What are the benefits of vinyl siding?

Exteriors Siding
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Benefits are that is does not rot like wood, though it can get brittle over time, especially with long exposure to hot sun. Better color retention and when power washing to freshen up the appearance, you don’t have the paint layers chipping off and the resale value generally improves as well.

Though a few things to consider is and it can happen with any siding is improper installation can result in warping and in high wind areas, older technology vinyl is generally more prone to detaching.

There have been many advancements in the manufacturing of the various types of siding over the years and there is no shortage of questionable contractors with access to a lot of old technology siding.

So in closing, the best advice is as easy as calling your local building supply company who can provide you with the latest information from the industry professionals.

Good Luck on your project Justin

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Beauty

Vinyl provides beauty and design flexibility.
Using a variety of siding and soffit styles, colors, accessories and trim, you can update a ranch, add character to a colonial or even recreate a Victorian.
Moreover, you can select siding that will be consistent with your home’s design and fit into the environment and neighboring homes.

Durability

Vinyl is now the number-one siding material available.
Unlike many other siding materials, vinyl is impervious to rain, cold, salt and snow.
Vinyl won’t rot, peel, dent or show scratches, nor will it ever need painting.
A simple soap-and-water rinse once a year is all that’s required to remove dirt and maintain the look of freshly painted wood.

Value

Re-siding a home is among the top ten remodeling projects in terms of overall payback and if you reside with vinyl, you can often recoup 100% or more of your investment.
Compared with other methods of siding your home, vinyl has them beat hands down when it comes to overall cost.
Installation as well as routine maintenance are also minor compared to other methods of siding.
Color, variety, style, value: You get it all with vinyl siding.

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The benefits of vinyl siding today are exceeding the disadvantages. Vinyl siding of today has no comparison to the siding that your grandparents used. The new products have the ability to hold there color and not crack as easily as the older products. Todays products have a much better appearance than before. The wood grains, styles and colors are vast. The Technology in uv pigments are better than ever. If you vinyl sided a house with todays siding and it was done by a professional installer. You could expect that siding to be the last product you put on a home.
with this said the benefits are

  1. last big money you will spend on exterior of building
  2. will always look great
    3 If insulation is used under it: an added continuous r-value
  3. will never rot
  4. color will fade slightly over time but always look better than paint
  5. Lower maintenance than any other product on the market
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the siding is real easy to repair if you hit a piece of siding with a weed wacker, you can power wash it and keep it clean after a few years it will look as good as new.

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The Benefits of Vinyl Siding

There are few subjects in the whole arena of residential construction products that draw battle lines as sharply as vinyl siding.

Proponents harp on the fact that it never needs painting, while its detractors insist that houses should never be covered with anything but real wood.

As a building material, vinyl siding is relatively new — it was introduced in the late 1950s as a substitute for aluminum siding. But its reputation was tarnished in the early days when it cracked, faded, buckled, and sagged.

Ongoing changes in the product’s chemistry and installation techniques have improved its performance and furthered its acceptance by builders and homeowners.

In fact, vinyl has captured 32 percent of the U.S. siding market for new homes, with no end in sight to its growing popularity. The reason, in part, is because it’s often (but not always) cheaper than red cedar or redwood and takes less time to install.

A mid-grade vinyl costs about $1.60 per square foot to install, not including the necessary trim pieces, while the installed price of mid-grade cedar clapboard, exclusive of trim and paint, is about 2.5 times higher. (Some premium vinyls cost about the same as the best grade of cedar, but the installed cost is still lower because it goes up faster and doesn’t need painting.)

For many people, price isn’t the issue at all; the real seduction of plastic siding is reduced maintenance. That’s exactly why a wood guy like This Old House general contractor Tom Silva put vinyl on his house 20 years ago.

“I don’t have time for painting,” he explains. “I’d rather spend weekends on my boat.” Of course, with the right maintenance, wood will last indefinitely.