A few years ago the housing co-op up on Kings Square went through what my friend Catherine Hennessey calls a “vinylization,” replacing its wood shingles with beige vinyl siding.
I feared that our neighbour, the Hensley Green Co-op, would do the same thing, and so I was pleasantly surprised to hear the rat-rat-tat of nail guns one morning two weeks ago. It’s a sound that’s rung out every morning since.
A tip of the hat to the co-op and its federal funders for this investment in our community.
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As the owner of a house with
As the owner of a house with peeling wood shingles, I shudder at the thought of covering them up with vinyl. That said, I also shudder at the thought of scraping and painting my house every few years (the sides of our house that get sun seem to deteriorate fairly quickly).
So, I ask this question of myself as much as anyone else. What's wrong with vinyl siding? Is it just a matter of style/fashion?
I have vinyl siding associated with newer and cheaper building processes and materials. I have wood associated with older and more expensive, but longer-lasting processes/materials.
Is this just taste? Are we siding hipsters? Or is there something really better about wood?
These are all excellent
These are all excellent questions, and ones that I’ve not thought of as deeply as I might.
I do know that I have an affinity for wood shingles and an aversion to vinyl siding, but I don’t know if that’s spiritual, cultural, environmental or something else.
I do not wear vinyl pants.
But, then again, I do not wear wood pants either.
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