Vinyl Siding

[camryguy]

Hello Experts! I recently purchased a house and know it will need a new paint job within the coming year. I would rather install vinyl siding and be done with it. I will not be doing the job myself, but am curious to find out how much something like this would cost. I would rather pay a bit more for a better job, but I don't want to pay a fortune. What would a fair price be for this kind of job? Here is a picture of the property:

Note: I did purchase both sides of the duplex and will not be covering the brick on the front.

[Joe]

Get quotes on painting. Get quotes on vinyl siding. The latter are usually very competitive with so many firms in the business, and the installers are usually quite competent and quick. The paint will look better, the vinyl last somewhat longer. Make your decision on which you value most. if it were mine, I'd paint it.

Joe

[clare]

I still like good aluminum siding over vinyl. More durable - and to my eye better looking. You want SUPPORTED aluminum though

[jw]

Too bad you want to ruin that nice looking siding with that cheap crappy ugly looking plastic crap. Painting is not that hard to do.

Just my opinion

[Dick Adams]

On the presumption that you purchased the house in the first photo, my compliments on buying a very nice looking house. I'd paint. Vinyl siding has a cheap look. If you really do not want to paint every 7 to 10 years, get aluminum siding.

Now if we're discussing the house in photos 2 thru 11, WTF were you thinking when you bought this barn. My first thought was "Too bad arson is a felony with no statute of limitations."

[John Grabowski]

*That house has some character. It would be a shame to clad it in a sterile wrap. I would get prices for a good paint job that includes a lot of prep work in order to get a long lasting finish.

[Tony Miklos]

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What kind of siding is that? Looks too new to be asbestos, maybe not? If it is asbestos it's fine where it is, but does it become hazmat when removed?

[trader4]

I agree with those saying to continue with paint. The siding looks great, the paint is still in good shape. A good paint job done right can last 10 years. And you don't have all that much to paint, not a lot of trim, etc. IMO real wood looks far better than siding. Siding is less expensive and doesn't require painting, but just doesn't look like wood.

[camryguy]

Yes, your assumption is correct. I did buy the house in the first picture. The rest were shots of a house before it was demolished.

If I lived in the property, I would have no problem painting it, this is merely an investment with both sides generating rental income. I need something that will last, look good, and will require minimal maintenance. I will get quotes for both vinyl and aluminum and proceed from there. Thanks for the reply!

[clare]

The picture in #1 looks like johns manville siding - not wood - which takes paint quite well, and the paint lasts a LONG time.

The siding is ASBESTOS cement. Not an issue if you leave it be. Might be an issue to remove - but not serious... Unless there is damage I'd just paint it

[clare]

The siding is NOT wood. Looks better than vinyl.

[camryguy]

It is wood--Its cedar shake siding.

[camryguy]

There actually isn't any trim requiring any paint. The window casings have all been covered by aluminum, and so have the fascia's. Also the soffit has been replaced with perforated vinyl.

[DerbyDad03]

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My neighbor has cedar shake on a 1800 sq ft colonial.

A few years after he moved in he sanded/melted/scraped off the paint down to the cedar on the entire house, primed and then painted.

He has repainted twice since then, once the same color and just recently a different color. Some sanding down to the cedar each time, but certainly not the entire house.

That's 3 paint jobs in 20 years. Did it need it each time? Not that I could tell, but I'm sure he inspects at his house a lot more carefully than I do.

[clare]

What is there NOW, painted, will outlast either aluminum or vinyl on a rental property. The stuff is durable - and takes paint well. Vinyl can look like crap in a few years if it gets hit, particulatly cold - and the corner caps are also fragine. Aluminum will dent if hit

- good quality supported aluminum not as bad - and the Johns-Manville siding just keeps on keeping on unless it is hit hard enough to fracture it.

[clare]

Check again. The picture shows regular sized (as contrasted with random sized) "shakes". Cedar doesn't come that way, in my experience. There are numerous houses in my neighbourhood that look EXACTLY tile that. All Johns-Manville siding. If I was a betting man I'd say it was a pretty sure bet. I'd say 99.9+%

[Tony Miklos]

The vinyl will look real good when a kid throws a ball against it on a cold day. I've even seen hail take out vinyl when it was warm (the hail doesn't cool it that fast). I imagine even good aluminum will dent nicely bouncing a baseball off it, and that's the kind of thing tenants seem to do when it's not there own property. Wood is good.

[Tony Miklos]

That's even better than wood. Holds paint much better.

[jw]

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I didn't even look at the other pics till you mentioned this. I recall looking at those others a year or two ago. That's some historic house he had posted. Myself, I think that old house is gorgeous, or was.... If it was nearby, I'd love to restore it, but the foundation problems look serious. Yet I think I could restore it.

[jw]

What a shame it was demolished!!!!