When harvested with good forest protection plans wood has a lower impact on the environment than vinyl.
Better than wood siding.
They also alter the historic visual relationship between.
Every grain and feature on the better than logs products are real and as designed by nature.
Unlike wood they will not shrink and swell when in direct contact with water or relative humidity which causes peeling paint rot warp and cracking and require little maintenance.
Part of this higher expense is the result of the material itself but it also has to do with the installation labor as well as the volume of trim and paint required to finish the siding.
Because this siding is usually added on top of existing siding details around windows and doors may appear set back from the siding rather than slightly projecting.
The better than logs concrete log siding products are the only non wood siding products that look exactly like real wood.
Changes to character defining features of a building such as this always have an impact on more than just that building.
Of the two materials wood is slightly better for the environment.
This is because wood siding can be easily disposed of and will not sit in landfills for years.
Better than wood cedar impressions shingles and shakes are made of high quality polymer and does not rot or absorb moisture.