Should I Vinyl Side My House Or Fix and Repaint The Cedar Siding?
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007Jim M asked:
My wife and I live in a tudor style house that has some stucco on the front and cedar siding around the sides and back. The cedar siding has some cracks in maybe 10 boards on the back (much sun exposure) and a couple other boards on the side. The siding also could use a paint job. The thing is, we are thinking of selling the house in a couple of years and aren’t sure if we should invest in new vinyl siding or if we should have some of the existing cedar replaced and the whole house painted. We are thinking if we go this route it would cost around 1/4 as much as residing the whole house in vinyl. However, many houses around us have vinyl siding and we think it would resell much easier if we opted for the new siding. Any opinions?
Kim
My wife and I live in a tudor style house that has some stucco on the front and cedar siding around the sides and back. The cedar siding has some cracks in maybe 10 boards on the back (much sun exposure) and a couple other boards on the side. The siding also could use a paint job. The thing is, we are thinking of selling the house in a couple of years and aren’t sure if we should invest in new vinyl siding or if we should have some of the existing cedar replaced and the whole house painted. We are thinking if we go this route it would cost around 1/4 as much as residing the whole house in vinyl. However, many houses around us have vinyl siding and we think it would resell much easier if we opted for the new siding. Any opinions?
Kim










