Twenty-first Century Siding Comparisons

The most obvious, but most dramatic decision you will make when building a new home or remodeling an old one is the siding you will use. Years ago, your choices would have been limited to wood, brick or stone. request a no obligation cost estimate »

The old options are still available with many variations, but the newest competitors to wood are vinyl and aluminum or metal siding. Regardless of the type of material you choose, you will find that your color choices are virtually unlimited and in many cases, even the less expensive materials can be made to simulate something more expensive. For example, vinyl can be made to look like many different types of wood, and even wood itself can be prefabricated in panels that look like logs or whatever you want it to look like.

Although aluminum and vinyl siding are readily available, many people still prefer the warmth and elegance of real wood. This has led to the development of such sidings as “modulog,” a cedar siding that looks like whole logs but is actually applied like ordinary wood-lap siding. Other innovations include factory finished wood siding which makes the long term maintenance much simpler and less expensive than in years past.

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