Siding

 
Homeowner Use and Maintenance Guidelines

Siding expands and contracts in response to changes in humidity and temperature. Slight waves are visible in siding under certain weather conditions; this cannot be entirely eliminated.

 
Cedar Siding

Wood or wood-product siding will require routine refinishing. The timing will vary with climatic conditions, generally every two-three years. Refinishing is a homeowner maintenance item and is not covered by the builder's warranty.

Since wood is a natural product exposed in an exterior setting subject to harsh and damaging weather conditions, it will develop some cracks and splits. These should be caulked with an exterior grade caulk, and stained to match the siding color

See also Paint and Wood Trim.

 
Cleaning

Never clean siding with chemicals, steel wool, or wire brushes. There is no effective remedy for scuffed or scraped aluminum or vinyl siding, except replacement.

 
Sunlight

Any color siding, when exposed to the ultra-violet rays of the sun, will fade. This condition cannot be prevented and is not considered a defect. However, panels on the same wall should fade at the same rate.

 
GOODIER BUILDERS Limited Warranty

GOODIER BUILDERS will caulk and apply touch-up paint to cracks that exceed 3/16 inch. We provide this repair one time only near the end of the first year. Paint or stain touch-up may not match. We will correct any separation at joints or where siding meets another material if the separation allows water to enter the home. GOODIER BUILDERS will correct delaminating siding.

 
Cedar Siding

Bows in excess of 1/2 inch in 32 inches are deemed unacceptable, and will be corrected. End gaps wider than 3/16 inch are also unacceptable, and will be corrected.

 
Cuts & Gaps

Visible cuts in the siding shall be straight, plumb and neat. Crooked cuts greater than 1/8 inch from the true are not acceptable and will be repaired. Gaps between siding and molding shall not exceed 1/4 inch.

 
Nails

Facing nails shall be of a color to match the trim they affix and no nail heads in the field of the siding shall be exposed.

 
Straightness

Any piece of siding more than 1/2 inch off parallel in 20 feet with contiguous courses, or a contiguous break, such as a soffit line, is unacceptable and will be reinstalled to meet the performance guideline for straightness.

 
Waviness

Thermal expansion waves or distortions in aluminum or vinyl siding, sometimes called oil canning, are unacceptable if they exceed 1/4 inch in 16 inches.