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  2. Vinyl siding - Wikipedia

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    Vinyl siding is plastic exterior siding for houses and small apartment buildings, used for decoration and weatherproofing, imitating wood clapboard, batten board and batten or shakes, and used instead of other materials such as aluminum or fiber cement siding.

  3. List of Lustron houses - Wikipedia

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    Evans Lustron House in Columbus, Indiana. This is a list of notable Lustron houses. A Lustron house is a home built using enameled metal. There were about 2500 prefabricated homes built in this manner. [1] [2] Numerous Lustron houses have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]

  4. Siding (construction) - Wikipedia

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    However, newer vinyl options have improved and resist damage and wear better. Vinyl siding is sensitive to direct heat from grills, barbecues or other sources. Unlike wood, vinyl siding does not provide additional insulation for the building, unless an insulation material (e.g., foam) has been added to the product.

  5. How to Pick the Right Siding for Your Home - AOL

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    Low cost and minimal upkeep make vinyl siding second only to stucco as the most popular exterior siding material for new construction. Vinyl siding, made from PVC resin, was first mass produced in ...

  6. Vinyl siding is melting on thousands of homes: Why and ... - AOL

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    Vinyl siding on a home It's one of the most popular building materials on the market: vinyl siding. Millions of homeowners choose vinyl siding because it's affordable and long-lasting, with no ...

  7. Insulated siding - Wikipedia

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    Initial versions of insulated vinyl siding were field-tested in Georgia. Between 1993 and 1997, design and process solutions were developed to improve the functionality and durability of the product. In 1997, one vinyl siding manufacturer launched the first full-scale commercialization of insulated vinyl siding. Between 1998 and 2003, most ...

  8. A No-Regrets Guide to Picking the Right Vinyl Siding Color

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    Vinyl siding has long been known for its durability and affordability. But, perhaps its major appeal is the vast assortment of colors available to suit just about any style of home.

  9. Kit house - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the size and style of the plan, the materials needed to construct a typical house, including perhaps 10,000–30,000 pieces of lumber and other building material, [4] would be shipped by rail, filling one or two railroad boxcars, [6] [7] which would be loaded at the company's mill and sent to the customer's home town, where they would be parked on a siding or in a freight yard for ...