Like vinyl siding polypropylene is another polymeric siding with its own unique quality standard and performance requirements.
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Polymer siding is made from polypropylene resin.
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The basic structure of pvc on the other hand contains about 30 weight of the element chlorine.
The siding shall be made principally of polypropylene compound prepared from polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer.
This abstract is a brief summary of the referenced standard.
Polypropylene resin is a more neutral plastic having only two elements.
The polypropylene compound shall be compounded so as to provide the heat stability and weather exposure stability required for the siding market application.
But as with any exterior cladding performance is key.
The typical application for this kind of siding is shake and shingle cladding with a cedar pattern which can be used as a whole house application or in accent areas.
The only way to ensure that polypropylene siding meets perfor mance standards however is through third party certification.
Learn more about how it s certified with independent third party verification.