Exterior design options: choosing house siding type
Installing new house siding is a great way to modernize and redecorate the exterior of your home. Siding also adds protection from wind, rain, snow, and ice. It's relatively easy to install, but you may find that choosing a type of siding for your house is a problem because there are so many varieties to pick from. One thing that you must keep in mind during this process, is, that no matter what type of siding you choose, it will be on your house for many years to come. Therefore, you must make sure to purchase the best preference for your home. Pricing, material, and availability will undoubtedly influence your decision.
Vinyl house siding has found its niche in today's market because it is affordable, readily available, and easy to install and maintain. It's made of a fairly - durable polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which is the same material that some plumbing pipes are made from. It can be seen on many houses - whether you realize it or not - because vinyl siding comes in many different textures, colors, and type of panels.
Once it's installed, vinyl siding needs practically no maintenance. If it gets soiled, it can be cleaned off with a garden hose or a low - power pressure washer. Or, if it gets a hole in it, it can easily be repaired by most homeowners, even if they are not experienced "do-it- yourselfers."
Vinyl siding comes in different thickness, but, unfortunately, you could find yourself repairing it more often than you like. Because, even the thickest vinyl siding is prone to heat and wind damage, as well as holes and cracks from rocks or tree limbs.
Generally, vinyl siding offers little insulation-value to your home, so if you choose to install this type of siding, you will need to make sure that your home has an adequate amount of insulation on it beforehand.
Since vinyl siding has become the "consumers' choice", aluminum and steel siding have taken a back seat in the industry. Metal types of siding are more durable than vinyl, and they are fireproof, but the list of advantages pretty much ends there. It doesn't get cracks and holes in it like vinyl does, but metal siding does dent. And, as with vinyl siding, before you have aluminum or steel siding installed - it's a difficult job for a "do-it-yourselfer" to tackle - you must make sure that your home has an adequate amount of insulation on it beforehand.
Though it's probably the most expensive type of siding, wood siding always takes the prize when it comes to durability, as well as beauty. Wood siding is available to install on your house in three forms: boards, shingles, or shakes. You can choose from pine, spruce, Douglas fir, cypress, redwood, or cedar.
Wood siding is easy to repair should, for some odd reason, it becomes damaged. And, you can even purchase it pre - stained if you don't want to have to do any finishing work. It also comes primed or plainly unfinished so you can apply your own coating to it.
Finally, sandwiched in between the least expensive and the most expensive types, there are hardboard and stucco sidings. Hardboard has a bad reputation because it experienced many failures in the late nineteen hundreds. It has since been improved, though, by adding protectants to the manufacturing process. Stucco is a type of cement that comes in a variety of colors and textures; it is durable, long - lasting, and easy to maintain since it never needs painted. Installation must be done by a professional, and the materials can be fairly expensive to purchase.
Vinyl house siding has found its niche in today's market because it is affordable, readily available, and easy to install and maintain. It's made of a fairly - durable polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which is the same material that some plumbing pipes are made from. It can be seen on many houses - whether you realize it or not - because vinyl siding comes in many different textures, colors, and type of panels.
Once it's installed, vinyl siding needs practically no maintenance. If it gets soiled, it can be cleaned off with a garden hose or a low - power pressure washer. Or, if it gets a hole in it, it can easily be repaired by most homeowners, even if they are not experienced "do-it- yourselfers."
Vinyl siding comes in different thickness, but, unfortunately, you could find yourself repairing it more often than you like. Because, even the thickest vinyl siding is prone to heat and wind damage, as well as holes and cracks from rocks or tree limbs.
Generally, vinyl siding offers little insulation-value to your home, so if you choose to install this type of siding, you will need to make sure that your home has an adequate amount of insulation on it beforehand.
Since vinyl siding has become the "consumers' choice", aluminum and steel siding have taken a back seat in the industry. Metal types of siding are more durable than vinyl, and they are fireproof, but the list of advantages pretty much ends there. It doesn't get cracks and holes in it like vinyl does, but metal siding does dent. And, as with vinyl siding, before you have aluminum or steel siding installed - it's a difficult job for a "do-it-yourselfer" to tackle - you must make sure that your home has an adequate amount of insulation on it beforehand.
Though it's probably the most expensive type of siding, wood siding always takes the prize when it comes to durability, as well as beauty. Wood siding is available to install on your house in three forms: boards, shingles, or shakes. You can choose from pine, spruce, Douglas fir, cypress, redwood, or cedar.
Wood siding is easy to repair should, for some odd reason, it becomes damaged. And, you can even purchase it pre - stained if you don't want to have to do any finishing work. It also comes primed or plainly unfinished so you can apply your own coating to it.
Finally, sandwiched in between the least expensive and the most expensive types, there are hardboard and stucco sidings. Hardboard has a bad reputation because it experienced many failures in the late nineteen hundreds. It has since been improved, though, by adding protectants to the manufacturing process. Stucco is a type of cement that comes in a variety of colors and textures; it is durable, long - lasting, and easy to maintain since it never needs painted. Installation must be done by a professional, and the materials can be fairly expensive to purchase.
装饰新闻
建材新闻