If you have vinyl siding left over from the original installation, then it’s easy to get the replacement stock. If you don’t, take a sample of ... I put white cedar shingles on my house ...

CertainTeed vinyl siding is available in many styles and textures, including cedar shake ... upload a photo of your own home or choose a sample home that looks similar in style.

so we tested the samples at 70° F and 0° F. In cold testing, the alternative sidings showed mediocre resistance to damage related to winter weather. All-vinyl siding fared worse. The results ...

The Bowes replaced vinyl siding with Hardie siding, then Hardie with cedar. "The aesthetic drove a lot of it," Bowe said of the decision to cover the house in reddish-hued cedar shake during a ...

Value report, replacing vinyl siding recoups ... Here’s what we measure in our siding tests. Color change: We subject light-colored siding samples to 1,000 hours of ultraviolet light, about ...

but up in the gables I used traditional cedar shakes like those found on many homes built in the late 1800s. You can achieve this same look with vinyl siding, and the vinyl shakes can be a ...

Most of the vinyl siding samples Consumer Reports tested in its weathering machine showed a noticeable change in color when compared with new samples after the color change test. The alternative ...

Q. Regarding your Dec. 24 article on maintenance-free siding (“Ask the Carpenter: No siding is maintenance-free . . . really’’), I think you overlooked one standout option. I installed white ...