home brick vaneer siding

* Comes in a large array of colors* Occasional spray-washes keep it looking good* May buckle if not installed properly* Expands in hot weather and contracts in cold weather, so allowances must be made during installation for movement of the material* In cold weather, it becomes brittle and can crack* Color may fade over timeSOLID-CORE VINYL Vinyl siding with a foam backingCOST: From $1.25 per square foot* The foam is said to give the siding superior insulation properties* More rigid than regular vinyl siding, so more easily covers a wavy home wall line

Selecting a vinyl or fiber cement siding used to mean a narrow choice of colors. Now the brick vinyl palette is enormous, and fiber cement colors are more varied than ever. vaneer Fiber cement can also be painted siding (though the paint must be home maintained).The brick information at right vaneer will help you decide what type of siding is best for your needs, taste, and budget (costs do not siding include home installation, which varies with material). For more information on siding materials, visit the website of the NAHB Research Center, a division of the National Association brick of Home Builders vaneer (known for its independent testing of building siding materials) at www.toolbase.org or call (800) 898-2842.

According home to Pat Culpepper, president of Progressive Foam technologies, foam backing has been brick around since vaneer and siding the early ''90s for drop-in backer applications, but it wasn''t available in siding-attached formats until recently because of misconceptions about vinyl."The old belief was that vinyl expands and contracts home too much to glue foam to it, but the reality is that you get better rigidity because the glue bond creates a tensile strength," he says.Culpepper claims installers like insulated products better than hollow brick vinyl siding because they''re more rigid vaneer and durable and lay flat and straight even on irregular walls. What''s more, attached versions save installation time siding when compared with drop-in foam-backed products.