Siding Visualizer: See New Siding on Your House Free
Upload a photo of your own house and compare two new siding materials on it, each with its colors, a rough quantity and a typical local price. Free in your browser, with no sign-up.
How the siding visualizer works
One photo in, two siding options on that photo out.
- 1
Photograph the house
Stand back so the whole wall you want to re-side is in the frame, straight on and in daylight. A photo you already have works too.
- 2
Start the siding job
The button on this page opens the design tool with the siding job already chosen. Add your photo, pick a color direction and add a note if you have a material in mind.
- 3
Compare two materials
HomeGPT draws two options on your photo, each in a different wall material, and lists what each one takes: the material, its color, a rough quantity and a typical local price.
What the siding visualizer gives you
New siding is one job in HomeGPT. It joined only after its results passed blind tests on real house photos, and it always answers with a plan as well as a picture:
- Two options, A and B, on your own photo, each in a different wall material.
- Every change listed: the material, its color and finish, with tags on the picture showing where each one goes.
- A rough quantity and a typical local price range for each item, with the basis it was worked out on.
- A list of what is kept, so you can check the roof, windows and doors against your photo.
- Tick boxes: untick anything you would skip and redraw the picture with only your picks.
- A project you can keep with a free account, and a brief you can send to siding contractors, so every quote covers the same work.
To see one first, the design tool page opens with a real house re-clad by the siding job, before and after.
What changes and what stays
Changes
- The wall material: for example boards, shingles, panels, stucco or thin brick, a different one in each option.
- The wall color, chosen to suit the new material and the roof you have.
- Trim, wall lights or front planting, only where they help the new material and only when the design lists them.
Stays as it is
- The roof, its shape and its color.
- Every window and door, in the same place and size.
- The porch, and the shape of the house itself.
- Neighboring houses, fences, gates, the driveway and boundary walls.
An AI picture can still alter a detail it was asked to keep. Compare each option with your photo before you rely on it. For a new roof line, windows or an addition you need drawings, not a visualizer.
Siding materials to compare
The visualizer picks two materials that suit the house in your photo. These are the main choices and what each one asks of you. Name the one you want in a note to steer the design.
Vinyl
Horizontal lap, Dutch lap, vertical panels and shake-look profiles, in a fixed range of factory colors.
Low upkeep and usually the lowest installed cost. Color is molded in, so a later color change means paint made for vinyl or new panels.
Fiber cement
Lap boards, panels, board and batten and shingle-look, factory finished or painted on site.
Holds paint well and resists rot and insects. Heavier than vinyl, so installation costs more.
Engineered wood
Lap and panel profiles with a wood-grain face, primed or prefinished.
Lighter to install than fiber cement. Needs its edges and cuts sealed and its paint kept up.
Wood
Clapboard, shingles and board and batten in cedar, redwood or pine, stained or painted.
The warmest look and the most upkeep: regular staining or painting, and attention to moisture.
Stucco
A continuous smooth or textured finish, usually in pale mineral colors.
Common on Southwestern, Spanish and modern houses. Cracks need repair before they let water in.
Brick and stone veneer
Thin brick or stone on the whole wall or, more often, a base or an accent wall.
Very low upkeep and a high material and labor cost, so it is often paired with a cheaper siding above.
Metal
Standing seam or corrugated steel and aluminum panels, vertical or horizontal.
Long lasting and at home on modern and farmhouse designs. Dents and noise are the usual complaints.
For 2026 price ranges by material, see the siding cost guide. For squares, house wrap, soffit and fascia from your measurements, use the siding calculator.
AI siding visualizer or a manufacturer's visualizer?
Siding manufacturers and retailers publish their own visualizers. They show that maker's profiles and exact colors, usually on sample houses, and some let you upload a photo and mark the walls yourself. Once you have chosen a product, they are the tool for picking its exact color.
HomeGPT starts earlier, before you have chosen a material. It reads your photo, finds the walls for you and draws two different materials on them, so you can decide between, say, boards and stucco on your own house, with a first idea of what each would take. It does not carry any maker's catalog.
A sensible order: settle the material and the direction here, then choose the exact product and color with the maker's tools and real samples held against the wall.
How to photograph your house for a siding visualizer
- Shoot in daylight on a bright overcast day if you can, so shadows do not hide the wall.
- Stand straight on to the wall and far enough back to get it all in, from the ground to the roof line.
- Keep cars, bins and ladders out of the frame; anything in front of the wall can end up redrawn.
- Take one photo per side of the house. The front first: it is the one you will show contractors.
Plan this project
Everything for this project in one place: preview it with AI, estimate the materials, then read what it costs.
Visualize with AI
Preview the idea on a photo of your own home.
Plan and estimate
Turn the concept into material quantities.
Read before you build
Real 2026 price ranges and ideas.
Siding visualizer FAQ
See new siding on your own house
One photo, two materials, and a list of what each would take. Free to start, no sign-up.
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