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Vinyl siding: more uniform plastic.(Product/Service Evaluation)
Vinyl will soon account for more than half of all siding sold. Higher standards and some industry self-policing have helped bring this product in line with its claims, including panel thickness--a much-touted feature manufacturers use to categorize "premium" models.
We found some panels thinner than advertised when we last tested vinyl siding in 1997. Since then, the Vinyl Siding Institute, a trade group, has adopted industry standards into its own voluntary certification program. To be certified, siding must meet the manufacturers' thickness claims and some minimum industry standards for fading and wind resistance, among others. All 27 models we tested this ...
- Vinyl Siding, Done Right.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 10, 2008 700+ words
...Updates Manual for Quality Vinyl Siding Installation WASHINGTON, June...the professionals installing vinyl siding on today's homes with the...information available, the Vinyl Siding Institute, Inc. (VSI) has...
- VSI Vinyl Siding Product Certification Program Reaches 10-Year Milestone.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 7, 2008 700+ words
...homeowners continue to be the goal for the Vinyl Siding Institute's (VSI) VSI Vinyl Siding Product Certification Program. VSI will...consistent quality when they purchase certified vinyl siding," said VSI President Jery Y. Huntley...
- Homeowners Are Siding with Certified Vinyl Siding, Installers to Enhance or...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 27, 2008 700+ words
...on the market, have options. Many are turning to the Vinyl Siding Institute's (VSI) Vinyl Siding Product Certification and Certified Installer Programs to identify quality vinyl siding and installers, trained to re-side a home that will...
- Tour of Green Homes Builders, Remodelers Choose Vinyl Siding.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 19, 2008 700+ words
...Builders and Remodelers relied on vinyl siding to help rebuild three homes that...exteriors, low-maintenance vinyl siding quickly became the builders...choice. Unlike fiber cement, vinyl siding does not require painting or...
- New Resources Available for Installing Quality Vinyl Siding.
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter February 24, 2009 700+ words
In order to ensure vinyl siding installers at all levels are equipped...installation instructions available, the Vinyl Siding Institute, Inc. (VSI) has released...updated version of its Installing Vinyl Siding DVD, as well as a Spanish language...
- Vinyl Siding Continues as Market Leader.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 9, 2008 700+ words
...WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Vinyl siding remains the number one choice of exterior...published 2007 U.S. Census Bureau data, vinyl siding holds a 32 percent market share among...exterior cladding is being developed, vinyl siding continues to gain market share or stay...
- VINYL SIDING MAKERS FEELING THE SQUEEZE.
- Magazine article from: Plastics News STAFF, Shannon Ledson PLASTICS NEWS June 21, 1999 700+ words
...window industry and now it's invading the vinyl siding market, too: consolidation. Vinyl siding manufacturers and distributors everywhere...past several years, the number of major vinyl siding manufacturers has dwindled to about a dozen...
- Technology advances vinyl siding repair.
- Magazine article from: Claims Roos, Rochelle M. February 1, 2004 700+ words
...hail storms that precipitate floods of vinyl siding damage claims. Claim after claim is...industry for replacement of damaged vinyl siding. The yearly figures are swollen by...These homes may have discontinued vinyl siding or color fade issues. How were these...
