Charter Oak Siding

The first step to a beautiful home comes long before a siding contractor pulls into your driveway. Made to be the best. And made to last.That’s what you can count on when you choose Charter Oak Premium Vinyl Siding. Charter Oak. Simply beautiful. Every way you look at it, made with only the very best materials.

Developing a tough durable and beautiful vinyl siding such as Charter Oak requires the technical skills of a chemical process engineer and the visual sensibilities of an architect. That’s because the premium vinyl used in Charter Oak is more than just a simple PVC resin. It’s a proprietary compound, with each ingredient chosen to add specific benefits to the final prouct.

Pure Strength PVC resin gives Charter Oak its basic strength and weather. It prevents moisture infiltration from rain and humidity, so panels won’t rot. warp, shrink or swell. The result is low-cost, easy-care maintenance.

Ti-Pure titanium dioxide prevents ultraviolet degradation, so even hot summer sun won’t damage Charter Oak’s beautiful surface.

StayRight PVC stabilizers also help prevent heat degradation, both during manufacturing and after installation.

TrueShield impact modifiers give Charter Oak exceptional impact resistance, helping to prevent during manufacturing and after installation.

DesignersChoice pigment concentrates are used to produce uniform colors that go clear through Charter Oak panels. You’ll never have to stain or paint again, because the color won’t wash away.

Charter Oak’s Tribeam System.

Exclusive Tribeam System provides unsurpassed panel rigidity and superior wind resistance. 

Charter Oak’s lasting beauty isn’t a result of just blending premium raw materials. Products engineers have created a superior – and exclusive- design for Charter Oak that provides exceptional rigidity and extraordinary resistance to hurricane force winds.

Can other vinyl sidings deliver the same wall straightening rigidity? Not according to independent product tests.   In these strictly controlled laboratory comparisons, Charter Oak left the competition sagging. Three separate tests were controlled, using five premium-priced competitive sidings. The photo says it all. With Charter Oak, there’s simply no comparison.

The unique Tribeam system gives Charter Oak superior rigidity, helping to ensure straight course lines and even walls,   on both new and existing homes. The result is an exceptionally beautiful installation with the built-in strength to maintain that outstanding appearance.

The Tribeam illustration at left shows another feature that’s especially important if you live in an area where high winds are common. It’s a rolled-edged nail hem that gives Charter Oak superior ability to resist the shearing force of extreme winds. To define extreme, we put Charter Oak to another test. The result: Charter Oak stayed nailed in place in winds reaching the intensity of Category 5 hurricane winds, the designation used by the National Hurricane Center to identify the most destructive storms.

Charter Oak Colors

The Classic look of the American home. The quintessential American wood-sided home is distinguished by it’s details: the profile, or   shape created by milling – the characteristics grain, or lack of it found in the wood – the depth-defining shadows produced by the underside of the boards. Rich details, authentic details are exactly what you’ll find in Charter Oak.

All American Profiles. The traditional clapboard profile is an architectural standard, the most popular siding profile in America. It’s clean, simple lines add rich appeal to any home, from grand Victorian to seaside contemporary. Or for an added dimension of interest and appeal, chose an elegant Dutch lap profile, distinguished by its graceful cove detailing. Both are available in popular 4 1\2” exposure widths.

Detailed or subtle surface texture. Some homeowners like the look of natural wood grain, and Charter Oak provides it with a detailed texture that looks and feels like the surface of quarter-sawn oak boards. Other homeowners like a softer matte surface, as if the   boards had been planed rather than sawn. Charter Oak offers that option too.

The look of freshly applied paint. To produce the subtle luminosity that suggests a house has just been painted, Charter Oak uses a luxurious low-glow finish. The look is real, the result is elegant no matter what color you choose for your home.

Deep, realistic shadow lines. When the sun shines on a Charter Oak installation, you see shines on a Charter Oak installation, you see the importance of realistic shadow limes. They define the individual siding courses, plus they add a dimension of depth. Because Charter Oak is made with a full ¾” butt {the thickness at the bottom of an exposure}, its shadow lines are deep, bold and beautiful.

Charter gives you a rich palette of exterior design options with 16 elegant contempory colors.

Two tips that make color selection easy, If you like your home’s existing color scheme, there’s really no decision to make. But if you’re looking for a change, use the following two suggestions to guide your planning:

First, use the color of your roof shingles as a starting point. For the most pleasing appearance, colors for shingles and siding should complement each other.

Secondly, decide if you want a little or a lot of contrast between siding and trim. As a general rule, less contrast unifies a home’s architectural elements, while greater contrast emphasizes individual elements.

Happy with your home’s exterior? Or maybe you want a new look, with different colors more details, greater contrasts. Charter Oak offers all the choices needed to give your home the exact look you want. Start with classics panel profiles and end with the perfect details at doors and windows. With Charter Oak, all decisions lead to beautiful results.

Charter Oaks trim & Accents

All products are color coordinated with Charter Oak siding. When you’re creating an exterior design, the delight is in choosing details. Siding color defines the total mass of your home; trim and accent details focus on particulars, highlighting the special features and characteristics that set your home apart.

Charter Oak exterior design

All products are color coordinated with Charter Oak siding.

When you’re creating an exterior design, the delight is in choosing details. Siding color defines the total mass of your home: trim and accent details focus on particulars, highlighting the special features and characteristics that set your home apart.

White siding, white trim. A lot of homeowners love that basic look. But to make your home stand out while also increasing its value try, adding decorative colors and accents to your design scheme.

Details, details

It’s easy to create distinction and appeal- just focus on using details to emphasize your home’s key architectural elements. What’s possible? What options can you use? The accompanying photographs suggest just so me of the many exterior design schemes that are possible.

Vertical siding offers a dramatic way to add interest to the dominant horizontal lines that characterize most homes. The vertical lines say, in effect “Look at me; I’m important!” So if you want to accentuate main entrances, dormers or gable end walls, vertical siding is an excellent design choice.

Wide lineal by design, call attention to themselves.   In the home upper right, for example, wide lineal accentuate the windows and gable trim. AA 6” Belly Band adds emphasis, calling attention to the Architectural Shakes ornamental siding used to finish the upper wall.

Charter Oak Performance and Warranty

For maximum performance and appeal, the only choice is Charter Oak Independently tested for quality and safety.

When you choose Charter Oak, you get more than Superior Roofing's assurance of quality. Under an independent program sponsored by the Vinyl siding Institute {VSI}, Charter Oak has received ASTM D3679 certification, the industry standard for quality.   The safety of Charter Oak also is regularly tested by Underwriters Laboratories {UL}. As a result of this rigorous testing and inspection process, Charter Oak is UL Classified ASTM E84

Charter Oak..........Technically, it’s beautiful.