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Project starts in about 3 weeks.
Vinyl siding (2900 sq ft)
All capping windows/doors replaced 22 windows/2 doors)
Garage door framing recapped
Soffet capping replaced
Ceiling under front porch
Seamless gutters
Here's the color we're going with (Flagstone).
No not my house
This is our house.
I'll be redoing the front porch/railing with pvc once the contractor is done.
Vinyl siding (2900 sq ft)
All capping windows/doors replaced 22 windows/2 doors)
Garage door framing recapped
Soffet capping replaced
Ceiling under front porch
Seamless gutters
Here's the color we're going with (Flagstone).
No not my house
This is our house.
I'll be redoing the front porch/railing with pvc once the contractor is done.
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Hoping to be out of house in 10-15 once kids are out of college.
They are also Tyvek wrapping the house too. We already have 1" rigid insulation on the entire house. So that + Tyvek + vinyl siding should be plenty.
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Had vinyl siding on my old house. Still looks after 20 years. Good economical choice, especially with the rigid insulation you already have.
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Railing— if you do any standing at the railing and yelling at kids on your lawn might want to do wood. It just feels better than PVC and doesn’t get as hot in the sun.
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And I usually sit in the upstairs bathroom on the and fire warning shot at the kids on my lawn.
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Haha true about the NSX. Just not a smart purchase right now. Had no desire to take out a loan for this work so cash went to home improvement.
Also have a few more things that take precedent right now.
1) Retirement
2) Bar & Bat mitzvah this year
3) 3 kids to put through college
4) Improvements to vacation home
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n) Toys
NSXNEXT was the name I created in my early 20s when I joined Acura-tl.com before "life" happened.
I know you guys get a kick out of throwing NSXNONE in my face. All goood. When I'm comfortably prepared for retirement the toy will be a reality.
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At one time I wanted an M5 really really badly. I would have sacrificed so many other things though to get one that I am glad I never pulled the trigger.
Sometimes dreams are best when they remain dreams.
Sometimes dreams are best when they remain dreams.
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I, too, made my screen name years ago when I thought my life would turn out differently
In all seriousness, great choice on the siding - it looks great
In all seriousness, great choice on the siding - it looks great
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New siding looks great. I can't tell from the low quality before picture but did you have white corner caps before or were they the same color as the siding? I really like it being trimmed out in white.
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They were the same (faded gray) as the rest of the siding.
We also found out as they were removing the siding over our front porch that we used to have a metal roof on the porch roof.
Now pricing out a red standing seam roof to match the front door.
We also found out as they were removing the siding over our front porch that we used to have a metal roof on the porch roof.
Now pricing out a red standing seam roof to match the front door.
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What about doing the same for the back porch and back bay window?
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Wow, the added contrast looks great!
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Needs more Lemon Pledge
Looks nice!
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That looks great. What product did you use?
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Very cool. Thank you. That might be the perfect material to use to do our fireplace.
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One on the right for me
The stone looks good. Gives the house a little more detail than just boring concrete or running the siding all the way down to the ground (my home...boring).
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I have to build cement board panels then attach them under the porch.
Doable just a bit more work.
I need to replace the railings and deck boards too.
Just $$$ and time.
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Oh so you are doing that install yourself. I didn't know if you had the same company that did the siding do it. You just use outdoor stone adhesive to mount it to the concrete?
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Yeah I'm doing it myself.
Prep is key. If the concrete is painted your SOL and will have to sandblast off the paint.
Mine was originally covered in stucco. I stripped the stucco, sanded off anything remaining, and then power washed it.
Used this adhesive to adhere it.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Loctite-...7170/202192562
I went through 14 tubes of adhesive for the area.
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Ahhh shit I need to double check but pretty sure they painted mine grey to match the fiber cement board.
Very familiar with a similar adhesive we use it with holding down stair pavers.
Very familiar with a similar adhesive we use it with holding down stair pavers.
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How did you strip it, hammer and chisel?
Yeah I'm doing it myself.
Prep is key. If the concrete is painted your SOL and will have to sandblast off the paint.
Mine was originally covered in stucco. I stripped the stucco, sanded off anything remaining, and then power washed it.
Used this adhesive to adhere it.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Loctite-...7170/202192562
I went through 14 tubes of adhesive for the area.
Prep is key. If the concrete is painted your SOL and will have to sandblast off the paint.
Mine was originally covered in stucco. I stripped the stucco, sanded off anything remaining, and then power washed it.
Used this adhesive to adhere it.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Loctite-...7170/202192562
I went through 14 tubes of adhesive for the area.
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