Wood products respond to the high humidity in our area by a constant process of expanding and shrinking. As the moisture content in our air (and boy do we get humidity!) increases, wood expands. When the air dries out, wood contracts or shrinks.
Since paint is applied over the wood, paint has to expand/stretch and shrink with the wood. Thankfully, latex has some elasticity to it but, over time, paint will eventually lose it's grip on the wood surface.
Applying wood to your home is like buying something that you know requires more maintenance! You will have to take care of this "high maintenance" product often - every 3 to 5 years!
James Hardie Hardiplank Siding on the other hand, is not susceptible to the same cycle of expansion and contraction! With much less movement in the hardie siding as a result of reactions to humidity, paint lasts a real long time on hardie! Two, three and FOUR times longer. So instead of painting every 3-5 years, paint on hardie will last 10 years or more!
- Hardie lasts longer than wood
- Does not rot
- Does not get termites
- Has factory applied primer
- Looks like wood
- Does not shrink and expand with our humidity
- AND COSTS LESS THAN WOOD!
Clearly, replacing your wood siding and trim with Hardie Siding and Trim and then painting with two coats of a high quality paint like All-Tex Exteriors uses in Houston and Austin areas - Sherwin-Williams Superpaint, is a much better solution!
Get rid of the wood and solve the problem once and for all! Call All-Tex Exteriors for all your hardiplank and exterior painting needs in the Houston and Austin areas.
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