Melted Vinyl Siding

The main reason is the increasing number of low e or energy efficient windows that are being installed in new homes or renovated homes.

Melted vinyl siding.

Turf guard is a window film made to stop artificial grass from melting and burning. The vinyl siding institute suggests three possible solutions. Even as melted vinyl siding lawsuits and melted turf and other such legal actions become more commonplace it s not always was to know where to point the blame. Is melted vinyl siding a new problem.

Experts call the problem of melting vinyl siding solar distortion and it happens when a home s vinyl siding melts from the heat of sunlight reflected off nearby energy efficient windows. Learn how to fix low e window reflection and prevent your synthetic turf from melting because of the window reflections. The siding companies are diverting the blame because they re saying well our product is designed as such and when the temperatures are greater than that it s going to melt. Thankfully higher quality types of vinyl siding are created to resist higher temperatures.

Apply 4 inch long strips of adhesive backed velcro tape to a window screen. Melted siding from window reflection is a problem that has become more common in recent years. Some lawyers began to assemble massive class action lawsuits that accused companies producing vinyl siding of turning out inferior materials that were too easily damaged and that. Low e windows are designed to reflect more heat away from the glass by design.

Energy efficient windows can melt vinyl siding artificial turf grass and other materials by creating a concentrated and super heated beam of reflected sunlight. Is your artificial grass turf melting or burning. Vinyl siding is melting off homes. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner solve the mystery of her melted vinyl siding.

Something strange is happening in newer subdivisions across the country. The intense heat from an energy efficient glass window reflection has the ability to melt and damage plastics like those found in vinyl siding. Learn more about the benefits window film for artificial grass. Planting a large bush or tree to block the reflection installing an awning to shade the window or installing a window screen.

With that said unfortunately with a perfect storm of variables your vinyl siding could be at risk for melting from a window reflection. Vinyl siding can actually melt from window glare. Peel off the backing from the tape and stick the screen to the outside of the window sash.