Metal siding is slightly more expensive than vinyl and the labor will a little more if you hire it out, but either metal or vinyl will be fine.
Metal siding can give your home a dramatic profile. It's durable and sure to make a statement.
By Gene Rodriguez, III
How to Install Vinyl Siding ...
If metal siding is used, the mounting fasteners (nails or screws) must be compatible with the metal composition of the siding, or the siding or fasteners will corrode. This corrosion is due to galvanic response.
The metal siding end caps came out with minimal effort, by simply pulling straight down.
The Siding Above - Removing The Nails: ...
Vinyl And Metal Siding
Water penetration
Poor detailing and construction of joints between siding strips at corners and around windows and doors.
Aluminum and Metal Siding
Aluminum and steel siding, may be considered a step up from vinyl in durability, but it's plagued with its own limitations.
Vinyl siding is particularly susceptible to damage from flying objects during a wind storm, while metal siding can dent and fade with time.
This northern California house designed by Marmol Radziner is a prefab cottage for weekend rest and relaxation, getting back to basics with low-maintenance and easily replaceable materials like concrete floors and metal siding. A 70-ft.
Rough cement plaster, metal siding, stained concrete floors, and galvanized stairs all provide a seamless transition from the streetside entry through to the view side of the home and a two-story window wall opening to the garden.
All sidings should be washed, rinsed and free of chalk before painting, and metal sidings should be primed with an exterior alkyd primer suitable for the paint you will be using.
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