Your house is indeed your castle, your family’s livelihood, and the most important possession you own. Some might argue, in fact, that it is a reflection of you as a person. And your house’s siding not only preserves the building’s integrity, but it plays a huge role in determining the house’s exterior aesthetic. Because of this, the choice you make when hiring siding contractors is vitally important.

Choosing a Siding Contractor: A Few Tips

• Ask About Certification – Since your siding is such an important investment, it is always a good idea to make sure siding contractors have the academic knowledge required to do a good job. It is not odd, or even unexpected, to ask for certifications to prove formal training.
• Ask About Experience – Book learning is only truly useful if it is supplemented by experience in the field of siding installation. Ask how many years of experience each contractor has.
• Make Sure They Behave Professionally – A contractor who really cares about their work will be timely, well-dressed, and interested in the customer’s specific desires in relation to the job. You should arrange a meeting with any potential contractors prior to the siding installation to make sure they check out on these fronts.
• Make Sure They Offer Insurance – Accidents on the job are not an impossible occurrence. They will cost you a lot of money, and it is even possible that contractors without insurance will stage an injury to extort money from you.
• Make Sure They Work Nearby – This serves two purposes. First of all, someone who is always close by will provide prompter service. Second, local contractors who are familiar with local weather patterns will often do a better job.
• Don’t Trust the Initial Estimate – Some contractors attempt to increase their appeal by giving a deceivingly low estimate, and others give a deceivingly high estimate to make sure they don’t go over budget. Ask all siding contractors how their estimates tend to stack up in comparison to their jobs’ actual prices.
• Ask About a Guarantee – A good contractor is confident in his work and will back it up with a guarantee. Ask about one before proceeding.

Alliance Trust Aluminum’s siding contractors are well-trained, reliable, and easy to talk to. If your home is located in the Oakville or Burlington areas and you are in need of siding installation or repair, give us a call and you can be confident you are making the right choice.

As a part of your home that can have a huge impact upon the appearance and how your property is perceived, the amount you pay for your energy each year and how comfortable your home is to live in year round, you could say that siding is important! If your property is old and the condition of the siding has deteriorated significantly you might want to consider contacting siding contractors and making enquiries with regards to how much a new siding installation would cost. The quote that you receive from these contractors will depend on a number of factors though (which is why an accurate estimate can only be given after visiting your property), with the type of material you select being the main one. During this article we’re going to give you a run through of the main materials that you can choose from.

Materials that Siding Contactors Could Use When Installing Siding at Your Home

There is no “perfect” material to use with regards to siding, since it very much depends on where the siding will be installed, whether it will be able to cope with the local climate and whether it will fit in with the rest of your property’s style. However, there are several materials that are more popular than other options when a siding installation is being completed, which include:

• PVC Siding – PVC siding, along with aluminum, is without doubt one of the most popular siding materials used nowadays and you’ll probably be able to see numerous examples of this in Milton, Burlington and Oakville. While it was labelled as “cheap rubbish” back in the 60’s when it first emerged as a siding material, modern manufacturing processes and tweaks to the composition of this material have changed all that. It still remains low cost, but is now also extremely durable and resistant to a wide range of weather conditions. It can also be finished in many different ways to almost guarantee you can find PVC siding that “fits in” with the rest of your home’s exterior. One slight negative is that should a small area of the siding sustain damage, you may have to replace an entire section to resolve this.
• Aluminum Siding – Aluminum is another cost effective siding material that siding contractors will often recommend. However, due to the vast range of benefits that it offers, it’s not just chosen by those that are on a tight budget. Due to it being a material that’s very easy for siding contractors to work with, it can work out almost three times cheaper to have installed when compared to alternatives (yes, the actual installation accounts for a large proportion of the overall cost). It’s also one of the more durable types of siding and it’s not uncommon for it to last for several decades, providing you with excellent value for money. In the event that it did start to show signs of wear or you simply wanted to alter the image of your property, aluminum siding can be easily painted.
• Engineered Wood Siding – If you love the appearance of wood, engineered wood siding could well be a good fit for your home. It’s one of the newest solutions on the market and looks very similar to natural wood, but owing to modern manufacturing processes it is able to improve on it in terms of performance. For example, it’s typically a lot stronger than natural wood siding and owing to the fact that it can be pre-sealed at the manufacturing facility, if the siding contractors you hire do a good job at installing it, the moisture related problems associated with natural wood siding are significantly reduced. It’s also very light and easy to work with, but just like natural wood, it does have the same high maintenance requirements if you expect it to last.

If you also require either seamless eavestrough installation or soffit and fascia installation, those are services that we provide too.

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