"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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I am looking for alternatives to UGLY vinyl siding. I can not stand
the look of vinyl siding, and will not live in a house covered with
this garbage.


How about some of the better vinyl siding? Yes, the cheap stuff is ugly,
but there are some good grades available that if you did not know it was
vinyl you would not guess it. The problem now is to re-open you mind to
check it out fairly.
Ed


I have to second Ed.

I never liked Vinyl, once on your stuck with it, and I live on the Atlantic
coast, right on it, the ocean is my backyard. So, do you know what salt
water driven rain does to a cedar shingled painted house? I had to paint my
entire house and trim every three years.

Then I looked into vinyl, and to my surprise some of the higher end stuff is
quite attractive, they even have it to look like older cedar shingles.

So that is what I did, two years ago. I didn't have then cover everything,
like soffits and trim. That way if I want to make a change in the appearance
of the house I can paint the trim a different color. I can do it in a day.

But if you like the log sided look, then go with that because you're not
going to find that look in vinyl.

Dave