Appearance
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- Follows dips and contours of wall
- Unsightly seams with caulk lines
- Visible nail heads
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- Seams warp and separate
- Follows dips and contours of wall
- Visible nail heads
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- Seams warp and separate over time
- Fewer design options
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- Patented interlocking joints** create seamless appearance and help to keep walls smooth and straight
- Eliminates unsightly caulking
- No gaps, buckling or wavy lines
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Installation
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- Typically requires diamond blades for cutting
- Heavy—200 pounds per 100 square feet
- Produces crystalline silica dust
- Due to moisture absorption, requires 6”-8” minimum ground clearance
- Panel width can vary course by course
- Requires flashing joints or treating end-cuts
- May require initial painting or comes in a limited color palette
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- Panel width can vary course to course
- Requires initial staining or painting
- High installation cost
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- No need for special equipment: boards and trim can be easily machined with standard woodworking tools
- Superior strength-to-weight ratio means easy loading onto scaffolding
- Low-VOC product emits no harmful particles or workplace hazards
- Can be installed to grade
- Interlocking joints make Celect easier and faster to install
- Requires no caulking
- Gravity lock feature keeps individual courses straight and helps reduce installation time
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Maintenance
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- Depending on climate or location, may require repainting (typically carries a 15-year warranty)
- Wood trim requires maintenance
- Chips and scratches must be filled
- Requires ongoing caulking
- May require mold and mildew treatment
- Estimated $14,000* in maintenance costs over 30-year home ownership period
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* Based on a typical estimated cost of $7,000 every 15 years for repainting 3,000 equare feet of siding
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- Susceptible to mildew and rot
- Needs ongoing painting, staining, sealing and caulking
- Requires mold and mildew treatment
- Wood trim requires maintenance
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- Susceptible to mildew and rot
- Needs ongoing painting and repainting
- Requires mold and mildew treatment
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- 25-year warranty on coating, and any nicks or scratches can be easily touched up with paint
- Kynar Aquatec® coating staves off rain, dust, heat, wind and even pollution
- Celect’s highly impact-resistant finish can handle heat, cold and errant baseballs better than anything
- Instead of butting against itself, Celect siding locks together perfectly, so there's no need to fill in the gaps
- Any dirt, mold or mildew can be readily cleaned away with a quick spray of a garden hose
- Provides substantially lower expected maintenance cost over the life of the home
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** Patent No: US 8,402,707 B2 (2013)
Patent No: US 8,596,000 (2013)
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