Drive through a neighborhood in the united states and the siding on one house might not match the home next to it because of the variety.
History of house siding.
Wood siding has a potential life of at least 200 years.
In the beginning vinyl siding needed a bit of work to get to its current high quality production.
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Vinyl was installed on 33 percent of the country s new homes and fiber.
House siding materials have changed throughout modern american history.
Vinyl siding started being produced in the 1950 s for regular home building and remodeling.
Vinyl siding took over the top position at 39 percent.
Siding may refer to.
Hz10 formulated house siding is made to withstand high temperatures humidity moisture sun hail tropical storms and hurricane winds.
A condensed history a number of years ago in the east and the midwest wood fell out of favor because homeowners wanted a maintenance free home says richard arnett a sales manager for vinyl designers inc.
Clapboard is style of siding where the long boards are nailed horizontally or from end of the house to the other end of the end of the house.
It started out as a basic siding choice made by a plastics manufacturer.
2011 vinyl siding maintained its lead but fell a little as fiber cement became popular.
Paint it any color within 180 days of installation using an acrylic water based exterior house paint.
Paint doesn t last a long time.
Wood was abundant in early america and continued to be so throughout our history and thousands of historical buildings in the northeast are adorned with wood siding.
Clapboard siding makes its debut about the same time as board and batten siding as early settlers began to use sawmills to cut the tree logs into long planks or boards.
Brick held steady at 20 percent and wood fell to a distant third at 14 percent.
2000 the siding industry declared a new leader.
Vinyl siding has quickly become the number one choice for exterior siding.
Synthetic siding has a potential life of at least 50 60 years.