Summer of Expensive Home Improvements
on 09/14/2010 at 09:47 AM
I don’t know what climate you’re in, but when considering any variation of plastics outdoors, always consider the climate it’s in. Vinyl siding turned out to be a not-so-good choice at my mother’s house down on the Gulf Coast. That should have come as no surprise, since it’s been known for decades down here that any plastic left in the sun will have all the volatile oils baked out of it in record time. So twenty years later, her vinyl is pretty brittle in some places.
That fierce sun does have its upside though. Shingles tend to basically melt into a single lump, so when the hurricanes come through the roof may come apart… or on the other hand it may just congeal and sit right where it is.
Well, Grumpy, I’m in southern Ohio, a ‘temperate’ zone, I guess. But it’s interesting that you mention:
hat any plastic left in the sun will have all the volatile oils baked out of it in record time.
I believe that’s exactly why I opted to paint, again.
My neighbors have vinyl siding. Not only do they constantly lose some siding in a fierce storm, the siding seems brittle.
As an aside: the County seems to think my house has aluminum siding. I don’t know why, but they’re using that to increase my property tax assessment. I’ve gone to two ‘unofficial’ meetings to rectify that. No luck. Despite the ‘assessor’ visiting the house with me, we are still listed as having ‘aluminum siding.’
Next: lawsuit, not only to get the ‘aluminum siding’ taken off my record, but refunds of back taxes paid due to government stupidity.
I’ll file in civil court. I want the back taxes from when I bought the house, 20+ years ago.
My brother made that same ‘smart’ choice when he replaced his roof back in 1992. Aluminum was the best at the time and its still perfect all these years later.
Funny, I got a bunch of relations in Ohio around the Sandusky area, wherever that is.
