I know of no reports saying that Greeley CO has become a center for hurricanes and tornados and this means that many people living there in frame houses do not have to live in constant fear of strong winds – category 5 hurricanes are almost guaranteed to cause extremely heavy; or even irreparable damage to wood frame houses. The absence of this type of calamity is fortunate because frame style housing construction remains the most used method for home construction throughout the land. As the name implies, a frame house consists of vertical supports (usually; but not necessarily, made from wood); the spaces between the supports are occupied by the doors and windows or filled in with solid panels known as sidings.
Materials For Sidings
Almost anything that can be produced as sheets or boards can be used as house Siding In Greeley CO; common materials include:-
- Wood
- Metals – especially steel or aluminum
- Plastics – especial those with a vinyl polymer base
- Stone or brick
- Factory manufactured composites
Some are colored during manufacture while others, particularly wood, have to be treated and painted to the buyers ‘specifications; when board type materials are used, the sidings are normally referred to as shingles which can be installed either horizontally or vertically.
Depending upon requirements, Siding In Greeley CO can be either affixed directly to the frame posts or to a previously erected intermediate layer known as “sheathing” or “sheeting”.
Application
Sidings have to do much more than simply fill in the gaps in the frame, they have to be totally weather proof and be installed in such a way that wind or rain does not gain ingress to the house interior through joins in the sidings. It follows that installing sidings; on either a new building, or replacing and renovating them on an older building, is a job best left to skilled craftsmen.
Greeley experiences very wide temperature differences between night and day; as much as a 50-degree (Fahrenheit) difference during the fall and spring months, this, linked with the generally hot summers and cold winters, means that house insulation is important. Because they expose such a large surface area to the elements, it would be good practice to include insulation in the siding application.
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