Bendable Vinyl Coil Has Come of Age - 7/19/2004 - Home Exterior Roofs Siding

Bendable Vinyl Coil Has Come of Age

It has taken more than a decade, but the world’s first cold bendable vinyl coil from Alum-a-Pole Corporation has finally come of age, according to the manufacturer.

Headquartered in Scranton, PA, Alum-a-Pole Corporation is a member of the National Council of the Housing Industry — the Supplier 100 of NAHB.

When Alum-a-Pole Corporation first introduced the product in 1990, Alcoa, Reynolds, Royal, Alside, Heartland, Certainteed and other companies all ordered it, expecting a major upgrade for the vinyl siding industry. Unfortunately, the vinyl cracked, didn’t hold its bend and ripped excessively, and Alum-A-Pole went back to the drawing board.

Now, 14 years later, numerous contractors are finding that the company’s Pro-Trim Vinyl Coil is a very viable product, according to the manufacturer. Several Army and Marine bases have repeatedly ordered thousands of coils. The University of Georgia has an enormous amount of vinyl coil under copper gutters where aluminum would have presented galvanic problems.

In the August, 2001 edition of The Journal of Light Construction, Alcoa stated that aluminum will rot if installed over pressure-treated wood, which is not a problem with Pro-Trim coils.

Each box of plain or grain Pro-Trim Vinyl Coils comes with instructions and 60 Hide-A-Nails. “It really does hide the nails,” says Pro-Trim. “This innovation virtually eliminates ripples. And now bend retention is excellent, and any brake will do the job."

Along the way Alum-A-Pole Corporation has also received patents designed to streamline aluminum and vinyl coil processing. “With over one million Alum-A-Poles in the industry one might ask, why continue to pursue the vinyl coil industry when Alum-A-Poles are so successful? Why, because vinyl siding deserves vinyl coil,” says the manufacturer.

Dark colors are expected to be available soon.

For more information, call 800-421-2586 or click here.