Deleted
Posts: 0
Join Date:
Apr 30, 2024 6:50:57 GMT -5
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2014 13:44:32 GMT -5
So I have a question. Has anyone here ever had their siding painted? We decided not to replace but to paint because we have aluminum and neither of us want vinyl siding. Just wondering about cost actually and if painted looks as good as new.
|
|
|
Post by Zen on Apr 16, 2014 7:46:35 GMT -5
Jeff my replying is probably not going to help you at all since we live in totally different climates, I have 8 months of summer at around 85F and then 4 months of what you would call early spring or late fall weather, my teeth start chattering at around your 60F. So what I am about to say is more for my area which would be hell freezing over if we ever got snow so to speak...
The original aluminium (and no I didn't spell it wrong that is how it is spelled and said here) cladding here lasts around ten years and then if painted by a contractor and done properly will last around another 7 to 10, the sides continually exposed to the weather seem peel and fade quicker. We have to paint around every 7 years for normal surfaces, so not really worth it.
Everyone I know that has the vinyl cladding hires a high pressure washer once every year or so and when done it looks like new, most of the people I know that have the vinyl have all had it around ten years but 3 have it 18, 12 and 12 and it is the same as new after a pressure clean every 12 to 18 months. Even the walls that cop the worst of the sun and weather don't look any different.
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Join Date:
Apr 30, 2024 6:50:57 GMT -5
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2014 9:58:22 GMT -5
Thanks. We've had a couple of people come out. The first contractor we saw about replacing our doors and windows tried to scare me into siding by saying that the paint would wash out and fade in two years. So he's gone, but the painter we saw said it will last a good 10 years because we have old school aluminum siding from the 70s. He said it will hold up better than some of the newer stuff.
|
|