Category: Siding
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How To Protect Your Homes New Shingled Or Wood Siding
A lot of people still love wood siding and shingles even though the expense is rather high when compared with other exterior sheathing materials. Unfortunately that new look won’t last forever because the Sun’s UV light, rain and snow and other conditions can break down the fibers and bleach the wood. Some people enjoy the…
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How To Plan For Painting The Exterior Of Your Home
A friend is asking about his wood sided home and he is planning on getting it painted this summer. He has asked a few contractors out for quotes but he is not sure which contractor is giving him the best deal based on the work that will be done. We thought we would take this…
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How To Replacing Vinyl Siding on very Old House
One of our friends writes that they own a home that was built around the 1890’s and that the previous owner had placed vinyl siding on it. After inspecting some water damage around a window they found that there was some caulking that had failed and some of the window sill and maybe some of…
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How To Work With and Repair Aluminum Siding
Aluminum Siding was very popular back in the 1960’s and the chances you are going to run into one of these homes if you’re a contractor is pretty good. If you’re a home owner with Aluminum Siding you should know about the differences in how it is maintained, removed and repaired but if you have…
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How to clean mold fungus and dirt from your exterior vinyl siding
If you own a home with vinyl siding the maintenance factors are pretty low in comparison to other options like brick, stone and light weight artificial stone products. Vinyl is produced to last your home about 30 years give or take and the amount of time that it will last depends on how well you…