Thermal Vinyl Siding

One of the most affordable times to add a continuous blanket of insulation to an existing home is when new siding is installed whether that be with flat rigid sheets of insulation or insulated vinyl siding.

Thermal vinyl siding.

When a heat gun is pointed at competitor s vinyl siding at a temperature of 176 5ºf it tends to deform in the heat. Conclusions about insulated vinyl siding and its alternatives. As we ve noted insulated siding costs about 50 percent more than non insulated siding. There are tens of millions of houses sided with vinyl.

The vinyl siding institute vsi states that temperature ranges beginning at 160 165 degrees fahrenheit can soften normal grades of vinyl siding. Properly installed vinyl siding here means proper placement of siding nails not over nailing too tightly and allowing proper end clearance at single piece siding runs to allow for thermal expansion. Tennessee thermal has been helping homeowners in nashville clarksville murfreesboro franklin and throughout middle tennessee with their home remodeling projects since 1995. Buckled vinyl siding due to thermal expansion improper nailing.

Insulated vinyl siding is standard vinyl siding with a backing of solid rigid foam insulation. Vinyl siding is the most popular choice of exterior cladding and has been for about two decades. We believe in our vinyl siding and we would love to walk you through the options and answer any question before during and after your siding installation. Vinyl siding will buckle due to thermal expansion if it is not properly installed.

Spectrashield thermal diffusion agents protect vinyl siding against distortion caused by heat from the sun. The average price of insulated vinyl siding material is 2 25 to 3 50 per square foot depending on the brand profile and color. Vinyl siding installers for nashville and middle tennessee here at tennessee thermal we take pride in giving our customers high quality products at fair prices. Welcome to tn thermal.

Also to note darker colors absorb more heat and can soften before lighter colors of siding. The modest improvement in thermal performance is less of a selling point than the improved stiffness and sense of robustness that the insulated vinyl siding provides based on brian s estimates the cost premium is significant. Only a tiny percentage of those houses have been affected by exposure to concentrated sunlight reflected from windows. Increase the beauty and value of your home with our high quality replacement windows vinyl siding bathroom remodeling shower and entry doors.

The insulated version of a colonial white siding compared with the conventional product from the same. The thermal bridge created by the wood studs in the home needs to be broken with continuous insulation to help reduce this energy loss.