About Siding

KARMA_KAZE asked:


I am planning to side with Canexel over my origanal cedar siding. We moved into the home 2 years ago and the sidng was not taken care of and suffered accordingly. It is weathjer beaten. I want to Tyvek and strap with true one inch pine on top. The cedar siding runs perpendicular and is lap jointed. Where some of the joints have curled up I noticed there is no sheathing underneath. I want to strap into the studs for assured strength and I am wondering if they make stud finders that will locate studs through the sidng.I can locate some from inside and transfer outside but I don’t have A LOT OF FAITH on the studs being on the correct centers. Do they make a stud finder that will will work from oustside?

Rhonda

carrie p asked:


We are renovating ( read that as gutting) an old victorian home. Unfortunately, we are more than likely going to have to move because of a job change within a year or so. The paint on the outside of the home is peeling badly and the exposed wood will not hold paint. As noted by other homes in the area that have been painted and peeled.

The question is…can you put vinyl siding on a home like this and make it go around the architectural elements? The biggest dilemma is we have two mill worked boards that run around and under all the eaves and soffits about 1.5ft wide around the whole house. The siding would need to come up next to it. Will it look terrible? What can we do? We have a minimal budget.
It is a Queen Anne. In the small town in Indiana where I live the vast majority have vinyl siding. Without it or even with scraping paint, we more than likely will not sell. The most we could get in a good deal would be $90 to $95,000 for the home.

Lydia