Choosing wood siding for your home comes with many benefits. There is nothing like the look and feel of a wood sided home. It brings not only natural beauty but can increase your curb appeal as well as add equity to your home.
Wood siding also is known as clapboard siding. It utilized planks of wood that overlap each other. The best type of wood to use for this type of siding is redwood or red cedar both known to be durable and attractive.
LP SmartSide Siding
There are different types of wood siding manufactures on the market today such as LP SmartSide Siding. LP SmartSiding is a wood strand combined with a resin binder for strength. LP Smartsiding is also experimentally friendly because LP Smartsiding not uses 99% of the wood they cut down but also replenish the wood. They also cut from fast-growing trees which reduces waste and better resource usage. The siding also does not contain urea-formaldehyde ( a wood adhesive ) which has been known to cause cancer.
Wood siding is the easiest siding to install. Most homeowners with a bit of carpentry experience can install their own wood siding. Wood siding styles come in clapboard, cut shingles, and solid wood to name a few. Wood is also easily replaced which makes it a great choice if having to replace boards that have been damaged.
Go Green
Wood never has to go to a landfill and is biodegradable and it a renewing resource. This makes wood siding the most environmentally friendly siding material on the market today.
Paint or Not to Paint
Wood can be painted any color and holds the color well. If you want the natural look and feel of wood, staining the wood would be your next option. Painting, staining or some type of protection is needed for the wood so that it will not rot, crack or become brittle over time due to what mother nature throws her way or insects that consider your wood siding a home or food source.
Wood siding damage is most often due to untreated wood resulting in dry rot or black mold as well as insect infestation such as termites. So it is very important that you protect your home’s wood siding with some form of product that will keep the moisture out of your wood and deter the insects.
Why Choose K-Boys Construction?
We listen to our customers and always give fair and honest quotes. We are also locally owned and operated and our reputation for quality service is well known throughout Palm Beach County and Martin County, Florida and surrounding areas.
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