Denver Metal Siding

There are two popular types of steel siding now available to homeowners in the Mile High City, and both are excellent choices for protecting your home from Colorado's roller coaster weather. Regular steel siding is a proven commodity and is perfectly fine for any home in the metro area. The other option, seamless steel siding, is a little newer on the scene; however, the benefits of how this siding is installed are turning the siding industry on its head up and down the Front Range.

Denver Metal Siding and the Rust Myth
Read up on other siding materials and you're likely to come across one, and only one, blemish on metal siding in Denver and its overall reputation as a siding material: rust. Rest easy, that's not much of a concern anymore. Baked on coatings have all but eliminated the problem, since the color and texture coatings baked onto new steel siding are nearly impossible to remove. The relatively recent introduction of a baked on vinyl coating has had a similar healing affect on the one black eye that's been haunting the steel siding industry for years. Of course, if you have steel siding in Denver that was purchased prior to these technological advancements in the manufacture and coating of steel, rust still doesn't need to be a problem. Just keep a can of paint and a touch up brush at the ready in the garage, and you can quickly and easily cover up newly exposed metal before rust has any chance to set in.

Denver Metal Siding and Appearance
Besides the paint and rust issue, you won't find much to complain about with metal siding when it comes to appearance. It looks great thanks to baked on enamel and vinyl texturing that can mimic any surface, from shake shingles to the fine grains of wood plank siding. Baked on coatings are also specially formulated to resist the natural fading and color loss that is par for the course when exposed to Denver's 300 days a year of sunlight. And now that baked on color coatings are commonplace, you'll literally have hundreds of colors to choose from. To be honest, looks did not used to be an asset of steel siding in Denver. Anymore, however, it's seen as a reason to go this route when installing new siding on your Denver home.

Denver Metal Siding and Performance
Metal siding is one of the best materials you can purchase for protecting your home. After all, it's steel! This is the stuff that armored cars and bank vaults are made of, even if siding is only a fraction of an inch thick. When properly coated and installed, metal siding is fully waterproof, insect proof, it won't burn like wood and vinyl, it will never sag, split, crack, bend, or break, and it's impervious to just about any impact save your neighbor's car. Whether your home gets bombarded with hail from a severe thunderstorm rolling off the Rockies, or the neighborhood kids are pretending to be the Blake Street Bombers in the yard next door, there's not much that's going to leave a mark on your new steel siding in Denver.

Denver Metal Siding vs. Seamless Metal Siding in Denver
With the exception of choosing color, design, and texture, by far your biggest choice in selecting metal siding in Denver is whether to go with traditional steel siding or seamless steel siding. On the surface, you're looking at a noticeable difference in price. Seamless steel siding is going to cost you more initially than regular metal siding. In the end, however, it's well worth it if you can afford it. With seamless siding, the siding is measured and cut onsite to perfectly the meet the measurements of your home's exterior. Traditional siding comes in 12 foot lengths, meaning it has to be overlapped, or spliced, a hundred or more times on an average size home. That makes for more panels that can come loose, and multiple joints where water has the potential to work its way behind your siding and into the structural elements of your house. Seamless steel siding eliminates the splices, creating a uniform line of defense against the elements (and one that's better looking as well!).

If you're looking for a siding that is virtually indestructible and has a proven track record up and down the Front Range, check out metal siding in Denver or seamless steel siding. There's a good chance you'll find what you've been searching for.