XP: Cedar Siding

Re: XP: Cedar Siding

• srs5624 member

  January 2012

  Kougl Wife to Be!:

  4. Is there a look a like alternative that doesn't have the upkeep work?

  I don't have cedar siding, so I can't answer the first three... but there is look-a-like alternative siding. It's fiber-cement siding and looks like cedar planks. Let me dig around and I'll see if I can find a link.

  ETA: Here's one link that I found. The look of the fiber-cement siding is on the right of the window (underneath the guy with the ridiculously white teeth). I know there's more companies that sell it, Renewal is a big one I can think of, but that's just the first link that came up.

  
  http://pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi#general

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• Leyne29

  January 2012

  I don't have a cedar siding house, but the house I grew up in did. I'm no expert, but heres what I know... 2) nothing major that I'm aware of. The house sits in the woods, and it has weathered quite a bit in color, but it still looks good in it's environment (for reference the house is 30 years old and located in Ohio, so it sees sun, rain, snow, wind, ice, the whole thing) 3) con - woodpeckers LOVE it Hope this helps a little bit. Good luck!

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• naylon511 member

  

  January 2012

  There are fiber-cement shakes and vinyl composite shakes. We got the vinyl and love it.  There are several makers but the best ratings were always for Cedar Impressions by Certainteed. There are before and afters in my blog from Dec 2010.

   

   

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• died4meatspin

  January 2012

  My H's uncle has one and the woodpeckers are enough to drive him to sell.

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