[MassHistPres] MassHistPres Digest, Vol 80, Issue 14Re: wood vs vinyl siding
Garrett Laws
copperandslate at gmail.com
Fri Oct 26 11:54:34 EDT 2012
Although it's not an end all be all solution, choosing a contractor that's
been in business ~2x longer than their stated warranty might be a good
primary selector in the future.
Cheers,
Garrett
The Copper & Slate Company, Inc.
Fine Roofing and Exterior Finish Carpentry
238B Calvary Street,
Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 893-1916
Work we do:
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On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Cynthia Burr <73540.46 at compuserve.com>wrote:
> of course the major issue is .. how does an owner specify an appropriate
> paint job?
>
> My church has had several paint jobs over the years ...from presumably
> reputable companies ... and the jobs have failed. They have resulted in
> failing paint (massive peeling) within the warranteed years ... and the
> companies have either failed to honor their warrantees or have moved out of
> state ... and ceased business in MA.
> *sigh*
>
> Cynthia K. Burr, Executive Director
> Millbury Improvement Initiative, inc.
> P.O. Box 767, Millbury, MA 01527
>
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> 1. Re: wood vs vinyl siding (Michele P. Barker)
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> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:29:22 -0400
> From: "Michele P. Barker" <mpbarker at preservationmass.org>
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] wood vs vinyl siding
> To: "'Marcia Starkey'" <mdstarkey at crocker.com>, "'MassHistoric'"
> <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
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> Hi, Marcia,
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>
> For a good article on the merits of vinyl vs. wood, see the NPS Preservation
> Brief on artificial siding:
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> http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/briefs/brief08.htm
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> They estimate that vinyl siding has a 15-20 year lifespan (and that's
> usually about all a warranty will cover, anyway) before it gets so faded,
> cracked, weathered, etc., that it needs replacing. All of us have seen
> wood-clad buildings where clapboards or shingles have lasted a hundred or
> more years. So the durability of the wood shouldn't be an issue - but
> there's the question of the durability of the paint, which has a 10-15 year
> lifespan, depending on how well it was applied. So the trade-off is getting
> the building painted every 10-15 years versus getting it sided every 15-20
> years. There's also the issue that, should the vinyl get damaged, it will be
> nearly impossible to match the color - even if some of the original siding
> has been set aside, it won't have faded the same way that the exposed vinyl
> has - and if you haven't saved any siding, forget it. If wood siding gets
> damaged, it's easily replaced and painted to match the rest of the building.
>
>
>
> There's also the moisture issue. Just anecdotally, when my husband and I
> were house-hunting many years back, we found that when we peeked under the
> siding, every single aluminum or vinyl sided house that we looked at had
> major rot underneath - of course, we weren't sure whether the siding had
> been done to hide the rot, or was the cause of the rot, but there seems to
> be substantial research indicating that poorly installed siding contributes
> to moisture problems and decay of the underlying structure. So regardless of
> the durability of the siding, vinyl can definitely reduce the durability of
> the building underneath.
>
>
>
> Hope that helps give you something to back up your case.
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>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michele
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> Michele P. Barker
>
> Circuit Rider
> 617-999-3256
> mpbarker at preservationmass.org
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> From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
> [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu?>] On Behalf Of Marcia Starkey
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:54 PM
> To: 'MassHistoric'
> Subject: [MassHistPres] wood vs vinyl siding
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>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> The Greenfield Town Hall is receiving a "facelift" to the building,
> originally the Second Franklin County Courthouse. It has had several extreme
> exterior changes i.e. a ca. 1870 brick skin with high Gothic details to
> comply with a state fire prevention requirement for courthouses and a ca.
> 1950 reworking of the details in the spirit of Isaac Damon's original
> classic design. Under a four year plan, last year all the 1950s wood sash
> and frame windows were replaced with vinyl, and now the wood siding has been
> replaced with vinyl. The reason given for this particular choice is that
> vinyl is "more durable" than wood. It is true that the quality,
> preparation and maintenance of wood on building exteriors is critical. I
> would appreciate any experiences with the use of new wood siding on historic
> buildings or suggestions for information sources. The center of town is a
> National Register District.
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>
> Marcia Starkey
>
> Greenfield Historical Commission
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