Our homes wear siding like a winter coat, bundled up in cedar-check plaids or vinyl stripes to withstand the weather. And when that overcoat is looking tattered — whether your home is clad in 100-year ...

If you want your home’s cedar siding to live up to its reputation for longevity and decay resistance, make sure it’s treated or stained properly and checked periodically. Left untreated, cedar shakes ...

As one of the most pivotal architectural elements of a home, exterior siding can dramatically influence curb appeal and, ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Board and batten is a siding or paneling style that pairs vertical planks of wood (the boards) with smaller strips of wood (the batten), which cover the joints between each plank to prevent leaking.

(Valley Forge, Pa.) February 10, 2009 – CertainTeed, a leading North American brand of interior and exterior building products, announces the recent addition of a Single 7-inch profile to its ...

On the easternmost edge of Long Island's South Fork, the weather is "unforgiving," said Montauk-based builder Jason Biondo. "The hot, the cold, the wind, the rain, the snow," detailed Biondo, who grew ...

CertainTeed, headquartered in Valley Forge, PA, introduced its new CedarBoards Double 6-inch clapboard insulated vinyl siding with 60% recycled material—the highest recycled content of any vinyl ...