Featured Siding Articles
Tips for Siding Repair or Replacement Decisions
Here are helpful insights for contractors working with their clients on the repair or replacement of siding for homes. The article also includes five tips to remember when working with fiber cement siding.
HousingZone.com
Fire Properties of Vinyl Siding
Here are some interesting facts concerning the combustibility of vinyl siding, how it’s fire properties compare to other material, and additional safety information.
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An Application Checklist for Kiln Dried Siding
This checklist was designed to help builders track some of the factors that affect the performance of Certified Kiln Dried redwood siding. Following these guidelines will improve the performance of CKD redwood siding and will extend its service life.
HousingZone.com
Installation Techniques for Hardboard Siding
Hardboard siding is a high-quality choice for any remodeling project. Here are recommended installation techniques for hardboard lap siding from the American Hardboard Association.
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Siding Industry News
This case study takes a look at how bricks from a 1920s warehouse were re-used for a new home.
The Times Union (Albany, New York)
Bungalow Brick Homes Built to Last
Here’s a story of how the bricks used to build Chicago bungalows have withstood the test of time, and could be making a comeback.
Chicago Sun Times (Chicago)
Faux Stone is Making a Better Impression
But during the last decade, manufactured stone has worked to make a better impression. It's now the fastest-growing exterior siding in the construction industry, boasting increased use of 15 percent to 17 percent in each of the past five years.
Newsday (New York)
Building a Better Brick
An entrepreneur crafts adobe bricks saying they are the most durable, earth-friendly and cost-effective building materials in the world. "The oldest buildings on the planet are adobe,” he points out. Here is a new look at a long forgotten material that had been used with success for centuries.
The Pueblo Chieftain (Antonito, Colo.)
Concrete Construction Developers Build Beefed-up Houses
Solid concrete walls were once reserved mainly for warehouses and boxy commercial buildings. Now they are showing up in residential construction. Likewise, concrete reinforced with extra steel rods is expanding from the commercial sector into the home market.
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando)
Straw Bale Construction Matures
Today's straw bale homes are actually post-and-beam structures that have straw bales in the walls. Rebar runs through the bales to hold them together, or an external framework of rebar or bamboo is held together by wires that run through the bales. Chicken wire or metal lath secured to the outside of the bales is the base for plastering.
The Capital (Annapolis, Md.)
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