Independent, data-backed siding guides. Every guide pairs siding how-it-works guidance — warning signs, inspections, materials, repair vs. replace — with real local data: housing age from the U.S. Census Bureau and rainfall from NOAA.
Siding looks like a surface, but it works as a system: panels shed most of the weather, flashing directs water at every joint and opening, and house wrap behind it all handles what gets through. Siding failures are usually system failures — a cracked panel matters because of the water it admits, a failed caulk joint because of the rot it feeds quietly. That's why a real inspection probes behind the visible damage before prescribing, and why the repair-vs-replace decision turns on how much of the system is still sound.
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