[MassHistPres] Liquid Vinyl -Fwd: [masshistpres] Spray on Siding? fwd #1

[Steve & Diane Derby]

I think the current liquid siding emails are referring to basically the 
same material as the spray on siding that created a flurry of emails on 
the list serve in January of 2005.  I'll forward two of them, but 
perhaps the rest can be checked thru the archives.

Diane Derby, BallardVale Historic District Commission,  Andover, MA

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Sstowell at ci.lowell.ma.us
> Date: January 27, 2005 3:21:04 PM EST
> To: betsypyne at comcast.net, masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Subject: RE: [masshistpres] Spray on Siding?
>
> The so-called"Spray-on Siding" that is being referred to is not a good
> product for any house, historic or not. It would be like caulking all 
> the
> butt edges of clapboard or putting a giant sealed garbage bag around 
> your
> house. Both of these scenarios stop all air exchange and cause major
> moisture problems as the house cannot breath. My rule of thumb with 
> any new
> product for houses is---- PROVE IT. This can only be done with 
> objective,
> accelerated testing in a lab or on an actual structure that has been 
> in the
> weather for 20+ years. This industry has done neither. Using historic 
> homes
> as test cases for this product is irresponsible. Some of these 
> products even
>
> call themselves "Liquid Vinyl" and many contain PVC. In the next twenty
> years we will be dealing with removing all PVC from occupied 
> structures in
> this country now that we know it is the most toxic substance ever
> manufactured for the consumer, far worse than asbestos. Think how much
> damage there will be to historic material when we try to remove this 
> from
> homes. I'm guessing but it's probably realistic to say that 50 to 75 
> million
>
> residential structures in this country have vinyl siding, windows or
> plumbing. We'll have enough on our hands getting rid of this, let's not
> compound the problem with "Spray-on Siding. The class action lawyers 
> are
> drooling.
>
>
> Bob Yapp
> President
> Preservation Resources
> 935 Mississippi Avenue
> Davenport, Iowa 52803
> 563-323-9292
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> [mailto:owner-masshistpres at cs.umb.edu]On Behalf Of Betsy Pyne
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:43 PM
> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Subject: [masshistpres] Spray on Siding?
>
>
> Our clapboarded church in the center of town has asked our Community
> Preservation Committee to give an opinion and possibly fund the
> application
> of Spray on Siding by a company called Alvis Coatings from North 
> Carolina.
> The
> building is not on the National Register but is a Congregational type
> historic church across from our Town Hill in the center. Is this an
> appropriate clapboard treatment for an historic building? Will this 
> product
> allow the wood to breath? Can anyone say what the treatment looks like 
> on a
> wood clapboard building.
> comments on suitability of this product will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Betsy Pyne
> Norfolk Historical Commission
> Norfolk Community Preservation Committee
>
>
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