The basics of vinyl siding

Vinyl siding is a very popular choice today. Thousands of consumer products are now made from plastic and resin materials. Everything from disposable water bottles and even disposable diapers are basically manufactured from the same resins and turned into plastic and vinyl for use in fulfilling the consumers ever growing needs. Vinyl siding is a great modern day replacement to old fashion aluminum siding as the costs of the metal keeps it least on most home owners list of choices for home siding.

Vinyl siding doesn’t have to be repainted like the older aluminum siding and wood sided homes did in the past. Vinyl is also very durable and is manufactured at twice the thickness of that of your standard aluminum siding. Because vinyl siding is manufactured at .040 to .060 inch thickness, and aluminum siding is manufactured at .019 inch thickness, vinyl siding serves as almost double the insulating qualities as aluminum siding does. Vinyl siding also has a longer life of up to 50 years on your home with proper care and cleaning, making vinyl siding a more sensible and overall a more affordable choice.

Vinyl siding has it’s color built into it, not baked on to it, so it retains its colors year after year after year. When choosing a color for your vinyl siding, always take your time and choose one you’ll be happy with for a lifetime. Vinyl siding now offers new textures and colors and you can even get a vinyl siding that looks like concrete based products. Vinyl siding also comes in brick red color and when installed properly, vinyl siding can look like a number of different textures making your home look more valuable on the market today for any possible resale later.

You can choose from a wide variety of different looking vinyl sidings now including siding that looks like wood, plastic, stone and even a variety of different metal looking patterns. Your color selection for vinyl siding is now wider than the rainbow itself. You can pick the right color to fit your style, class and unique personality.

You can also choose a great under coating of insulation to go with your siding selection. This extra layer of protection keeps your home warm and protects your vinyl siding from being dented, bent or torn off in a storm that carries very high winds with it. The undercoating being a lot like a Styrofoam material is light in weight and is easy to handle and serves as a great home insulation that will save you thousands of dollars over the life of the siding itself.

Since the inception of vinyl siding and its growing popularity, aluminum siding sales have dropped a full 80%. Although vinyl siding may be your first and favorite choice, you will have your siding job finished off at the corners and end caps with aluminum siding. Aluminum siding can be bent into shape and will hold the corners and end caps of your homes vinyl siding pieces much better.