Originally Posted by
Rogar
Just to circle back after the advice. I ran across a painter who proposed to do special work to scape and sand my wooden siding. He claimed it is tongue and groove siding which is a little special even for the time. I paid a little premium for the extra work. Finding someone to do the extra work played into the choice, as it's not fun work. Consideration was given to the fact that all of my neighbors with vinyl siding need full or parial replacement after a hail storm a few years ago and I couldn't justify the cost of more expensive siding materials. I also considered the environmental issues around the use of more new materials and it sort of fell into the reuse/recycle category. It came out klooking pretty n nice, but will probably come up again on the project list in another 8 or 10 years, which is the down side.
Anyway, end of story. The discussion was appreciated.