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Windows

Smart Finishes uses the highest quality replacement windows for guaranteed customer satisfaction. They're vinyl, metal-reinforced, energy-saving windows with lots of styles and features to choose from. Our representatives can bring samples directly to your home, allowing you to thoroughly evaluate your individual needs right on the spot.

Siding

Solid wood. If properly maintained, wood and or lap siding, vertical boards, shingles, and shakes -- will last for generations, and there's nothing else like it for a rich look. However, the hassle of protecting and maintaining wood drives many homeowners to other siding choices. Wood expands and contracts with the seasons, so it is prone to splitting and cracking. It is also prone to mildew in humid parts of the country. Redwood, cedar, and cypress stand up well to rot and insects. These woods can be left to weather in benign climates, but most species require regular maintenance -- you'll need to restain or repaint every few years.

Vinyl. In addition to offering siding that looks like cedar boards, vinyl companies offer such decorative details as trim that mimics fish-scale shingles and replications of historic wood clapboard siding. Today's vinyl siding looks better than ever (particularly seamless vinyl), resists assaults from the wind, and won't rot, dent, flake, scratch, or blister. It can become brittle in very cold weather.

Engineered wood and hardboard. Made up of bits of wood that are bonded together with special resins and treated with fungus repellents and insecticides, these products often stand up to moisture, mildew, and termites better than wood. Products come in both lap and vertical siding styles and are easy to install. Engineered materials stand up well to the harmful effects of the sun, bad weather, abrasion, and chemicals.

Hardboard is considered the granddaddy of engineered wood products. It is usually composed of pressed wood fibers. It comes bare, primed, or finished. A knot- and grain-free alternative to solid lumber, hardboard resists splitting, cracking, hail, and wind damage.

Brick and stone look-alikes. Real brick and stone surfaces are sometimes perceived as maintenance-free. However, masonry requires occasional care. Loose mortar joints must be removed or replaced -- a process called tuck-pointing. If you want the look, but not the maintenance, check out the latest in brick and stone veneers. While true brick or stone walls must rest on a foundation, new thin-brick and manufactured-stone products adhere to walls with mastic or mortar and can be applied right over most existing siding.

Fiber cement. This siding is made from wood fibers, cement, and sand. The result is a durable material that resists termites and rotting and is slow to burn. Fiber cement makes special sense near oceans, where building materials must withstand salt air and winds, and in particularly hot, humid climates (like Malaysia, where it's been used for decades). It's available in a variety of styles and colors. Most fiber-cement products must be painted, but because they're rarely affected by expansion and contraction and don't hold moisture, their paint finishes last a long time. They can be heavy, and difficult to repair.