Contract Roofing Vinyl Siding

Thinking about re-siding? If you love the intricate gingerbread of a classic San Francisco Victorian house or admire the hand-wrought detailing of a craftsman-style bungalow but you want the relatively low cost and ease of vinyl, take heart!

Contract Roofing uses Alcoa, CertainTeed, Wolverine, and other major manufacturers of vinyl siding to produce vinyl details that give pedestrian siding systems a classic look.

Offerings include window and door surrounds, shutters, corner posts, dentil molding, and a range of other components, as well as decorative custom shingle and siding patterns. For example, Alcoa Building Products' line of Images Designer Accessories includes accent panels in four fish-scale patterns, wainscot, dryer vents, and fixture mounts. These decorative accessories are available in a wide range of colors and can be used with vinyl and aluminum siding, brick, and stone.

CertainTeed has gone to great lengths to create trim that mimics the look of wood. To make their siding systems appear more wood-like, CertainTeed designed more substantial trim components that resemble 1 by 4 and 1 by 6 wood boards—the materials carpenters typically use. One of the benefits of this system, which is designed to be used with Monogram vinyl siding, is that trim parts can be interchanged or combined quite freely to make up very realistic profiles.

Wolverine also offers a realistic line that includes a premium, super-rigid soffit; fish-scale, beaded, and lattice panels; extra-wide fluted, stepped, or smooth-corner posts; and stepped window trim.

If your home is sided with aluminum, you may be able to use some vinyl specialty parts; otherwise, you can get custom-bent aluminum pieces for some architectural features, but these tend to be expensive and not very authentic-looking.

Whether your house is a Colonial masterpiece or a California rancher, Contract Roofing offers a wide range of vinyl siding materials to imbue it with interest and charm.