Choosing an Exterior Siding
Written by Paul Lafromboise
Choosing the finish
covering for the exterior walls of a home is an important
decision. The choice of siding has a direct influence
on appearance, performance, durability, repair, maintenance
and cost. Today's marketplace presents designers,
builders, and homeowners with a long list of materials and
products to choose from. The siding market is
segmented into several divisions based on the materials
used.
Now since the late 1950's the application (the way vinyl
siding is installed) of vinyl siding
has hardly changed at all, and so forth goes the
old saying...Stick to what you know! But I am here to tell
you that I have developed a patent-pending product and a
system of vinyl siding that no other company has to offer
(because they have stuck with the old ways) and big
companies will soon know that this brand new innovative
system in vinyl siding application will not only drastically
improve the appearance of a home, but also save significant
amounts of time and money!
One of the challenges that affects installation is the
high amount of expansion the material experiences when the
temperature increases. A 12-foot length of vinyl
siding can grow 5/8 inch from winter to summer. Since
this is an unchangeable characteristic of vinyl, designers
have devised ways to accommodate this movement by developing
trim pockets that disguise length changes, by using wide
nail slots and by training installers not to drive nail
heads tight. Properly installed vinyl siding should be
able to slide back and forth with temperature changes.
With the versatility of vinyl products out there we of
course all know by now the benefits of choosing vinyl siding over wood
siding.
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The bigger challenge
then becomes getting a vinyl sided home to look
more like a wood sided home. The answer
lies in the TRIM. There are five
or six critical pieces of trim to obtain this
illusion: freeze board, Ghost-J™, outside corner post, anderson window casing, rake
trim, and freeze trim. Traditional installers waste a lot of time and
J-channel only to have the finished result look
like a vinyl sided job.
This new innovative patent-pending product and
system was introduced to the Vinyl Siding Industry by one Paul Lafromboise and was submitted for patent in 2004 under employment with The Charest Company Inc. Eric and Larry Charest had been very supportive and open minded to changes in the industry and continue to be even today. We
can insure homeowners that no system of Vinyl Siding application comes close
to what we offer.
Proving once
again that the challenge has been met, and the look
of wood does exist.
You will ABSOLUTELY NOT find this unique system of application
anywhere else and I encourage you to look into the "future
of vinyl siding" which can be found below or in the
navagation menu.
Read "the
Future of Vinyl" to discover how we developed an
amazing new product and technique that results in a wood
sided finish AND you can save big
$$$ on energy costs at the same time!
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