"HeatMan" wrote in message link.net...
I would advise against T1-11. Not only does it look bad but it rots
quickly. I would also stay away from vinyl siding. It makes the house
look like plastic. Also, if you have a problem 5 years from now with a
leak or something it can be a big problem if you need to get under
that stuff. For me there was the original redwood siding underneath
the asbestos. If I were you I would check out Hardi siding. It is a
composite cement siding that looks like wood. It comes in several
different profiles and comes with something like a 75 year warranty. I
built a shed out of it a few years ago and it was cheaper than T1-11.

My house was built in 1972 with the T111 sheets and I haven't had a problem
with it. Like other siding out there, you DO have to care for it, caulking
and painting as necessary.

I built my shed out of T111 because I liked the look of it.

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don't happen to like
it. I do know there was a class action suit against a manufacturer of
T1-11 and they lost. I don't know the details of it and I never looked
in to it. I do know that my house built in 1895 and had little or no
maintance on it (a rental for 89 years) and the siding is in great
shape. It was under asbestos siding for 4 or 5 decades. Your guess is
as good as mine as to whether that helped or hurt.

Class Action Suit
http://www.masoniteclaims.com/masonite/index.html

Greg