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Mixing Materials for Distinguished Appeal

2011-04-29T16:36:28+00:00

You've thought of ABC Seamless as the siding and gutter company for so long, and we'd like to show you that we're so much more. Consider us your home exterior design experts. This handsome home in Duluth, MN has been transformed by applying our steel roofing panels to the top portion (gable walls) and seamless siding to the bottom.This project also features our 6” Designer Gutter system with Double-Flow™ Downspouts. By matching the fascia, gutter, and soffits and contrasting it with williamsburg grey steel shakes and siding, the warmth of the brick face is featured nicely.

If it is time to redesign the look of your home, consider mixing materials on your project. Our Color Tool will let you experiment with new color combinations and many local ABC Seamless franchise offices offer our unique Home Design Service.

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“We Go With The Pros”

2010-08-24T15:03:49+00:00

Homeowners, hear what customers have to say about ABC Seamless steel siding.transcript

[Mr. Stockstad]
We’ve had two homes with steel siding before, actually three. We’re familiar with ABC Seamless so, we call them. We’re very please with it. We’re very happy with the crew that put it on cuz they—I was here all the time and if it didn’t fit it was done over. No, they did a good job—we’re pleased.

What they told us now is that they don’t change colors. If this were to damage ten years from now, they’d replace it. They’ve been around a long time, they’ve got a good reputation.

[Mrs. Stockstad]
We’ve had experience with ABC Seamless—- all they’ve done before.

[Mr. Stockstad]
Yeah—- we stick with the professionals.

[Ann]
You heard from the customers, NOW see it on your home. Visit the online showroom at ABC Seamless dot com… and call today for ABC Seamless steel siding.

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What is a “Seam”? Why Choose Seamless…

2010-08-02T12:51:46+00:00

Find your nearest ABC Seamless dealer and arrange for a free estimate and design consultation with our ABC Seamless Steel Siding Store LocatorWe've discovered that homeowners choose vinyl, fiber cement board, boxed steel and aluminum siding products because they don't know the problems that seams cause on a home. This short video explains the seamless advantage and will show you why NOT to choose these other products if your goal is lifetime value and maintenance-free beauty for your home.script:

[ Announcer ]
The major factor that sets us apart is that your entire home will be sided without any ugly seams. That’s why we’re SEAMLESS. Other siding must be overlapped every 12 feet, creating a pattern of at least 130 ugly seams on an average size house. But each ABC piece of ABC Seamless steel is formed and cut to the exact length of your home, eliminating the seams. And just look at the difference between a home sided with vinyl, and a home with ABC Seamless Steel Siding.

[ Testimonial ]
When they say seamless they’re—“Without any Quacks!”—That’s what they mean.

[ Announcer ]
A house with a lot of ugly seams has a tendency to allow more dirt, bugs, and moisture behind the siding; which can make the home look dirty and unattractive. ABC Seamless Steel Siding can minimize these problems.

[ Testimonial ]
We had been thinking about getting siding, steel siding, permanent siding, and I guess when we looked around—the vinyl siding always bulges, the other siding has all the cracks and the seams. No matter what you do, you’ll always see them.

[ Announcer ]
Ugly seams are necessary for other forms of siding because they need to allow for the shrinking and expanding that is caused by varying temperatures. The UGLY result? It will slowly separate and eventually bulge, crack, or blow off—not a pleasant sight for yourself or your neighbors.

The answer to these concerns is as simple as A-B-C Seamless.

[ Testimonial ]
We thought we were getting a no-maintenance siding before, and now we hope we have it. That and the warranty were what really impressed us. We got so badly stung by the preceding siding that we came in with sever criteria… Warranty was number 1.

[ Announcer ]
With ABC Seamless Siding your worries are over. You can create a completely new look for your home that will last forever and impress your friends and neighbors.

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Another Congregation Chooses ABC Seamless

2009-12-15T19:03:00+00:00

When Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Dazey, North Dakota wanted to revitalize the building for their 125th Anniversary in September of 2009, the Board of Trustees requested bids from 3 companies. "The roof was in great need of repair. A large evergreen had fallen on it during a wind storm back in 2007," said Philip Quick, Our Saviour's Treasurer.Dazey, North Dakota was established in 1883 by a group of hard-working Scandinavian settlers, mostly from Norway who farmed grains in the rich, fertile soil of Barnes County. Today, the community is home to around 100 poeple, primarily farmers and their families raising grains, beans and corn. Our Saviour’s congregation first organized in 1884 and the church that stands today was built in 1902. In the 107 years since it was built, the church’s wood siding had been repainted numerous times. The narthex addition at the entrance had 2 windows that needed replacement as well.

ABC Seamless has been trusted to protect houses of worship across the country for more than 35 years. Nationwide we have installed seamless steel siding and gutters, and replaced windows for more than 600 churches in 35 States. When the Board of Trustees at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church asked us to present our services, we sent Steve Kelley to represent our products, and Jim Burgard to represent the installation process.

“The Dazey project was bigger than just a roofing project, the Church was looking at fixing the building to last a lifetime,” said Steve Kelley, the ABC Seamless sales consultant for this project. ABC Seamless addressed the Church’s primary problem by offering a high-performance steel shingle roof that provides protection from hail, fire, wind, snow and rain. Our steel roof is protected by a lifetime, non-prorated limited warranty with hail and fade protection. The color that the members chose also meets EnergyStar performance standards, ensuring that the building will be heated and cooled with maximum efficiency.

ABC Seamless proposed an all-steel exterior for the church for protection and longevity, bringing maintenance-free seamless steel siding and gutters into the discussion. Their EnergyStar siding underlayment insulates the Church from icy winter winds that chill interior walls.

Of the three companies that Philip and the remodeling committee started working with, ABC Seamless and another company put in comparable bids. One of the companies never replied to the bid request. Overall, ABC Seamless was best prepared to take care of all the project specifications for the Church in Dazey and was granted the work.

“It was important that the remodeling was completed before our 125th Anniversary celeration. The installers really put in some long days,” said Philip. The Church project was completed in plenty of time for the celebration. “Everyone is very happy with the final look.” It wasn’t long before word spread throughout the area and members of other Churches came to see the work.

Contact us today for a no-obligation quote for your home or place of worship. If you’re ever near Dazey, we welcome you to visit Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church.

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Seamless Steel Siding Saves Home From Disaster

2009-12-04T05:19:00+00:00

“Without a doubt, your seamless siding saved my house,” says Mike Weiss assuredly. He knows a lot about fires. When Mike retired as Lieutenant at the Flint, Michigan Fire Department in 2000, he had served with his squad for 23 years.Mike and Grace Weiss moved out to their 10-acre plot in Otisville, 35 minutes from Flint, in 1997. The property was just what they were looking for. A little acreage with an attractive, 4-story house with a fireplace and a big pole barn to store his hobby cars. Mike kept the cedar trim and had his house wrapped in rustic brown ABC Seamless siding after comparing products at the Flint Builders’ show in 1999. “I had re-stained the T-111 (masonite) siding once shortly after we moved in and I wasn’t going to do that again. The house looked great when ABC was done with it.” This was a good choice.

It was in early April of this year when Grace had come upstairs to wake Mike after seeing something strange on the patio. She had been letting the cats out when she saw a thin grey square of carbon fall like a leaf to the lawn. The couple had enjoyed a fire in the fireplace earlier and the cedar trim surrounding the fluke exhaust caught fire. As the fire moved toward the roof, it was starved for oxygen by the seamless steel surround. While the siding didn’t entirely choke out the fire, it delayed the spread of the fire long enough that the fire department was able to easily extinguish it when they arrived.

The Weiss home sustained only $15,000 in damage which was paid primarily by their insurance. More importantly, Mike and Grace saved their belongings and their lives. “I’m definitely crediting the siding [for saving my house]. It did its job in more ways than one.”

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The Look of Logs Without the Work

2008-05-06T18:30:00+00:00

(Fargo, ND) – Who doesn’t love the romantic look of a log home perched on a prairie or lake? But no one probably enjoys the work involved in maintaining a log home; caulking, chinking, sanding, sealing, staining, cleaning and battling bugs are never-ending chores. It makes you wonder how old Abe Lincoln ever found the time to leave his log home and run for president.Abe had no alternatives. Today’s homeowners do. Log home lovers can achieve the look they adore without the work by switching to steel siding that mimics the appearance of logs. The siding is virtually maintenance-free and is guaranteed to never rust, chip or peel for the life of your home.

“Maintaining a traditional log home is a huge expense of both time and money,” says Scott Seiler of ABC Seamless, the company that manufactures the steel siding. “Expect to spend a minimum of $750 a year in time and materials to maintain a real log home, and another $6,000 or more every three to five years to have the house professionally preserved, re-stained and sealed.”

ABC Seamless Steel Log Home Siding eliminates those maintenance costs. The siding can be installed over existing siding on any style home, including a real log house. The steel log siding comes in a variety of sizes and colors, from dark brown “Rustic Brown” to “Williamsburg Gray” that mimics the light gray of wood exposed to the elements.

Because the siding is seamless, there are no unsightly joints in the middle of the wall where moisture may seep in. Each panel is applied with a warm blanket of insulation foam placed between the old exterior and the new siding. A foam backer inserted behind each individual log contour adds strength and support.

Log cabin owners Orvis and Diane Stockstad of Fargo, N.D. had the siding installed on the log home they’d owned for 30 years on Central Minnesota’s Pelican Lake. “From the road, it looks like an authentic log cabin,” Diane says. “You’d have to get up mighty close before realizing that it isn’t.”

Log home owner Oscar Green likes the maintenance-free qualities of the siding. “I’m getting older and don’t want to deal with all the maintenance which comes with owning a wood log home,” Green says. “Now there’s no maintenance and I still have my log home.”

To learn more about how ABC Seamless Steel Log Home Siding can give your home the maintenance-free look of a log house, visit http://www.abcseamless.com

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