ATTN: Vinyl Village Nay-Sayers...What would you prefer?

[ImmerLernen]

Originally Posted by MortonR

If you've got a basement be sure to require a radon test as a part of the purchase requirements. Radon is quite common in Indiana's heavy clay soil, and remediation is typically a fairly simple thing to do on more modern homes that have a sump pump and perimeter drains. It's not cheap, but it's a one-time expense. Let the seller pay for it...

RM

Thank you, RM. You've been a wealth of info for me on this forum, and I so appreciate all of your local insight. Not being from the area, I would never know to ask about things like this when house hunting!

Originally Posted by ischyros

But they did find 1-story homes fared much better against the wind with some 2/3s sustaining only minor damage compared to just over half of 2-story homes suffered significant damage.


Here's the article if you want to look it over.
https://www.builderonline.com/articl...construction_o

Super interesting. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Serious Conversation

Fiber cement just looks more premium and stately. Vinyl has historically been cheap, associated with cheap, and definitely starts aging faster.

Yep, this is pretty much what I've gathered.

[MortonR]

Glad to be of assistance.

I mention the radon thing, as the last home we owned in Indy was a bank sale, so it was sold as-is. As a part of the inspection process we conducted we performed a radon test, which was off the scale, like a 9 when below 1 or 2 is considered safe, if I recall correctly.

Fortunately, the builder had roughed in the piping for a remediation system, so it was only a matter of adding a fan and the required connectors to make it functional. Still wasn’t cheap, but glad we did it.

Good luck!

RM

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

When I lived in Indiana we lived in a ranch style house that had an aluminum siding and an aluminum roof and never had any problems at all with it. The house was solid. When it rained you could hear the rain hitting on the roof. That made for really good sleeping weather. To this day, I prefer an aluminum or tin roof so I can hear the rain when it hits the roof.

I think vinyl might be considered an upgrade from aluminum, but anybody who looks down their nose at somebody because of what their house is made of just shows what an ignorant snob with an inferiority complex that person is. They think they are taking a shot at you, but they're too blind and ignorant to realize they are actually revealing their very own personal character flaws.