September 2010

Thinking of Remodeling? Choose Your Siding Carefully to Recoup Your Investment

The Hanley Wood Remodeling Cost Versus Value report is an excellent tool to help homeowners decide which type of siding to use for their home during a remodel job. The report is a fairly reliable tool to gauge the residential remodeling and resale markets. Since 2005, exterior replacement remodel jobs have been at the top of the report's rankings. Increased curb appeal is one factor, but another is cost. Replacing damaged and deteriorated siding is more wallet-friendly than a room addition or new cherry cabinetry throughout the kitchen. Siding Remodel Costs Versus Resale Value: Your Best Bet Vinyl siding: Replacement costs nationally averaged $10,607, and homeowners typically recouped $8,476, or almost 80 percent, when they sold their homes. Fiber ...

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Installing siding: Do it Yourself, or Hire a Siding Contractor?

If you are thinking of installing new siding on your home, and you are fairly handy with carpentry tools, you can save a lot of money on the renovation project by installing the siding yourself--but it may be easier, and smarter, to hire a siding contractor for the job. Installing New Siding Versus Hiring a Siding Contractor There is much, much more to installing siding properly than just hanging it level on a wall. Foremost is the issue of water penetration--siding contractors know exactly how to waterproof your structure so water won't penetrate behind the siding and cause rot. If you are even remotely unsure of what's required to flash around windows, at abutting wall lines, and around doors, ...

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