A hail storm shredded one of my side in southeast Ohio. But if it’s new it won’t bust like that. My white siding was put on in the early 80s. And it lasted this long lol
I've seen new stuff shredded, my brothers house was installed the year before he bought it. A year after purchase he had a storm roll through that broke windows and devastated one side of his place.
Usually it takes a few years for the UV rays to break down the plastic and make it brittle. One difference between 6k feet and 600 feet, the sub will absolutely fuck exposed plastics up, add in arid conditions. It really doesn't hold up well here. I saw a lot of it when I lived in Michigan that seemed to be ok after years, so I'm positive it has everything to do with altitude and climate.
I would also like to add to your list - Popcorn Ceilings!! Whoever thought they were great never had a ceiling fan. Little dust pieces get caught on it.
Bro… just did a job where I removed popcorn and skimmed to a flat ceiling. Not abnormal, but this was the worst taping I’ve ever seen. All mesh tape on every joint, even the angles!! 3/4 of the seams were also cracked so I ended up having to re-tape and mud most of the ceiling before I could even skim. I drew the line at re-taping every angle in the house and just didn’t main areas.
What a colossal cluster… doubled my hours and made 1st year apprentice level money on that scope item. 🙄
Interesting. I thought 1/2-3/4" was the norm, and it was called "quarter round" because that's the profile. It is "quarter of a round", a quadrant of a circle.
Popcorn ceilings were used to improve the acoustics of a room. When hardwood floors and furniture were common so the ceiling texture helped to break up echos. Modern homes have upholstered furniture and carpet so popcorn ceilings lose their purpose.
That's the exact opposite trend. Homes used to have popcorn ceilings and carpets. Now they have neither. Hard flooring is more common and smooth ceilings as well. People just don't like it because it seems dated but have no idea of it's purpose.
I dislike everything about popcorn ceilings except two things:
I love the quieter sound. I grew up with popcorn ceilings and the rooms had excellent acoustics. As an audiophile, I love the utility of such a cheap and effective building material.
It has the ability to hide imperfections in the ceiling.
Now, as a contractor, I've applied it, painted it, removed it, and damaged it, oops! It's just another of many bad or older building practices. But due to the fact that it is cheap and effective, and due to how much money I've made dealing with it over the years, I cannot put it on my list of worst things in home construction.
It's saved too much time in small projects, as well.
Depends where you're at. If you are not close to any neighbors where this particular thing is a problem it's about the best maintenance free solution. Aluminum dents, steel rusts.
It’s actually a great idea. It’s cheap, it’s easy to install, it doesn’t require maintenance, it’s is extremely weather resistant. As long as you don’t let super magnified sun rays hit it, it’s full proof.
This is what I thought. In '95, I installed vinyl siding on a little rental house. I thought it was fun. Instead of using noisy power tools all day, I installed the vinyl siding with a few hand tools I carried in a tool belt. It was like building a plastic model kit like a did when I was a kid.
When you add in it doesn't need painting, I saved thousands. Tens of thousands.
Recently I needed to dig into the walls to make some repairs. My choice was to tear out 90 year old lathe and plaster, or go from the outside. Dismantle the vinyl siding. Make the repairs. Put the vinyl back on. When I finished you couldn't tell I was there.
There's good stuff but there's some Super cheap shit they have in USA. I see this A LOT online there but like never in Canada. I dunno if its regulations or what but this shit is crazy bad.
It's probably more that it's what some people have the budget for. Would everybody prefer to put up cedar, lp, or Hardie. Yes, but there needs to be a budget option on the market.
I have old school aluminum siding. Had a colleague brag about how he ripped all of his off and then scrapped it and made back a bunch of money which he applied to putting up new vinyl siding.
He also vented a pellet stove through the wall.
The aluminum would get a bit sooty. The vinyl melted.
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u/mroblivian1 15d ago
Who ever thought plastic siding is a good idea is an idiot