impact resistant than traditional vinal siding, says the maker. CraneBoard Double 7 replicates the appearance of true-milled cedar in a board width that matches the natural span of cedar, vinal the maker says. siding Thirteen colors are available. 800.366.8472. www.cranesiding.com. Circle 140. Backed with 1 inch of contoured polystyrene foam insulation, TrueComfort vinal siding helps to increase a home''s R-value, resists impact, and allows moisture to escape, according to the maker. install Available in double 4 inch and double 5-inch vinal clapboard and a double 4-inch Dutch-lap, TrueComfort comes in 10 colors and incorporates siding and install the maker''s STUDfinder Installation System. 800.233.8990. www.certainteed.com. Circle 120. GreenGuard Backer-Pro fanfold underlayment is now available in a Universal Straight-Lap profile for use with a variety of 4-inch straight-lap 1/2-inch-butt siding panels, in addition to the original underlayment designed for Alcoa Home Exteriors''

Owens Corning remains committed to the vinal Siding business and it will vinal retain its Owens Corning Homeside and Norandex Reynolds lines of vinal siding and accessories."This decision siding to divest the Vytec operation was reached after a strategic review install of all of our Owens vinal Corning vinal siding assets," said Dan Dietzel, president of Owens Corning''s Siding siding Solutions Business. "This move will enable install us to focus on growing Owens Corning''s Homeside vinal and Norandex Reynolds vinal siding siding brands and product offerings. We believe that our customers will be best served by focusing all of our energies on these brands," he added.

Grand Sierra and Mastic install and vinal Premium Quest Series vinal siding lines. Contoured siding to fill the spaces between install the siding and the exterior wall, the product improves vinal siding''s impact resistance and the wall''s thermal efficiency, and the closed-cell extruded polystyrene absorbs virtually zero siding moisture. The product is a good upgrade option for remodelers, says marketing manager Dan Partrich. "You get good coverage over the wall, ... you get no water absorption, and then you get it in a fanfold form that "allows you to put up the underlayment and just put the siding up to it," he says. The 24-foot-long fanfolds are easy to install. 888.828.2850. www.pactiv.com. Circle 108. install The RoofPro 450 (shown) and RoofPro 455 coil nailers feature lightweight vinal designs, adjustable depth-of-drive, and shingle guides. The tools are built around aluminum main housings siding that will stand up to hard use, the maker says. Steel wear plates help reduce the effects install of shingle abrasion. Fastener range for these tools is 3/4-inch to 1 3/4-inch. The RoofPro 455 also has a tool-free adjustable exhaust and an optional vinal siding attachment. 800.543.4596. www.senco.com. Circle vinal 211. TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ siding -- Owens Corning announced today its intent to divest its Vytec vinal Siding operation, a division of the company''s Siding Solutions install Business. The unit produces several lines of vinal siding and accessories under the Vytec brand.

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