The siding on your home makes a big difference in appearance, curb appeal, energy efficiency, and more. There are a lot of things to consider and options available when you need to replace your siding. Here’s how to choose the right siding for your home:

1. Think about durability.
2. Consider maintenance.
3. Examine performance and available upgrades.
4. Look at the color and style options available.
5. Make sure you pick the right color.

1. Think About Durability

When you see signs that you need new siding, and it’s time to replace the siding on your home, you want to make sure your new siding is durable and long-lasting. When it comes to durability, it’s hard to beat vinyl siding.

Vinyl siding is known to be tough, durable, and long-lasting. It is impervious to weathering, and you don’t have to worry about things like rot or damage from pests. Plus, it won’t dent, peel, or scratch, so it will look great for years to come.

2. Consider Maintenance

Another thing to consider when choosing the right siding for your home and for you is how much maintenance you will need to do on the siding you choose. Wood siding is notorious for requiring a lot of maintenance. Between monitoring for pests and water damage, repainting, resealing, cleaning, and more, trying to keep wood siding maintained requires a lot of time.

On the other hand, vinyl siding is virtually maintenance-free; you just have to wash it down every once in a while to keep it looking great. And, it’s quick and easy to clean vinyl siding. Not only does it protect your home from the elements and last a long time, but you also get more free time because you don’t have to spend it on maintenance tasks.

3. Examine Performance and Available Upgrades

Poor or inefficient insulation, which includes the quality of your siding, is one of the ways you might be losing money on your energy bills. This is why other important considerations in choosing the right siding for your home are:

• Overall performance
• Energy efficiency
• Available upgrades

Properly installed vinyl siding provides a tight seal and insulation to your home. Wind won’t blow it off your home, and it helps keep out moisture, prevents drafts and air leaks, and makes your home more energy-efficient. Plus, you can opt to upgrade to insulated vinyl siding for even better energy efficiency in addition to blocking outside noise.

These are all benefits of vinyl siding that you can receive, in addition to all the benefits to your home and improvements to your comfort that new siding provides. On top of that, the vinyl siding you choose could come with a lifetime warranty, along with any guarantees or warranties your contractor offers.

4. Look at the Color and Style Options Available

Because the siding of your home has such a big impact on appearance and curb appeal, you want to take a look at the color and style options available when you choose siding for your home. There are plenty of stylish house siding ideas available, and vinyl siding can help you get the right look for any of them.

One of the benefits of vinyl siding is that it is customizable and is available in a wide variety of colors and style options. You can even get vinyl siding that looks like wood shingles, wood-grain lap siding, stone, and more. Plus, you can play with shapes to create the perfect exterior look for your home.

5. Make Sure You Pick the Right Color

Vinyl siding may be available in a wide variety of colors and styles, but it’s still important to consider the current style of your home. This is something to consider when choosing a roof color and applies to any change you want to make to your home’s exterior. Whatever colors and styles you choose for your new siding should still complement the existing architectural style of your home and boost overall curb appeal and value.

Exterior issues, like the wrong type of siding or color, are things that can hurt your home value. And if you live in an HOA, colors or styles that violate HOA regulations can carry hefty fees. Make sure you are taking all of these factors into consideration and that you are picking the right color and style of siding for your home, as these will affect your home’s exterior, your home value, and your return on investment for your new siding.

13 Tips For Choosing the Right Siding Color

Siding covers a large portion of your home’s exterior. Because of this, your siding color will have a bigger impact and have more considerations than something like choosing a front door color. The color of your front door still has a big impact on your home’s exterior, but it is easier to update than siding. A good contractor can help you make sure you have the right siding color, style, and options for your home. Here are some tips for choosing the right siding color:

1. Look for color palettes and styles that complement your home’s architectural style.
2. Make sure to account for existing elements, especially fixed elements that are difficult to change.
3. Take the size of your home into consideration.
4. Take inspiration from the various colors and styles in surrounding homes and your neighborhood.
5. Pick a main body color, a trim color, and an accent color, at least.
6. A secondary body color can work well on some homes.
7. Choosing light neutral colors and a soft contrast between the body and trim colors can make a home look larger.
8. Don’t force complex color combinations if your home doesn’t have anything that divides colors naturally.
9. Also consider the emotional impact of colors and color combinations.
10. Use a free color visualizer from a manufacturer you can trust, especially if it is the type of siding you are considering, like the CertainTeed ColorviewⓇ Visualizer.
11. Get siding samples.
12. Check how siding samples look at different times of the day and in different types of light.
13. If you’re trying out siding trends, make sure you like them, and they will still look good even when they are no longer popular.

8 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing Siding Colors

When thinking about what you might want in new siding for your home, here are some mistakes to avoid when choosing siding colors:

1. Ignoring existing fixed elements, like your home’s roofing, stonework, landscaping, etc., when picking siding colors.
2. Picking overly bright colors instead of muted tones.
3. Choosing a color because it’s trendy, and not necessarily because it suits your home or because you like it, without evaluating whether it will still boost curb appeal when something else becomes trendy.
4. Ending up with a color palette that isn’t cohesive, with colors that clash instead of complementing each other.
5. Choosing siding colors without getting samples or seeing what they look like outside and in real light.
6. Ignoring the way light changes throughout the day, from morning to evening.
7. Only looking at small samples instead of testing large siding samples.
8. Testing samples on one side of your home, instead of on multiple sides.

Get New Siding For Your Home With Zephyr Thomas Home Improvement

These are just a few things to consider to make sure you choose the right siding for your home. If you have questions or would like to schedule a free quote for siding, contact Zephyr Thomas at 717-399-4708 today!

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