"Smitty Two" wrote
"cshenk" wrote:

Yes, it will work. You just need to create that gap above the water
area.
The same fellows who vinyl sided my house did a 'patch job' down the
street
much like this. They did it with a contrasting vinyl and matched the
upper
trim work discretely to it and it looks very very nice. Done almost 10
years ago and looks like new.

You wouldn't have any pictures of that, would you? A friend of mine
lives in a condo and they're looking at a $3 million tag to replace all
the T1-11 on 160 units because the bottom couple of inches is rotting.

No but a description is easy (no fancy camera uploads from here). They cut
about the top 14 inches off then at the back and bottom inserted additional
thin insulation behind then a vinyl bit below (looked much like the other
siding) with a flashing (guess thats the right name) caulked at top and at
bottom. There's about a 4 inch gap before the ground and a faux brick
applied over the cinderblock base so you cant tell it's cinderblock.

The house is a light green and the trim at top (gutters etc) was painted in
a dark green/brown and the bottom vinyl is same. It looks 'deliberate' not
a repair job. You can not tell it is vinyl matched to T1-11 unless within 3
ft of it. Even then, it dosnt look 'bad' although you can tell they matched
2 materials if that close.

I think the key is rather than try a dead-on match, is to make it a contrast
element that was meant to be there.