Replacing Vinyl Siding With Shingles

The effect of vinyl siding on the appearance of your house and how it can change your beautiful neighborhood into a trailer park.

Replacing vinyl siding with shingles.

Enter your postal zip code to see only the products available in your area. For pricing and availability. Why vinyl siding destroys the appearance of a house. As time went on companies did begin releasing vinyl shake shingles that looked more like the traditional hand split cedar shakes that so many loved.

A large draw to vinyl cedar shake shingles is the vinyl price point. Also sheathing materials can be installed beneath the new siding against the exterior wall of the home. If your wood siding is beveled you ll need to use furring strips and foam board to provide a flat surface for the new vinyl siding. Fiber cement stucco stone or faux stone brick aluminum wood with pros and cons.

Cedar is classified as a soft wood and although its natural characteristics help it repel termites and other insects its softness makes it susceptible to scratches dings and dents. Georgia pacific vision pro vinyl siding panel 8 in x 150 in. If there isn t a moisture barrier beneath the old wood siding you ll want to install one over it before you add the new vinyl siding. 6 exelent exterior materials that are not vinyl.

However some neighbourhoods aren t a good fit for vinyl siding and as it is now it has been in the past cedar wood siding is a premium product and it s only surpassed by the quality and product integrity of james hardie siding products. Insulated siding combines insulation materials with siding vinyl panels are lined with a foam backing. Insulated vinyl siding costs 4 to 12 per square foot or between 7 000 and 17 000 to install on a 2 000 sqft.