Siding

[Alan]

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.

[iris lilies]

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.

[Alan]

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.

[iris lilies]

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.

[Rogar]

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.

Thanks.

[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.

[iris lilies]

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.

It is VERY cool that you preserved your tongue and groove siding! House huggers approve of this.Good show.

[catherine]

It is VERY cool that you preserved your tongue and groove siding! House huggers approve of this.Good show.

Amen!

[nswef]

Thanks for the update Rogar! I'm glad you found a painter who was excited to save it! Well worth the money in the long run. In 8 years it may not need as much scraping and restoration.

[Tradd]

Interesting update. Glad you were able to save the unique siding.