"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in news:4b59ae9b-9641-43f7- snipped-for-privacy@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com:
Wife and I completed a small 20x20 cottage,
> using 2x4's walls stuffed with fiber glass.
> The BC bc calls for the equivalent of 2x6 walls
> stuffed with fiber glass so we're upgrading the
> walls by applying 1.5" SM then covering that
> with simple white vinyl siding, that is most heat
> reflective.
> So wife goes to our local building supplier - who
> are really nice people - to get some plain old
> white vinyl siding, a no brainer, we thought.
>
> They only had a few 100 sq. ft in stock so she
> bought what they had, and we installed it in a
> jiffy, but they said we'll have more tomorrow.
>
> In goes wife to get more, of the same product
> code, however, it's 5" and the original stuff is
> 4". Apparently the store only stocks 5" as std,
> but we got 4", if you are confused that's good.
>
> So the next thing is the store had to place a
> special order of 4", deliver it to us and pick
> up the 5", which they did, all's well now.....
> I guess.
> Ken
>
Plain white? Well, *there* is the problem. Had you wanted Mocha Frost or Peach Fizzle or Orange-Blossom Bubbles, in the faux Alligator Foot texture or faux Silk Pajama texture or whatever, they'd have had piles of the stuff. But Plain White? Oy Vey!!! You're lucky they still make it!
;)