Home Siding Reviews

Add color and detail and protect your home from the elements with siding.

Home siding reviews. But siding isn t purely decorative it s also your home s first defense against the elements. Their intent was to sell me the lp smart siding and trim. They carry advantages and disadvantages depending on what you need and where you live. Real cedar siding with 4 inch lap adds 1 5 to the r rating of your exterior wall and the seams don t open up 3 8 of an inch like hardy plank does.

Explore other popular home services near you from over 7 million businesses with over 142 million reviews and opinions from yelpers. 1 was from lp. View our ratings and reviews and browse our buying guide to find the. Hardy plank siding with wood grain looks fake and the smooth version is rough compared to real cedar siding.

Aluminum and steel siding. Built from long boards or material made to look like boards lap siding is thinner on the top than the bottom giving it a slight overlap. Reviews of vinyl siding retailers all the national home improvement chains sell a huge amount of vinyl siding and online sales are brisk too. We test vinyl and plastic shingle and shake siding.

It s fire insect and rot resistant giving a lot of value for the dollar while looking good and performing well for a very long time. Lap siding is the most common siding product. Find the best siding companies near you on yelp see all siding companies open now. Top of the line steel will last 40 years.

Fiber cement siding is made of cement but can resemble wood clapboards or cedar siding giving you the strength of the former and the curb appeal of the latter says david businelli ra aia president of studio 16 architecture in new york. New siding can give your home an immediate makeover and help make it easier to sell later. Standard aluminum siding is considered a moderate upgrade from vinyl. I was visited by 3 men representing 3 different companies at a jobsite in east tennessee.

Steel siding gives you enhanced durability and stylistic choices with low maintenance. Here is what you ll find as you venture out to big box stores or browse siding sellers on the internet. For the most part the prominent siding materials vinyl metal wood engineered wood stucco are all sound.