In article , C & M says...

The siding on my house - 5/8" T1-11 - is just over 30 yrs old and me... I'm
a lot older and getting tired of the staining that has to be done. Had
someone else do it and the job stunk - it wasn't his house, right. SO, I'm
thinking of a low/ no maintenance siding but don't want to go with
horizontal. The only thing the old rancher has going for it are the hip
roof and the vertical siding. I looked into the concrete but I was told
that it had to be painted every 5 yrs and the composite stuff is REALLY
expensive. I guess the expense would be offset by the reduction in
maintenance. I asked an architect who apparently didn't want to be bothered
and he said to vinyl side it. Doh!!! Any suggestions short of burning it
are welcome.



I have T1-11 on the front and addition to my rancher (built 1960). My last
paint job was in 1997 and is still looking good - the guy I got did a meticulous
job on the prep and I had him use a Ben Moore paint. So you could probably do a
little better and still keep the siding if you want.

However, since I'm looking for low maintenance like you, and detest the
horizontal lines I'm seeing on every new-sided house around me, I'm going to use
Royal Board and Batten vinyl siding. The job will be this fall. It's fairly
rare around here (upstate NY) to use this for the whole house, but two local
examples I've seen - a contemporary and an Eichler type house, look good to me.
Not quite as good as cedar board-and-batten, but if you're going for plastic,
you're going for plastic

Banty