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This embracing of a plastic product is not the norm for Four Seasons Industries, which has endeavored to install such products of formidable renown as: Certainteed Weatherboards Fiber Cement Siding and James Hardie Hardiplank Fiber Cement Siding. Four Seasons Industries, Inc. has prided itself on the highest quality offerings and the integrity of a reputation built upon a quarter century of service. The company has taken a “wait and see” approach to many new concepts that frequent the industry. Especially with plastics, a conservative approach has saved the company from buying into the “faux” products that have failed miserably over the last two decades. This “hands off” attitude to new and unproven products, however, has been waived with Alcoa’s new Structure Panel.

The new Structure Panel by Alcoa affords the energy conscious consumer with a DOW Insulation substrate that is bonded to the exterior vinyl siding. The DOW Insulation is a special soft and flexible version of the popular rigid residing board that has taken the industry by storm. The added strength and integrity that this union of high quality assets provides to the new Structure Panel is unsurpassed in the industry. Unlike similar combination bonded products that have been pioneered by manufacturers before, the flexible DOW Insulation is the defining difference that allows movement of the siding, and ensures the bond between the two elements.

Four Seasons Industries, Inc. employs special techniques when installing Vinyl Siding because of the very strong possibility of leaks. In the absence of these efforts, vinyl sided walls leak. Four Seasons Industries, Inc. resisted the vinyl siding craze of the late seventies and early eighties, but the education that key company personnel derived from the subsequent repairs created by the transients of the industry has proven priceless to the organization. The company learned by repairing hundreds of jobs, by others, over a two decade period. These repairs were on jobs that had exhibited faulty work that resulted in noticeable leaks and damage. The procedures that Four Seasons Industries, Inc. employs were invented to fix the leaks found so frequently in vinyl sided homes. These measures are, however, still a rarity to find in the Vinyl Siding Industry. One reason for this is that the leaks caused by the ignorant installation of these products often goes unnoticed for many years until major damage shows itself.

The movement that must be allowed by vinyl products necessitates the use of “J” channels to cover the allowances at corners and windows, etc. This “J” channeling collects water and channels some of it behind the siding. Most Vinyl Siding Contractors have no idea that this problem exists. The contractors that are aware of the problem usually have no idea on just how to deal with it. Water must be channeled back over the siding to prevent hidden leaks. This is a challenge that must be met without compromise to the aesthetics. Special sub-level blind flashing plates were designed by Four Seasons Industries, Inc. for these situations. A “free flow” is essential, so the common caulking and sealants unknowingly used by the “Pros” only serve the cause leaks to be exaggerated, spewing water laterally, instead of channeling it out and over the siding.

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