marklevinson1
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Hi,
I am in the research phase of replacing all the windows in my ranch style house and removing the lap siding and replacing with vinyl siding. One of the reasons I am going to use vinyl is the low maintenance involved with it. Now some of the trim on the house is not in the best of shape and will need to be replaced and some just scraped,sanded and repainted. Ideally I would like the entire house to be low maintenance. I am glad I will not have to deal with painting the soffits anymore and that vinyl/aluminum fascia covers are available but what about the trim that runs up the gable side of the house. How about the doors and garage door for example? Is composite or fiber-cement trim a not too costly option? Do they make vinyl pieces for the other trim on the house. For the windows I am considering just using a wider vinyl trim piece instead of wood trim to look better than just using j-channel there. I will be doing all the work myself. Really appreciate your input.
thanks,
Mark
I am in the research phase of replacing all the windows in my ranch style house and removing the lap siding and replacing with vinyl siding. One of the reasons I am going to use vinyl is the low maintenance involved with it. Now some of the trim on the house is not in the best of shape and will need to be replaced and some just scraped,sanded and repainted. Ideally I would like the entire house to be low maintenance. I am glad I will not have to deal with painting the soffits anymore and that vinyl/aluminum fascia covers are available but what about the trim that runs up the gable side of the house. How about the doors and garage door for example? Is composite or fiber-cement trim a not too costly option? Do they make vinyl pieces for the other trim on the house. For the windows I am considering just using a wider vinyl trim piece instead of wood trim to look better than just using j-channel there. I will be doing all the work myself. Really appreciate your input.
thanks,
Mark