Vinyl siding siding currently is the most popular exterior cladding material in use in the United States, accounting for over one-third of the exterior cladding projects undertaken annually. Given proper attention to detail, and using the right tools, a home-owner could install vinyl siding, although it is be far easier when it is at least a two-person job. Vinyl siding doesn’t fall into the same category as the Model-T Ford, one color only. Nor is you choice limited to white , plus a few pastel colors. There is an entire palette of colors available for you to choose from. Just be aware that some colors are better suited to some climates than are others, but you will still have a very large selection of colors to choose from for homes in the Glastonbury area. Are there any negatives associated with vinyl siding? Cost certainly isn’t one of them, nor is speed of installation when done by a professional crew. Two negatives you might hear on occasion are: • Vinyl siding doesn’t look as good as I had anticipated. • I find that Vinyl siding leaks a lot. These statements can be true. Especially if the siding was installed as a do-it-yourself project, where the various components were not made to fit snugly together as they are designed to do. When installing vinyl siding there is a lot more detail involved than just flitting one piece of siding into an adjacent piece. There are soffit panels, fascia, and corner boards to install, window and door frames to take into account. There will be trim pieces to cover the panel edges, wrap to keep moisture from collecting, possibly some flashing to install, and on and on. When everything fits together as it should, it’s a job...