When you buy vinyl siding for your home it’s important to buy a good quality product. Cheap vinyl siding has a number of problems connected with it—fading, cracking and poor insulation among them. Most of these are addressed by high quality brands that have worked to improve the long term performance of their siding. One problem that is not often considered but could be important is the ability of the vinyl siding to hold up under heat.
It’s well known that vinyl siding expands when it’s hot. If it gets too hot it can expand to the point where it begins to warp. This has been known to happen at times. The explanations for why this much heat is being concentrated on siding are varied. It’s not just the temperature of the sun itself, but the radiant heat that comes off the paved roads, off of windows and cars, and which can be magnified by the insulated underlayment beneath the panels themselves. Particularly if you live in a hot part of the country, you need to be sure to find out about what temperatures your vinyl siding has been made to stand up against.
Ordinary grade siding can endure temperatures of 160-165 degrees before it begins to warp. That might sound high, but it’s not really. To be more sure that your vinyl won’t give you trouble; ask for siding that has been designed to stand up to 185 to 220 degrees. You may pay more for it, but you will not only get siding that won’t warp on you, but siding that will probably last better in all respects. Higher quality siding is more impact resistant, holds its color against fading longer, and is also better insulated. It pays in every respect to buy the best; especially since vinyl siding is the least expensive option on the market to begin with. If you are going to spend the money to get your house redone, then you should be sure that it’s something you’ll be happy with down the road. Cheap siding often costs you later on in unnecessary repairs.
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