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Vinyl Siding - After 50 Years - Still America's Favorite Home Exterior!
Wed 13 May 2009 - 11:29
Vinyl Siding - After 50 Years - Still America's Favorite Home Exterior!
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Matt_Gallo]Matt Gallo
While it may seem like vinyl siding has been around forever, it was actually developed in the late 1950s. Popularized during the '70s, vinyl has become the single most popular home exterior in North America. With over 62% of homes featuring vinyl, you can easily say it's America's favorite home exterior! With a siding contractor in your local area, it's easy to upgrade to this great material to update your home and get easy maintenance at the same time.
Benefits of Vinyl Siding
Yesterday and today, vinyl shares many of the same advantages. It is low maintenance, won't dent or rot, and will never need to be painted. However, modern vinyl certainly isn't your mother's siding! Vastly stronger and more durable than the original vinyl products, today's vinyl also looks better. Improvement in coloration and composition mean that vinyl siding doesn't have the brittleness or fading issues of the past. And, with new texturing options and incorporated grain lines, vinyl siding looks more like wood than ever. Today's vinyl is even available as shakes in addition to planks, increasing its versatility and range.
Vinyl Siding Goes High-Tech
The latest improvement is insulated vinyl. Combining the low-maintenance and attractive appearance of traditional vinyl with built-in insulation, insulated vinyl is a solid construction siding perfect for putting the finishing touch on your home. First introduced by Crane Plastics in 2001, insulated vinyl is now available from practically all leading siding manufacturers. Installing insulated vinyl siding gives you all the benefits of vinyl, plus a whole lot more: the added insulation reduces energy costs by increasing your home's R-factor up to 20%. This new siding decreases exterior noise and increases the impact resistance of your home. It even looks and feels more like wood siding because it has a similar rigidity and firmness, unlike the extremely flexible characteristics of traditional vinyl.
Although vinyl siding has been around for awhile, it certainly has not become a stale, stagnant product. Since the '50s, vinyl has become even more durable and attractive, providing superior looks and the same easy care. With recent developments in insulation technology, vinyl is poised to become the favorite exterior material for energy-conscious homeowners, further expanding its popularity. Low maintenance, attractive, and increasingly durable, it's no wonder that American homeowners are still choosing to have vinyl installed on their houses. Contact your [http://roofing-siding-windows.boston-biz.com/]local siding contractor to learn more about siding options for your home.
Matt Gallo is a home improvement specialist and the Internet marketing manager for Prospect Genius, a leader in [http://www.prospectgenius.com/site/services]online marketing.
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