More about Shake Vinyl Siding...
Vinyl has become a popular raw material for the development of exterior home siding. Molding techniques in use today can produce vinyl reproductions of brick siding, slate or stucco, or even random rock siding that appears to be a rock wall constructed of stones with different colors and textures. Vinyl is an excellent exterior siding due to its durability and its strength. Vinyl can provide substantial insulation for the home and has a zero ultraviolet impact rating.
Along with simulated stone products, there are vinyl versions of wood siding as well. Shake vinyl siding is the general architectural category for these products, but the multitude of styles includes a number of shingle designs with different cuts to their bottoms. Shake vinyl siding products come in rows, usually five feet in length, along with installation components that allow for overlap of the rows during installation. The other important component of a shake vinyl siding installation are the corner pieces, which are single pieces that make a ninety degree turn and mount on the corner of the building.
One of the design options for shake vinyl siding is the staggered split shake. This product has the texture and color of rough wood grain shakes lined up in varying widths.
The fish scale sawn cedar shingle is another product falling into the shake vinyl siding category. This siding has the texture of sawn cedar and a curved bottom to each shingle.
Hand split cedar shakes is a rough textured version of shake vinyl siding that emulates home made shakes of varying thickness.
The hexagon sawn cedar shingle is a siding design that looks like identical shingles side by side with a broad vee cut to the shingle bottom.
Yet another design in the shake vinyl siding family is the octagon sawn cedar shingle, which has a diagonal cut on the edge of each shingle leading to a horizontal cut at the center of the shingle's bottom.
These products are available in a number of colors in order to coordinate with other aspects of the home construction or remodel. No painting is necessary.
