Vinyl Siding Revisited

VINYL A storefront outfitted with the latest synthetics: acrylic brick from Nailite, PVC wainscoting from Wolverine Technologies, and Wolverine’s fish-scale siding on the gable end. R E V I S I T E D Siding options were once limited to wood and masonry. Today, we can also choose from vinyl, aluminum, steel, and polyacrylic materials. While the figures vary depending on whom you speak to, it’s common industry knowledge that vinyl siding has made the largest market gains during the last 10 years-particularly in the residing market. In fact, vinyl accounted for over half of all 1986 re-siding jobs, according to a survey conducted by RSI magazine. Trailing behind is aluminum (PVCcoated is the best) at 25 percent. Once the staple of the re-siding