Armour for your home.
Heat melt vinyl siding.
Heat performance the flame ignition temperature of vinyl siding can reach up to 730 degrees fahrenheit so that it can protect your house from fire.
New low e windows act like a magnifying glass concentrating the sun s energy onto a small area.
Heat resistant vinyl siding is no longer a thing of the future but is available now on our premium dark colors.
Darker colors tend to absorb more heat.
A gas grill on the back deck generates enough heat either open or closed to warp and in extreme cases melt vinyl siding on a home.
There are a few ways to fix this problem to help ensure that it will not happen again.
While it s not common it is important to know how to prevent a home s vinyl siding from melting due to window reflection.
Vinyl siding cooling.
Apply 4 inch long strips of adhesive backed velcro tape to a window screen.
While a grill placed too close to vinyl siding or a faulty water heater or furnace can certainly cause the material to melt the primary reason vinyl siding is melting these days is caused by windows.
Differences in siding color affect the materials heat reflectivity or heat absorption.
Nonetheless it is higher than the average melting temperature of vinyl siding which is 165 degrees.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner solve the mystery of her melted vinyl siding.
And if your vinyl siding cannot withstand that heat it will warp and melt.
However the vinyl siding melting point is still low as it can only reach up to 220 degrees.
Concentrated sunlight reflecting off certain surfaces like energy efficient windows and onto vinyl siding can create enough heat to melt the siding surface.
Typically most vinyl siding products will start to melt and warp when they reach 160 to 165 degrees fahrenheit.
Peel off the backing from the tape and stick the screen to the outside of the window sash.
That reflective solar heat at certain parts of the day can be directed right at your home.
Temperatures in these hot spots often exceed the melting temperature of vinyl siding causes thousands of dollars in damage.
The worst case scenario is an expensive home repair involving the removal and replacement of large sections of siding.
6 ways to prevent your vinyl siding from melting.
And not the windows of the afflicted property but rather nearby windows that reflect sunlight onto vinyl clad walls.
Kp s spectrashield protects vinyl siding against distortion caused by heat from the sun.
With increased attention on cases of siding distortion.
