You’ve heard the sales pitch haven’t you? If you have vinyl siding installed over top of the existing materials currently on your home (cedar, pressboard etc.) then you don’t have to worry about that material anymore because the vinyl siding …
So you’re still thinking about having vinyl siding installed on your home, huh? You may want to read this first! This article will tell you all the things the vinyl siding salesman won’t tell you.
We here at Blue Ridge Exteriors have …
If you look at the comment that we received from our first “This won’t happen with HardiePlank” blog post from just a couple of days ago you’ll find a great link to a video produced by James Hardie Building Products. …
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 …
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 …
The latest “innovation” in plastic siding is to give it names that hide what it is actually made of. Plastic siding with names like Crane Board and Duraplank can be misleading to consumers who aren’t familiar with siding products.
Come on! Wrap your …
Does vinyl siding look like real wood on the house? Maybe if you squint your eyes, cock your head and forget the skinny reveal it will look like real wood. Before having vinyl siding installed on your house I suggest that …
It’s well known that vinyl siding is actually a fire accelerant, but until you see entire neighborhoods consumed by fire it doesn’t really hit home. This link here has pictures and gives testimonials from people who had the foresight to …
07 May 2010 |
