It costs far less to keep homes with both vinyl and wood siding clean than homes sided with wood alone.
The initial purchase and installation costs for vinyl may seem high, but over the long haul aging homeowners will find it more convenient--and cheaper--to maintain the outside of their homes if vinyl is part of the equation.
All siding requires at least an occasional cleaning.
Vinyl can be washed down with a sprayer and a commercial soap.
The wood siding may need to be stained, sealed and sections of it replaced to bring out its best.
Why Vinyl Helps Lower Cleaning Costs

• Cleaning supplies cost less than those for wood maintenance.
  Part of what makes cleaning vinyl siding costs so low is the simplicity of the project.
  All you need is a sprayer filled with a properly diluted soap.
  Single-story homes can be cleaned from the ground.
  One walk down the home improvement store aisle to look at the cost of wood siding stains and cleaners makes you blush.
  Even if you have to purchase a sprayer to clean the vinyl, you're way ahead on the bottom line.
  
• Ease of cleaning.
  The part of your home covered with vinyl siding takes far less time and elbow grease to keep clean.
  Wood siding is beautiful and accentuates various exterior features of a home, but it requires muscle to clean if refinishing or stain removal becomes an issue.
  
• Vinyl costs less to replace.
  Sometimes both wood and vinyl deteriorate or are damaged to the point of needing to be replaced.
  Vinyl is a lot easier on the budget than new wood siding.
  

Vinyl siding lowers the cost of cleaning a home's exterior.
If money is a concern, use wood conservatively and cover the rest of your home with vinyl siding.