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losthenfound March 7th 06 03:35 AM

Vinyl Siding
 
Vinyl Siding can devalue your Home and make it less desirable.

Vinyl Siding is highly flamable and toxic fumes can kill you before you
have a chance to escape a building fire.

Vinyl Siding Leaks and Toxic Mold can flourish behind it.

Vinyl Siding has to be frequently replaced because it fades and becomes
brittle.

Vinyl Siding Cracks easily.

Vinyl Siding is not energy efficient. (Myth #1 Shattered)

Vinyl Siding can become a maintenance nightmare.

....And the VSI even states that it is only a "Supplemental Rain
Screen."---WOW



http://fourseasonsroofingandsiding.c...nyl.siding.htm


Edwin Pawlowski March 7th 06 03:42 AM

Vinyl Siding
 

"losthenfound" wrote in message
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Terrible way to promote yourself.

I'm sticking with the vinyl on my house. I just love it.



Joseph Meehan March 7th 06 12:24 PM

Vinyl Siding
 
losthenfound wrote:


The one thing worse than vinyl siding is a SPAMer. Why would anyone buy
from this kind of guy.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit



[email protected] March 8th 06 12:21 AM

Vinyl Siding
 
On 7 Mar 2006 11:21:14 -0800, wrote:

Aluminum siding is way more durable, and can be repainted to look like
new.


You got that right. I realize this message started as spam, but there
is much truth to what was said about vinyl. I read that whole site,
and some of the links from it. I really must agree. In one part they
said that several vinyl homes in a row makes the neighborhood look
like a trailer park. That is so true. I haev always thought it was
extremely ugly, and I have seen it melt off the building from a nearby
fire, and saw what happened when a friend hit his vinyl garage with a
plastic snow shovel. (big hole).
As for the melted siding, I had to laugh. A house was sold in a
commercial area to be torn down and used to build a store. This was a
corner property and the garage was around the corner. The neighbor
bought the garage, planning to put it on rollers and roll it across
his lot line. The fire dept burned the old house for practice. They
never realized that although the garage was a sizable distance away,
that the siding would melt off the garage. It did, and the FD ended
up paying for replacement siding. I saw the results. A large pile of
melted plastic on the ground with some pieces still hanging off the
garage.

I used to live in a home with aluminum siding and it was durable and
lasted forever. Big difference from vinyl.

Edwin Pawlowski March 8th 06 03:06 AM

Vinyl Siding
 

wrote in message
oups.com...
Aluminum siding is way more durable, and can be repainted to look like
new.


Vinyl siding can also be repainted. How durable is durable? Mine is 28
years old and still looks good. I figure another 10+ years for it. Maybe
then I'll paint it.



Rich256 March 8th 06 03:44 AM

Vinyl Siding
 
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
Aluminum siding is way more durable, and can be repainted to look like
new.


Vinyl siding can also be repainted. How durable is durable? Mine is 28
years old and still looks good. I figure another 10+ years for it. Maybe
then I'll paint it.



The paint is pealing off the steel or aluminum siding on a house across
the street. Looks terrible. House next to it with 15 year old Vinyl
looks like newly painted wood.

[email protected] March 8th 06 03:58 AM

Vinyl Siding
 
A very good friend was ANTI SIDING, espically vinyl till her hubby
installed some in a hard to reach area.

free of repainting, happy with the added insulation making the bedroom
warmer, and generally thrilled she wants her entire home resided with
vinyl!

Brick is better but vinyl is fine!


Phisherman March 10th 06 02:40 AM

Vinyl Siding
 
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 03:06:08 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


wrote in message
roups.com...
Aluminum siding is way more durable, and can be repainted to look like
new.


Vinyl siding can also be repainted. How durable is durable? Mine is 28
years old and still looks good. I figure another 10+ years for it. Maybe
then I'll paint it.


Mine is 14 years old. It takes a beating from the sun. The only
maintenance I've ever done is to clean it, and it cleans *very*
easily.

[email protected] March 10th 06 03:14 AM

Vinyl Siding
 
Funny how the original poster tried knocking vinyl but the posters love
it:)


Marvel March 10th 06 03:29 AM

Vinyl Siding
 
Funny how dogs chase cars till they get hit
wrote in message
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Funny how the original poster tried knocking vinyl but the posters love
it:)




willshak March 10th 06 01:15 PM

Vinyl Siding
 
wrote:
Aluminum siding is way more durable, and can be repainted to look like
new.


Aluminum siding dents more easily than vinyl siding, so you better not
have kids that like to play ball, or throw things outside. It is not
flexible longitudinally and cannot be removed and replaced without
damaging it, and having to buy new pieces if you wanted to add an
addition, or doing other alterations to the outside.
Does it still chalk easily? I remember that I couldn't lean against it
without getting white chalk on my hands or clothing. I haven't seen any
houses with aluminum siding in a long time.
You can paint vinyl siding with an appropriate paint. My vinyl siding is
over 20 years old and doesn't need painting yet.

--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY

[email protected] March 10th 06 01:21 PM

Vinyl Siding
 
Marvel is a marvel in failure, wonder if he has stock in alunimum?


Marvel March 11th 06 02:44 AM

Vinyl Siding
 
I would not go with metal siding, I use alunimum coil for trim and fascia
Funny how a Jack Ass sits when you tell it to go
wrote in message
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Marvel is a marvel in failure, wonder if he has stock in alunimum?





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