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Keep Your Vinyl Siding Looking Like New
Updated 1/01/2010 10:10:10 PM
Siding is the outer covering or
cladding of a house meant to shed water and protect from the effects of
weather. On a building that uses siding, it may act as a key element in the
aesthetic beauty of the structure and directly impact its property value.
Siding may be formed of horizontal boards or vertical boards (known as
weatherboarding in many countries), shingles, or sheet materials. In all
four cases, avoiding wind and rain infiltration through the joints is a
major challenge, met by overlapping, by covering or sealing the joint, or by
creating an interlocking joint such as a tongue-and-groove or rabbet. Since
building materials expand and contract with changing temperature and
humidity, it is not practical to make rigid joints between the siding
elements.
Siding may be made of wood, metal, plastic (vinyl), masonry , or composite
materials. It may be attached directly to the building structure (studs in
the case of wood construction), or to an intermediate layer of horizontal
planks called sheathing.
Maximum Resale Value Vinyl siding helps protect your home investment.
Vinyl siding ranks in the top 10 home improvements for investment recovery.
In some regions of the U. S., the recovery on investment for vinyl siding is
over 100% of the cost.
Design Beauty and
Flexibility Vinyl siding comes in a full selection of siding designs,
soffit and accessories to accentuate your home and create a unique look.
Today's finishes provide the natural look of wood siding. Vinyl siding works
beautifully on entire homes or with other exterior surfaces such as brick or
stone.
Solid Vinyl
Siding is virtually maintenance-free and never needs painting.
It withstands the elements better than aluminum and steel and won't rot,
chip, dent, or peel! Year after year, season after season, and performs like
no other siding.
Metal siding comes in a variety of
metals, styles, and colors. It is most often associated with modern,
industrial, and retro buildings. Utilitarian buildings often use corrugated
galvanized steel sheet siding or cladding, which often has a coloured vinyl
finish. Corrugated aluminium cladding is also common where a more durable
finish is required.
Formerly, imitation wood clapboard was made of aluminum (aluminum siding).
That role is typically played by vinyl siding today. Aluminum siding is
ideal for homes in coastal areas (with lots of moisture and salt), since
aluminum reacts with air to form aluminum oxide, an extremely hard coating
that seals the aluminum surface from further degradation. In contrast, steel
forms rust, which looks ugly and can weaken the structure of the material,
and corrosion-resistant coatings for steel, such as zinc, sometimes fail
around the edges as years pass. However, an advantage of steel siding can be
its dent-resistance, which is excellent for regions with severe
storms—especially if the area is prone to hail.
Plastic siding
Wood clapboard is often imitated using vinyl siding or u PVC
weatherboarding. It is usually produced in units twice as high as clapboard.
Plastic imitations of wood shingle and wood shakes also exist. Vinyl or
plastic siding has grown in popularity due to the generally low maintenance
and low cost appeal it offers.
Since plastic siding is a manufactured product, it may come in limited color
choices. Historically vinyl sidings would fade, crack and buckle over time,
requiring the siding to be replaced. However, newer vinyl options have
improved and resist damage and wear better. Vinyl siding is sensitive to
direct heat from grills, barbecues or other sources. Unlike wood, vinyl
siding does not provide additional insulation for the building, unless an
insulation material (e.g. foam) has been added to the product.
An environmental cost of vinyl siding is that it is difficult to dispose of
responsibly. It cannot be burned (due to toxic dioxin gases that would be
released) and currently it is not recycled.
Composite siding
Various composite materials are also used for siding: asphalt, asbestos,
fiber cement, aluminum (ACM) etc. They may be in the form of shingles or
boards, in which case they are sometimes called clapboard.
Composite sidings are available in many styles and can mimic the other
siding options. Composite materials are ideal for achieving a certain style
or 'look' that may not be suited to the local environment (e.g. corrugated
aluminum siding in an area prone to severe storms; steel in coastal
climates; wood siding in termite-infested regions).
Costs of composites tend to be lower than wood or masonry options, but vary
widely as do installation, maintenance and repair requirements. Not
surprisingly, the durability and environmental impact of composite sidings
depends on the specific materials used in the manufacturing process.
Updated 1/01/2010 10:10:10 PM
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