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Monogram (their premiere line of siding) has been a favorite of
mine for many years, especially in the early to mid 90's. They were
the first company I know of make a true hurricane rated panel with
a double strength nail hem. In many ways their design changed the
industry. Monogram often rates #1 in Consumer Reports. Their color
choices are superb. The grain pattern is molded off of real cedar
and is not drawn by an "artist". Their product remains
pretty much unchanged and is a time proven design. I generally find
myself recommending Monogram to buyers seeking a realistic multi
colored vinyl siding. They make some beautiful "natural stained
look vinyls". I've been looking over the web quite a bit lately
and have noted that many brands tend to make their products look
a little better online than in real life. Certainteeds' Monogram
premium line really shines when shown side by side against other
competitive products. The color is 3D, richly detailed, and doesn't
have that really flat cheap look that is so common from manufacturers
seeking to get a similar look. The frontier blend has been a popular
color for woodsy homes and the arctic blend has been popular near
waterfront areas. We did a home with a beautiful wishing well, light
house, flag pavilions (all sided to match) and more right on the
ocean, on the main ocean highway . The owners added some seagulls
and it really came out striking. I'll try to get some nice pics
to add to this site on my next family trip out to the Pacific. In
the past the step down products under the Certainteed label suffered
dramatically in quality compared to the Monogram premium panel and
I really cannot think of a reason not to go with their best. The
Monogram siding rates in my top three high quality picks, and although
it isn't our best seller, it always deserves a good hard look and
should be considered in a vinyl siding decision. It is a well designed
high end product. The panel normally in stock here is a true 43
mil thick (some misleading manufacturers rate plus or minus 4 mils
such that they would call this a 47 mil panel) Certainteed is now
manufacturing a 16 foot -46 mil panel also, but I haven't seen it
in stock here yet. The 16 foot panel is offered in 12 colors according
to their web site. While we have had some distribution problems
with this siding in the past, the Monogram siding has never let
us down. This is also an installer favorite. Some of the largest
and fanciest homes we have done have had Monogram installed.
Certainteed
manufactures a fine line of accessories. They are a major manufacturer
and offer everything from custom corners, to trim lineals, scallops,
shakes, and much more. Locally they purchased the Insulate window
plant and now make some beautiful heavy duty vinyl windows and some
very finely detailed sliding doors.
They
have a subsidiary company Wolverine which manufactures a "fiberglass
reinforced" vinyl siding. In my opinion it is highly over hyped
by aggressive sales people. It did not test well in my own rigidity
tests and it is a hassle to install the little fiberglass rods.
The Monogram panel without rods is more rigid than the gimmicky
Wolverine panel. Sometimes it is just best to stick to the time
proven performers.
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