Welcome

Our Window Showroom

All About Siding

Gutters and Guards

Our 60 Year History

All About Siding

Nothing defines the architectural style of your home as much as the siding. For a new house the siding defines the home’s beauty. For your existing home, properly selected replacement siding can change and improve its looks. The wide range of siding, material, color, shapes and sizes offer a multitude of changes that can enhance or alter your home’s architectural style and improve its appeal. With so much that can be done it is recommended that for the best possible job an expert familiar with home siding be asked for advice, an expert such as one of our representatives. (Hint: For re-siding jobs, it is best to determine if window replacement is called for, and if so, then the windows should be replaced before siding.)

Quality of New Siding Materials
There is an amazing range of sidings available to the homeowner and they are vastly superior in durability, weather resistance and pest resistance to products available just a few years ago. A selection may be made from a broad range of appearances that are priced attractively, warranted for long periods and very good looking.

Facts About Siding
What brands of siding does Custom Home Improvement carry?
Does Custom Home Improvements install siding?
Does vinyl siding fade?
Does vinyl siding chalk like aluminum siding does?
What is the thickness of vinyl siding?
What is a profile? What is double 4” and double 5”, and what is the difference?
What profiles are available?
What colors are available?
What accents are available to customize my home?

What brands of siding does Custom Home Improvement carry?
Wolverine technologies
Certainteed
Napco
Alcoa
Nailite
Reynolds

Does Custom Home Improvements do siding installations?
Yes, Custom Home Improvements is your best choice for a quality installation. Over 80% of our jobs come from referrals.

Does vinyl siding fade?
Everything fades under the sun! However, the technology involved in making vinyl siding has come quite a way. While fading, for now, is a fact of life in siding as it is with everything, technological advances in manufacturing have found ways to help slow the fading of vinyl siding. Abnormal fading of a siding panel is characterized by variated fading within a siding job, or simply a quick change of color from one season to the next. Abnormal fading is covered under warranty by the manufacturer.

Back to Questions

Does vinyl siding chalk like aluminum siding does?
Well, yes and no. Once again, our friend the sun plays havoc with everything it touches. The sun’s ultraviolet rays cause a molecular chalking effect that is completely normal. Chalking can be controlled, though. If the siding is washed twice a year it will maintain its luster longer. Washing vinyl siding consists of spraying the siding with a normal garden hose and a siding washer attachment connected to it. A siding washer attachment is simply a bottle of special chemicals, like car wash detergent, formulated for siding.

Back to Questions

What is the thickness of vinyl siding?
Siding thickness varies greatly between manufacturers and the panels they make. Generally vinyl siding falls between .040” to .045” and some panels boast a hefty .055” thickness.

Back to Questions

What is a profile? What is Double 4” or Double 5” and what is the difference?
By holding and looking down the panel you will get the profile look of a siding panel. The profile of a siding panel normally refers to the laps and butt of the panel. A double 4” panel would be a panel with an 8” exposure comprising of two 4” laps that would be separated by a butt. A double 5” panel would be a  panel with a 10” exposure comprising of two 5” laps that would be separated by a butt.

Back to Questions

What profiles are available?
Siding manufacturers will try to produce a little of every profile to be different, but the most popular profiles are as follows:

What colors are available?
Here are the standard colors available by most or our manufacturers. We offer a wide selection of shades and colors

Glenn, Dan and Ron

(216) 671-7600
13030 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44111

Welcome  |  Our Window Showroom  |  All About Siding  |  Gutters and Guards  |  Our 60 Year History