Obviouslt the OP hasnt owned a frame house very long.
NEWW owners tend to want to make it PERFECT, after 5 or 10 paintings they just want to get the @#%$ job done as fast and cheap as possible, realizing no matter what its tempoorary:(
Vinly or alunimimum siding is a much better investment unless you live in a historic home or such........
I HATE repetive jobs, want my home as maintence free as possible.
you may fnd that quarter inch of paint hides a multitude of troubles like rotten boards held together by paint and body filler
A friend stripped all thew trim on hos old brick home and did a beautiful job, took a whole summer.......
It got back all the detail of his trim.
Trouble is the stripper neutrailzer didnt work and much off his new paint is constantly peeling off.
He has stripped again and sandsblasted areas that still peel. he has spent 10 YEARS screwing around and just recently announced next summer it all alunimum trim for him.
He tells a funny story.
One day he saw his neighbor painting and yelled over looks good.
His neigbor said its white:)
Now he understands it a enmdless project..........