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Old Aug 27, 2017 | 08:48 PM
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Howdy Rick..

Looks like everyone turned in early tonight...LOL
I am probably not that far from it!
 
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I am probably not that far from it!
I figured that would be coming...LOL
 
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It's 1878 vintage. Wooden clap boards. I have to look around but they are out there. The big stores want you to go to new stuff.
Your best bet is a mom and pop lumber yard if you have any there..

You can get them from the big stores but will have to order them
 
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Mine are 8" Western Red Cedar, big box stores don't carry it but a mom and pop lumber yard that has been here since the Ark was built still carries it. LOL
 
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It's the same here.. I have the wide clapboards and the local yard has them on hand
 
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It's the same here.. I have the wide clapboards and the local yard has them on hand
Sure makes changing them a breeze when you can walk in and buy em.
 
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I still really like the look of wood siding once it has dent paint on it. Last time I bought a bunch but must have used it up as I can't find it around. I need about two feet of it. It is the 6 inch variety!
 
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Yeah that's for sure.. Years ago my MIL was having a porch redone and the guy was going to put up masonite siding.. That stuff is crap and would not match the wide cedar clapboards..

He told her he couldn't find the correct stuff.. I called the local yard and they had plenty
 
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Originally Posted by donjamer
Howdy Rick..

Looks like everyone turned in early tonight...LOL
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I am probably not that far from it!
Hey Steve! Neil has a sleeping bag stashed behind the couch here in Illinois.
 
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I still really like the look of wood siding once it has dent paint on it. Last time I bought a bunch but must have used it up as I can't find it around. I need about two feet of it. It is the 6 inch variety!
I like it also.. Vinyl looks good the first year then it looks like crap
 
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Yeah that's for sure.. Years ago my MIL was having a porch redone and the guy was going to put up masonite siding.. That stuff is crap and would not match the wide cedar clapboards..

He told her he couldn't find the correct stuff.. I called the local yard and they had plenty
When I built our back porch / sun room I used the same siding as the house. Don't know how many have asked me if the room has always been here.
 
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When I built our back porch / sun room I used the same siding as the house. Don't know how many have asked me if the room has always been here.
Yeah cedar lasts for years if you take care of it..

That is what I hate about vinyl.. If you do any renovations it will never match unless you redo the whole house.. Then you wasted more than if you painted every 10 years...LOL
 
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I just like the look of real wood, when I can't paint it anymore its time to sell.
 
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I just like the look of real wood, when I can't paint it anymore its time to sell.
You don't have to sell just pay some one else to do it...LOL
 
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I like it also.. Vinyl looks good the first year then it looks like crap
That's for sure!
 



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