{"id":190,"date":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/tip-vinyl-siding"},"modified":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","slug":"tip-vinyl-siding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/home-tips\/tip-vinyl-siding\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip: Vinyl Siding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: Lately I have been receiving all kinds of calls and ads in the mail about vinyl siding for my home. I have never thought of vinyl siding before, but we are facing a distressingly high heating bill now, and the task of repainting the house this spring, so it seems like an option to consider. What can you tell me about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Re-painting the house every couple of years is rarely listed among the joys of owning a home. That&#8217;s one reason why more and more homeowners like you are considering vinyl siding for the first time to protect and beautify their homes and save them time and money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve resisted looking into vinyl siding because I remember growing up next door to a neighbor who had cheap looking, obviously non-wood siding in the ugliest color which dented when we accidentally hit it with a baseball. Have things improved since then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Absolutely! I am sure you have seen many attractive homes in varying colors and styles of vinyl siding which looked like freshly painted wood.<\/p>\n<p>Vinyl siding never needs painting because its color goes all the way through the material and won&#8217;t peel, flake or show scratches like painted surfaces. So it can save you either hundreds of dollars on professional painting, or a lot of aggravation and sore muscles if you do your own painting.<\/p>\n<p>It will not dent like the aluminum siding your old neighbor had, even if hit with a stray baseball. Nor will it warp, rot or chip like wood. Other advantages of vinyl include the following:<\/p>\n<p>1. Resists rain, sun, wind, air pollution and high humidity.<\/p>\n<p>2. Does not attract termites like wood siding.<\/p>\n<p>3. Holds up well over time and can retain its qualities for 40 years or more.<\/p>\n<p>4. Can save on your heating and cooling bills; when used with a suitable backing material, vinyl siding is an excellent insulator that protects your home from extreme temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>5. Vinyl is attractive! Manufacturers offer a broad range of colors in various shades.<\/p>\n<p>Because it comes in different clapboard widths, horizontal and vertical styles and even different textures, from smooth to wood grain. This flexibility allows you to achieve the look that&#8217;s just right for your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Lately I have been receiving all kinds of calls and ads in the mail about vinyl siding for my home. I have never thought of vinyl siding before, but we are facing a distressingly high heating bill now, and the task of repainting the house this spring, so it seems like an option to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-tips","category-roofing-siding-gutters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}