Each type of sideing you mentioned has it's own shortcomeings and advantages, you've already read a few in the above posts.

I have vinyl on my house, steel on one shed, t1-11 on the workshop, and an old barn that still has wood sideing, in it's day it was called "car sideing" because it of it's prominent use on railroad box cars.

I have no favorite, the vinyl on the house was riddled from a hail storm in '99, and we replaced it with vinyl because it was availabe in a style she liked. The steel didn't fair much better, but was less than one year old and was replaced at no charge under the warrenty. the t1-11 on the workshop had not been built yet, so the jury is still out. The old wood barn with an old wood shake shingle roof, remained un-damaged. But, paint seems to last only three years, and I HATE PAINTING. Haven't had any critter damage, but feed is readily available, and probably more palletable to them.s o they leave the structure alone, not to mention the protection of a dog that will chase any rodent, anytime.

Get whatever style and color you like, that fits your budget, and the type of material is a secondary choice. Mother Nature cares little what you do, she does her own thing.

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