siding type costs (floor, engineered, vinyl, painting)
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I asked about siding types on Nextdoor and the response was overwhelming and unanimous: for our (wet) climate, Hardieplank cementboard. However, no one was able to offer even a generalized cost comparison. A couple pointed me to websites that did not seem to compare apples to apples. I still don't even know what's the cheapest on average in general, or what type of situations cause the cost gaps to widen (as in, perhaps this or that type takes more man-hours in certain situations, etc.). So I thought: I bet they'll know here.
I am guessing vinyl is the cheapest. (I may have guessed wrong, but that won't cause a problem.) Let's imagine a straightforward re-siding job involving a one-story house, bid by a competent, reputable contractor at $5000 for vinyl. What's a reasonable guess what that contractor would charge for Hardieplank? For wood of good quality? For aluminum? For brick facing?
I understand that season, demand, access, and many other factors will affect the ultimate outcome, but assuming all those are the same and the only difference is the material choice, and understanding that different circumstances can impact labor cost for different materials.
Dig around in the Fine Homebuilding web site. They did a comparison some time back...maybe a couple years....of all the various possible siding types. It was quite an apple to apples comparison IIRC.
Without going into a lot of detail, I can blow your hypothetical example out the window-
A lot of vinyl siding jobs go over existing siding- Hardi can not. So, your labor cost just theoretically just doubled- take old siding/cladding off, install Hardi.
Without going into a lot of detail, I can blow your hypothetical example out the window-
A lot of vinyl siding jobs go over existing siding- Hardi can not. So, your labor cost just theoretically just doubled- take old siding/cladding off, install Hardi.
That's exactly the sort of possibilities I was imagining when I figured that different materials might require different labor costs. I'm not surprised.
different vinyl products can vary in price by great amounts even with the same contractor depending on type; style, thickness, length, fade warranty, etc.
A bit tangential to your question jkk, but, if it was me, I would "grin and bear it" until I had the dosh saved up to do the Hardieplank, even though it will cost more.
But I am always like that, I want to do the job just once, and do it right. Having had cheap shortcuts bite me on the butt a few times in my mis-spent youth, I tend to avoid them anymore.
If you stay in the house, the Hardieplank will give you many years of service, if you sell on, I would think you would recover most of your costs in higher resale value (although I don't know that for sure!)
A bit tangential to your question jkk, but, if it was me, I would "grin and bear it" until I had the dosh saved up to do the Hardieplank, even though it will cost more.
But I am always like that, I want to do the job just once, and do it right. Having had cheap shortcuts bite me on the butt a few times in my mis-spent youth, I tend to avoid them anymore.
If you stay in the house, the Hardieplank will give you many years of service, if you sell on, I would think you would recover most of your costs in higher resale value (although I don't know that for sure!)
I don't doubt it; on NextDoor basically a chorus spoke up for hardieplank. In fact, it was unanimous. I have the money, that's not the issue. Most of my house doesn't need new siding. The weather side needs repainting, though, and I think the shiplap siding isn't doing that well (naturally, as it's the weather side, and the siding is wood, it would be the first to show signs). This year, these options occur to me:
Remove the peeling paint, do some judicious caulking, then repaint with the best stuff I can buy.
Re-side the weather side with new shiplap, then paint with the best stuff I can buy.
Re-side the weather side with Hardieplank, then paint...you get the idea.
Re-side the entire house with Hardie, then repaint the entire house, in spite of the fact that most of it doesn't need repainting or residing.
Maybe now it makes a little more sense; I'm reluctant to re-side and repaint the whole casa just because one side is looking kind of tatty. The only siding I've ever ordered done was some touch-up, and it was the cheap stuff (some kind of fiberboard, I think) to get a house ready for sale. Thus, I'm pretty ignorant of all this, and glad to be learning more.
Without going into a lot of detail, I can blow your hypothetical example out the window-
A lot of vinyl siding jobs go over existing siding- Hardi can not. So, your labor cost just theoretically just doubled- take old siding/cladding off, install Hardi.
Well isn't it possible to remove old siding yourself in order to reduce the total labor cost? I am also thinking about replacing the existing engineered wood siding on a 2nd floor with cement board. I got an estimate of about 10K. I am not sure if I should install it myself without an experience, but at least what is difficult with removing an old siding?
I asked about siding types on Nextdoor and the response was overwhelming and unanimous: for our (wet) climate, Hardieplank cementboard. However, no one was able to offer even a generalized cost comparison. A couple pointed me to websites that did not seem to compare apples to apples. I still don't even know what's the cheapest on average in general, or what type of situations cause the cost gaps to widen (as in, perhaps this or that type takes more man-hours in certain situations, etc.). So I thought: I bet they'll know here.
I am guessing vinyl is the cheapest. (I may have guessed wrong, but that won't cause a problem.) Let's imagine a straightforward re-siding job involving a one-story house, bid by a competent, reputable contractor at $5000 for vinyl. What's a reasonable guess what that contractor would charge for Hardieplank? For wood of good quality? For aluminum? For brick facing?
I understand that season, demand, access, and many other factors will affect the ultimate outcome, but assuming all those are the same and the only difference is the material choice, and understanding that different circumstances can impact labor cost for different materials.
I'll throw it out there for you in simplest terms.
You'll pay roughly 3x more for HardiePlank than for vinyl (even though there are a lot of grades of vinyl siding). Then you'll need to prime and paint it - but if you do that part right you won't have to paint again for another 10+ years.
Now... HardiePlank is superior to "cheaper" vinyl in every way imaginable. It will also increase the value of your house.
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