Is Fibercement or Hardieplank siding your best option for Siding Replacement ?

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 18, 2010 -- I am very familiar with siding replacement for Seattle area home owners. I own a Seattle siding company that has successfully
completed over a thousand siding installations. Most of the work we do is LP , Masonite ,or Weyerhaeuser siding replacement.

The choices materials on the market today are as follows :
1.Wood Siding.
2.Vinyl Siding.
3.Fiber cement siding

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Is Fibercement or Hardieplank siding your best option for Siding Replacement ?

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Wood siding commonly used in the Settle area is cedar which has grown and been harvested in the Northwest for the last 150 years. Cedar makes a excellent siding material as it has many natural oils in it to repel the wet rains we get in our area. Ceder will typically last 40-50 years depending on how well it has been maintained. Wood siding like cedar should be painted or stained every 5 years to minimize weather damage. If cedar is not maintained it will start to crack and split. The cost of using cedar siding is the most expensive material commonly used for siding as it is expensive to harvest and process. The reason we do some work with cedar is that its beautiful look and natural grains cannot be matched using other more cost effective material. >

2. Vinyl siding is not used on most homes in our area.The reasons are that many home owners see vinyl siding as a cheap looking product and therefore it is stigmatized. The cost of vinyl siding is less than wood and it requires less maintenance and in my opinion will only last about 25 years on a home before the color fades or the material looks old and worn.The challenges people have when they install vinyl siding is trying to match materials if they have to repair it and it can negatively impact the value of a home in our area.

3.The third choice that we see in our area is Fiber cement siding. Fiber cement is a mixture of silica and wood fiber that is
formed and pressed to make an incredible strong durable siding material. The material will not burn or rot and paint will actually
last up to 4 times longer on it. The leading makers are James Hardie Hardieplank and Certainteed who make weather board.
The product are warranted for 50 years and really they should last over a hundred years if they were installed and maintained.

The look and style of wood but the durability of concrete is hard to beat. The cost are better than wood up to 40% less than wood siding and in my experience it is less expensive to install Fiber cement than vinyl siding making it very competitive.
You will have to paint the house after the installation unless you choose pre-painted siding .Hardieplank offers prepainted siding in a variety of colors.

The bottom line is simple you need to evaluate your siding replacement in three areas cost,durability,and ask yourself which siding material will add the most value to your home when you go to sell it.
In our opinion Fiber cement wins for our customers 97% of the time.
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