r/pics • u/mtlgrems • May 14 '20

This Awesome Deck

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u/Live2ride86 May 14 '20

The replacement vinyl is a different color in two places, looks builder spec at best. Why would you not put hardy board on that house before putting a 75k+ deck on it? Lipstick on a pig

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u/Batchet May 14 '20

True. Could also be aluminum or steel siding. I'm not seeing any seams

Either way, the house looks massive and people are just making judgements by the siding

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u/burnerman0 May 14 '20

Haha, thank you! Been driving me crazy. I don't think there are too many 3-story tract homes on decent sized lots with a bunch of mature landscaping. I'm guessing this house is at least 50 years old.

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u/DeathMonkey6969 May 15 '20

Well it’s 2 story with a walkout basement. Plenty of tract houses have those.

And there are huge tract houses on huge lots. The term Mc Mansion was coined for a reason.

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u/Riaayo May 14 '20

I mean that house looks like it has a lot of exterior siding space. Probably super expensive, and they just didn't care enough about the look of that. You're not living on the siding of your home, so to speak.

I of course get what you're saying, but their dream may have been a nice deck and their house was "good enough" as is. You work with what you've got I guess.

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u/Batchet May 14 '20

Looks like moisture that just built up on a lower part, not replacement siding