Residential siding is another crucial component of your home’s exterior besides roofing, doors, and windows. In addition to enhancing your property’s curb appeal, this protective material helps shield your home against pests and potential damage from extreme rain, snow, and other outdoor elements.
Lloyd Lumber offers high-quality siding in Mankato. Choose from different materials, including fiber cement, wood, steel, vinyl, engineered wood, and cultured stone veneer. Below is a quick guide to our offerings to help you make decisions for your home siding replacement project:
Fiber Cement Siding
Fiber cement siding is a durable, long-lasting, and low-maintenance material used on residential houses and commercial projects. It’s semi-rigid and provides substantial protection while maintaining some flexibility. Fiber cement is made up of a few simple ingredients: Portland cement, sand, water, and cellulose fibers. However, the composition may change depending on the manufacturer.
James Hardie’s formulation includes propriety additives that enhance product performance. They make the world’s highest-performance fiber cement siding, trim, backer board, and more in styles that suit every home style, from historic to modern. Lloyd Lumber stocks lap and shake siding profiles, but we can special order other variants for you.
Wood Siding
Wood is one of the oldest siding options; homeowners love its natural beauty. Popular styles include shakes, shingles, lap siding, board-and-batten channel, tongue-and-groove, bevel (clapboard), and log siding. With proper maintenance, wood siding will last the life of the building. Once installed, it will need priming, painting, or staining for protection. Other occasional maintenance may also include caulking. Lloyd Lumber can place a special order for different types of wood siding in Mankato to suit your needs.
Steel Siding
Steel siding isn’t new; it’s been around for almost 100 years. But thanks to many innovative improvements, there’s been a resurgence of interest in this beautiful, durable, and environmentally friendly alternative to fiber cement, vinyl, and wood. The aesthetic qualities of steel siding have come a long way in recent years. Today, it comes in patterns and textures mimicking wood.
One of the many advantages of steel is its low maintenance requirements. Once it’s installed properly, it requires very little attention from a homeowner, especially for areas subject to severe winters. In addition, steel does not absorb moisture or promote the growth of mold or fungus, both of which can destroy a home’s framing and pose health hazards to the occupants. Lloyd Lumber can place special orders for Edco, Rollex, or Quality Edge steel siding.
Vinyl Siding
Vinyl siding is constructed out of a PVC plastic resin that doesn’t warp, rot, or chip, allowing it to withstand the elements. Because of its durability, it’s long-lasting, sometimes retaining its physical qualities for up to 40 years. However, the real benefit of vinyl siding is its resistance to sticker shock.
Another benefit of vinyl siding is its wide range of styles, designs, and colors. Since it can be produced in many different shades, it can fit all your exterior needs. It also offers quick and easy installation, helping reduce costs for professional assistance. Lloyd Lumber can place a special order for Certainteed, or Plygem vinyl siding for you.
Engineered Wood Siding
Engineered wood siding products are made of wood chips bound together by resin. Take, for example, LP Building Products’ SmartSide line of siding and trim. They are comprised of wood strands coated with a resin binder and compressed to create a board. Each SmartSide piece is also treated using LP’s SmartGuard zinc-borate treatment system to protect against termites and rot. The boards are then coated with a moisture-resistant overlay that is embossed with a cedar-grain pattern for an authentic appearance. LP SmartSiding is available in primed or prefinished. Lloyd Lumber stocks profiles of LP SmartSiding and other products that can be special-ordered.
Cultured Stone Veneer
Manufactured stone veneer, also known as faux stone, is designed to replicate the look of natural stone in various architectural applications, ranging from exterior facades to unique statement walls. It is often as striking and beautiful as the natural stone it emulates. Some stone veneer products offer an array of shapes, sizes, and color gradations. So, even a trained eye can find it difficult to determine the difference between faux and natural stone without close inspection. Lloyd Lumber has 3 options available for cultured stone to special order: Eldorado Stone, Boulder Creek Stone, and Boral Stone Products.
