Georgia Pacific vs Durabuilt siding: comparing your options

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When you make the decision to install siding on your home, you'll have to choose a siding material, whether it is aluminum, vinyl, wood, fiber cement or some other product. If you're leaning toward vinyl siding, a Georgia-Pacific vs. Durabuilt® siding comparison can help you decide on the right product for your home.

Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific offers homeowners siding in both vinyl and plywood. For the sake of an honest comparison between Georgia-Pacific and Durabuilt®, we'll focus on Georgia-Pacific's vinyl siding lines.

Vinyl siding from Georgia-Pacific is known to be almost completely maintenance-free, with no repainting or staining needed for the life of your siding. It comes with a limited-lifetime warranty and is available in about 13 different product lines:

• Caliber
• Cedar Lane Select
• Cedar Spectrum Hand-Split Siding
• Compass
• Chatham Ridge
• Cedar Spectrum Shingle Siding
• Forest Ridge
• Castle Ridge
• Cedar Spectrum Round Cut Siding
• Shadow Ridge
• Board & Batten
• Vinyl Siding Accessories
• Vision Pro
• Vinyl Soffit and Fascia
• Somerset Coastal
• Parkside Vinyl Skirting

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Within these lines, you can select traditional lap siding or the distinctive board-and-batten look. Finishing touches such as round-cut siding can be used at your home's peaks and ridges to give a finished and unique look. Trim, fascia and soffit are also available to complete your siding's overall appearance.

Durabuilt®

Durabuilt manufactures eight lines of vinyl siding that are conveniently categorized by the benefits they offer homeowners:

• 100 Series™
• 410 Series™
• 440 Series™
• 450 Series™
• 480 Series™
• 650 Series™
• 660 Series™
• 900 Series™

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The Durabuilt® series structure helps you determine the features that are most important for your siding project and assists you in finding the product that fits your needs, and they offer warranties similar to those of the Georgia-Pacific vinyl siding lines.

In a Georgia Pacific vs. Durabuilt® siding comparison, you'll also find that Durabuilt® offers many of the same trim, fascia and soffit solutions available with Georgia-Pacific.

If you're concerned about siding prices, a quick look at pricing reviews of the two manufacturers may help. The average expected Georgia-Pacific siding prices range from $2.50 to $7.50 per square foot of vinyl siding. This price range includes the cost of installation, but remember that the price will vary depending on the options you choose. Durabuilt® siding prices can vary greatly, but on average, you can purchase an 11-inch by 144-inch siding panel for around $200. You can find some Georgia-Pacific vinyl siding products at national home improvement retailers like Home Depot or Lowe's. Durabuilt® siding is sold almost exclusively through Lowe's. Visiting one of these retailers may help you start to get an idea as to which line of product you may select and what your costs will be.

 

Of course, one of the best ways of completing a Georgia-Pacific vs. Durabuilt® siding comparison is to enlist the help of a qualified professional with experience working with either or both product lines, Reply! can help you find a qualified siding contractor in your area who'll be happy to install vinyl siding from either manufacturer.