Is the product you're considering a wood-like siding alternative?
This question is more important for some people than it is for others. Unfortunately
over the years the bar for wood-like siding has been lowered by the siding industry and homeowners have accepted it. Homeowners have settled for the idea that if they want a low maintenance house it will only come by sacrificing any wood-like appearance. The goal of the siding industry has always been to create a low maintenance siding product, but low maintenance typically comes at the expense of beauty. That isn't the case anymore. For the past 30 years fiber cement siding has paved the way with realistic wood-like clapboards that have lower maintenance properties than wood. But because fiber cement requires painting it isn't as low maintenance as most homeowners prefer. That opened that door for other companies such as Norandex Building Products to develop a low-maintenance yet beautiful and realistic looking siding product with a wood-like texture. The benefit is Everlast doesn't require painting like fiber cement or wood clapboards.
Tip: If you like the appearance of real wood consider a thicker product with a realistic embossed wood grain texture such as Everlast or stick with real wood and endure the tedious and expensive upkeep .
Author: Peter Martino
