Vinyl vs. aluminum siding : Pros? Cons?
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linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
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Vinyl, Wood, Clad, Aluminum Oh boy!!!
Comments (1)Price...vinyl Efficiency...vinyl Looks...wood Maintenance...vinyl Vinyl are going to be cheaper, more efficient, and easier to maintain. Wood will probably have better resale value, but if that is not a concern, you are hard pressed to legitimize the delta....See MoreComposite vs Vinyl Windows. What are pros and cons?
Comments (9)The difference need to be compared on a more specific (i.e. window to window) basis. Some composites are good, some are terrible. Same is to be said for vinyl. Comparing cheap vinyl to good composite...winner is composite. You get my point but each material has its pluses and minuses and how each is weighted largely depends on the customers requirements....See MoreMetal siding vs. Hardie board and batten? Pros/cons?
Comments (2)I have Hardie Board on my 7 year old house and it's in good shape. But honestly, my next house will have vinyl. The Hardie dents, scratches and crumbles when water logged. If you take a piece off to fix something you probably have to replace it with a new piece - which will not match. None of those things are problems with vinyl. I think that using a pressure washer would be out of the question. Not only would you drive water into the seams but you stand a good chance of taking the finish off the Hardie. Good luck....See MoreMarvin Integrity vs Sun Aluminum Clad vs Jeld Wen Premium Vinyl
Comments (14)We're in upstate SC as well. We looked at Windsor too - in our opinion Sun was a much better window overall. I don't have any photos - the top sash just slides down on some of the windows when unlocked. Here's a video from their website showing "sash droop" as he calls it, and how to adjust it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1t0zmrdlsk And speaking of videos, one of the reasons we chose Sun (not a major reason, but I still appreciate stuff like this) were the videos they posted on their website showing stuff like that above. Here's more. We just moved in the house in July, and it's so hot here - as you know - that the last thing we want to do is open a window. So we really haven't made a big deal out of it with our dealer yet. We had them come out once to adjust a few windows that had the top sash sag, but we've noticed more doing it since then, and not all of the ones I've adjusted myself will stay up like they should even after adjustment. I'll be getting in contact with our dealer in the next week or so to get those top sashes fixed as we'll be heading into open-window season soon. I have confidence they'll fix it - Sun was very good about fixing the minor issues we had right after installation. It was primarily minor finish/paint issues (we had them paint the interior at the factory) and out of 35 windows they replaced about 6 sashes. Two of them were because the dealer didn't spec tempered glass in the stairwell - they replaced those sashes with the right kind of glass for free. Good service....See MoreUser
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