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    We built our house 30 years ago with mostly brick and a vinyl siding rear. The vinyl still looks new although I do need to spray the north end with a little Wet and Forget every couple of years. We've required no real exterior maintenance during that time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    We built our house 30 years ago with mostly brick and a vinyl siding rear. The vinyl still looks new although I do need to spray the north end with a little Wet and Forget every couple of years. We've required no real exterior maintenance during that time.
    Does Wet and Forget keep green mold stuff off? I see houses on my block with vinyl siding that has some of that green mold.

    When we renovated our brick city townhouse in 1990 we added a two room addition and at the back of the house we were allowed by the historic code to use non-brick material. At that time vinyl was a standard, so that’s what we used. it never got the green moldy coating.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
    Does Wet and Forget keep green mold stuff off?
    It takes it off but doesn't prevent it from eventually coming back. I have to spray individual splotches every so often to keep it looking nice, easy peasy over all!

    When we renovated our brick city townhouse in 1990 we added a two room addition and at the back of the house we were allowed by the historic code to use non-brick material. At that time vinyl was a standard, so that’s what we used. it never got the green moldy coating.

    It typically only shows up on areas without sufficient sunlight, that's why it's usually found on the northern side of a house or an area with a lot of shade. As I recall, you don't allow shade generators such as trees in your gardens.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    It takes it off but doesn't prevent it from eventually coming back. I have to spray individual splotches every so often to keep it looking nice, easy peasy over all!


    It typically only shows up on areas without sufficient sunlight, that's why it's usually found on the northern side of a house or an area with a lot of shade. As I recall, you don't allow shade generators such as trees in your gardens.

    haha wrong! Our vinyl siding was on the North side of our house and near the most beautiful Pin Oak tree in our entire neighborhood. That tree was like a young Greek God when we moved, we having raised it up from a baby.

    This big tree did not interfere with sunshine coming into our flower, fruit, and vegetable gardens tho. These gardens were on the other side of our property.

    Trees are perfectly fine when sited properly and tamed.

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    I spoke a with a siding installer and asked him to get back with me in March when it's a bit more pleasant. My brief search said that about half of house built in 1990 had wood siding, but it's very much gone now. In 2017 a big hail roared though my neighborhood and every vinyl siding near by had a total or partial replacement due to damage. I just had a few paint chips. Right now I'm tempted to repaint or at least start and see how it goes. The wood isn't damaged, but maybe is less attractive with coatings and scaping of paint going back 75 years.

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