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Steve Barker wrote:
a. Long runs of it expand more than the nail holes can tolerate, then it's
all nice and wavy.
b. It gets brittle
c. hail (if running sideways) punches holes in it.
d. It melts if your neighbors particle board palace burns down
e. It chalks out and looks like ****
f. It looks like a plastic lego house


My vinyl siding is 23 years old. It has none of the failures that you
describe although the neighbor's houses on either side of me have not
burned down in all that time, but each is about 60 feet away and they
are covered in asbestos siding. Ever see an asbestos siding house burn?
Watch out for shrapnel!.
Are you speaking from experience, or repeating some bull**** that
someone else has said?
What do you have on your house?

Steel is the only way to go.

Here's a plus over steel siding.
If your house catches fire, the vinyl will melt from the heat so that
the fire hoses can get to the wood fire behind the steel.



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Bill
in Hamptonburgh, NY
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