later. About 79% of occupied homes are lived in by their owners (American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024). It’s a small Gibson County town, somewhere around 1,600 to 1,900 people depending on which Census count you use.
A small town that keeps building
Haubstadt was laid out in 1855 as Haub’s Station, named for settler Henry Haub, and incorporated in 1913. The old Haubstadt State Bank at 101 S. Main St., now Town Hall, has been on the National Register since 1984. On June 14, 1990, a CSX train derailed in town, and much of downtown was destroyed in about ten seconds.
These days it’s known for Sommerfest every June and for Tri-State Speedway, the quarter-mile dirt oval about a mile east of town next to US 41. It has also become a bedroom community of Evansville, and the newer housing shows it.
Roof rejuvenation, maybe not yet
Here’s the catch. Roof rejuvenation is for asphalt shingles that are aging: drying out, fading, losing flexibility. A lot of Haubstadt roofs aren’t there yet. If yours isn’t, we’ll tell you, and you won’t spend money on something you don’t need.
Every roof ages at its own pace. InterNACHI says “the rate at which shingles lose granules depends on the quality of the shingles and the climate zone of the home.” So we go by what we see on your roof, not by the year the house was built.
When a treatment does make sense, we check your shingle maker’s guidance, and your HOA rules if you have one, before we recommend it. On a newer roof, the shingle maker’s word carries a lot of weight.
Newer concrete, protected early
A driveway that’s still smooth is the easiest one to keep that way. The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association puts it plainly: “As the number of cycles of freezing and thawing increases, the potential for scaling increases” (NRMCA). Every winter adds more of them.
Concrete protection helps cut down how much water and salt work into the surface. It won’t stop cracks, and we won’t pretend it does.
House washing for newer siding
If your house has vinyl siding, the siding industry’s own advice is gentle. The Polymeric Exterior Products Association, formerly the Vinyl Siding Institute, says vinyl only needs mild soap and water from a garden hose for routine cleaning. If a power washer is used, it says to hold it straight at eye level and never aim it upward, because that “can force water behind the siding panels.”
Our house washing follows that thinking. Low pressure on siding, soffits and gutter faces, aimed the right way.
What happens next
Haubstadt is about 21.2 miles and 32 minutes from our base in Evansville. Book a free exterior evaluation and we’ll tell you what your house needs now, and what can wait. Call or text Terrance at (812) 664-6222. We also work in Princeton, the Gibson County seat.
