Vinyl Siding Stays Put During Severe Weather - 5/10/2004 - Home Exterior Roofs Siding

Vinyl Siding Stays Put During Severe Weather

CertainTeed Corporation is a member of the National Council of the Housing Industry — the Supplier 100 of NAHB.

SMARTWALL Technology features a hem that allows siding to “float” over minor imperfections in the wall and move laterally as temperatures rise and fall with the changing of the season, says CertainTeed. Ordinary siding may allow laps to open up or gap over time, it says, while laps stay tighter with SMARTWALL Technology because panels can move as walls move.

“When restricted siding expands and contracts it becomes wavy and will stay that way,” says the manufacturer. “This causes many problems for contractors. Not only are wavy walls unsightly, but they are also the cause of frequent service calls from unhappy home owners. This condition, known as ‘oilcanning,’ is eliminated through proper application of SMARTWALL Technology.”

The patented nail-tight flexible hem is nailed securely to the wall. Each panel is suspended by 2,800 PermaFlex Suspension Cables, which are fusion-welded into a .088-inch double thickness of siding material.

SMARTWALL Technology can make a big difference in protecting homes from property damage during severe weather, says CertainTeed. Millennium brand vinyl siding has the only “won’t blow off” warranty in the industry, it says, and has been tested to withstand 270-mph winds.

Millennium-sided homes by Castle Home Builders in Hampstead, NC, survived Hurricane Bonnie in 1998, when winds of up to 104 mph damaged buildings and cut off power to nearly a half-million people.

Hurricane Floyd ripped through the same area in 1999 with 110-mph winds. Damage costs from Floyd alone were more than $1 billion. Builders and remodelers in hurricane-prone areas boast that they haven’t lost a single panel of Millennium during the relentless storms, according to CertainTeed.

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