When considering which exterior cladding to install on your house you really need to consider more than the initial cost of the project. Click here for an informative video about HardiePlank siding.
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Blue Ridge Exteriors …
Blue Ridge Exteriors has partnered with a major PVC trim board manufacturer to create a new deck trim board that has a built in drip cap. While this company has been manufacturing a similar board for other applications they agreed …
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There are many other projects you can tackle, but only residing with fiber cement gives you the best return on your investment 4 years in a row.
Residing with fiber cement gives a 31% better return than adding a …
In a recent article in the Boston Globe newspaper, Kermit Baker who is director of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies said, “Lower financing costs are beginning to stabilize the downturn in existing home sales, as they also are reducing …
It sounds simple, but how many of you actually ask for references? A lot of consumers don’t for whatever reason. Maybe you don’t want to “insult” the company representative. Maybe you don’t want to look foolish because you’ve heard of …
I receive a lot of emailed questions and wanted to address some of them here for you. What I’ll try to do is put a few on this blog from time to time. Maybe you’ll see an answer to a …
According to a publication called Side By Side on the website of the Vinyl Siding Institute “the initial purchase price <of fiber cement siding> (including labor and finish costs) is over 49% higher than vinyl siding”. (page 10 of 12)
REALLY???
Tell …
I’ve been noticing that more companies are offering HardiePlank siding in print ads. But what exactly does that mean? Who actually “does” HardiePlank?
I’ve been on appointments behind some companies that advertise HardiePlank only to be told by the homeowner that …
Whether it’s at a home show or a prospective customers house I’m always asked, “how does the price of HardiePlank compare to vinyl siding?” I wish I had a standard answer for that question but I don’t.
We have a customer …
The “thickest” vinyl siding on the market today is made by Alcoa and is .055 mls thick. Duraplank plastic siding is next at .054 mls thick. Builders grade plastic siding is typically .042-.044 mls thick. The difference you may ask? Less …
18 May 2009 |
