Stone siding is a fantastic way to add style and elegance to your home. Not only can stone siding improve your home’s curb-appeal, but it also increase its resale potential.
With hundreds of available options that include stone variety and color combinations to choose from, integrating the material into your home’s central design theme and style is unlikely to be challenging. A construction contractor with a nack for design can help filter the options to materials that are most appropriate to the look and feel your want your home’s exterior to convey.
Stone siding can also contribute to reductions in your monthly energy bill and maintain your home’s comfort year round. This sustainable energy-efficient material is a great way to regulate the temperature of your home, by maintaining coolness in the summer and warmth in the winter.
A stone siding exterior is not typically the best option for homeowners most interested in keeping their exterior remodel or new construction costs low. There are, however, such as stone veneers vs. the more prohibitively expensive natural stone options available.
Crucial when having an installation for this type of siding, is to have an experienced masonry contractor that is attentive to the quality of workmanship as they remodel your home’s exterior. Otherwise, problems can occur over time, such as rot resulting from water seeping in through gaps, which can be expensive to repair.
Routine inspections are advised to that you can keep your stone siding home exterior looking great and nip potential problems before they become emergency disasters. Regular maintenance is also recommended, make sure that your home maintenance contractor is familiar with the best practices for cleaning your home’s stone exterior as strong detergents sometimes used for a pressure can cause or hasten erosion and color loss to its surface.