We have a two story house with a large rear expansion. The main portion of the house is unpainted brick on 1st floor, white aluminum siding on 2nd. The large, rear, two-floor expansion was recently built and is covered with white vinyl siding.
We are looking to change the color of the entire house to a particular shade of very light, cream yellow (windows and trim would be white).
Painting the brick should obviously be no problem. I believe aluminum siding can be painted without much trouble. But the vinyl siding concerns me. I understand that it swells significantly with sunlight and that it used to be the case that you just couldn't paint it. I see some reports that there are paints now that are superadhesive and that as long as a light color is used, you can paint vinyl siding and even get a warranty on the work.
How good an idea is it to paint go ahead and have the siding painted? What is the cost of re-siding a house with proper-color vinyl siding vs. painting? Am I correct that there should be no problem painting the aluminum siding?
Any other thoughts in general? Thanks.
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