vinyl shakes for home exterior siding

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

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

According to Pat Culpepper, president of Progressive Foam technologies, foam backing has been around shakes and for and home and exterior since 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 siding old vinyl belief was that vinyl expands shakes and for and contracts home and exterior too much to glue foam to it, but the reality is siding and vinyl that you get better rigidity shakes because the glue bond creates a tensile for strength," he says.Culpepper claims installers like home insulated products exterior better siding than vinyl and shakes hollow vinyl siding because they''re for more rigid and durable and lay flat home and straight even on irregular exterior walls. What''s more, attached siding and vinyl and shakes versions save installation for and home time when compared with drop-in exterior foam-backed products siding.