Harry K wrote:
On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 5:25:14 AM UTC-7, Terry Coombs wrote:
badgolferman wrote:

wrote:



I still like aluminum siding a WHOLE lot better than vinyl.



Vinyl is cheap, easy to replace and maintain, but it's also easy to

damage, flutters in high winds, and doesn't give a sense of
confidence

in the overall structure.



I like my houses to have brick siding. Just looks and and feels

solid. Costs more but worth it in my opinion.



Rock is free here just for the pickin' it up ... maybe that's why
they

call it Stone County . My house currently under construction will
have

rock technically Arkansas field stone up to the bottom of the
windows ,

split white oak shakes above . If I can figure out how to make
uniform

splits ... might just have to make use of the machine shop to build
a device

to do that since I know of no one around here doing that . Maybe a

horizontal band saw , that'd leave a nice rough finish .

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Snag

Should be some "do-it-yourself" on how to split shakes on the 'net.
Takes a froe and mallet plus blocks to split them off of. Not a
hi-tech job.

Aah, here's one:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/w...#axzz31hUMMiI5

Harry K


Thank You ! That link is now saved in my construction stuff bookmark
folder . I don't have a froe , but I have a neighbor that's a blacksmith and
a couple of OCS's . Also have about 12,000 trees , surely I can find enough
straight wood to make a few shakes !
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Snag