vinyl home siding

And once the siding is vinyl up, the EPS backing supports the vinyl so it doesn''t cup or bend, preventing callbacks, Culpepper says. In addition, Progressive''s Fullback features PerformGuard, a non-toxic termite and carpenter ant repellant to quash home and siding pest concerns.Although he''s only wrapped one house with insulated vinyl, Lindsey Anderson, owner of Cincinnati-based United Home Improvements, says insulated vinyl siding is worth a second look."You get much straighter vinyl wallboards," comments Anderson, home who offers siding Crane''s CraneBoard Solid Core insulated siding to his clients.

Dean Williams, owner of Le Sueur, Minn.-based Quality Horne Improvement, installs Norandex/Reynold''s vinyl and home Polar Wall Plus insulated siding siding. "Two vinyl out my next three home jobs are foam-backed. People like the siding firm feel, the dent resistance, and the noise absorption," vinyl says Williams.Culpepper estimates that EPS backing adds home $30 to $40 per square to siding a vinyl siding job, but contends premium vinyl, wood, and fiber-cement claddings don''t have as high vinyl R-values and some require special tools and are harder to install. Insulated siding has an R-value up to 4, the Progressive Foam official says.

For the past 30 years vinyl siding has been far and away America''s favorite exterior cladding material. Over the years, manufacturers have worked tirelessly to improve the appearance and performance of vinyl siding. Despite these advancements, America''s favorite siding material has always missed something--support!"Consumers home have long been aware of the potential problems, with vinyl siding," siding says Pat Culpepper of Progressive Foam Technologies, inventor of the vinyl Fullback[TM] Thermal Support System. Fullback[TM] is the industry''s home first contoured foam support system precisely configured to fit the profile of any siding siding panel. "Sagging wall lines, vinyl cracks, damage from wind, haft and impact have been persistent problems." Yet, not one of these problems is the fault of the vinyl. home They are caused by the "hollow void," the large unsupported air gap that exists behind siding the vinyl siding panel and the wall of the house.