I’m still mulling over whether to replace my beatup cedar shingles on
the north side of the house with WRC R&R’s or try one of the fiber-cement products. There’s a 5″ exposure on the existing wall and I planned on sticking with that, so has anyone here tried to shortening the exposure on Hardishingles or the like?
I’ve looked at the 5″ exposure Certainteed, but the quote of $900 a square prestained made me laugh.
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That's crazy $! Is that just materials?
What do the r&r's cost at that exposure? Maybe $400 pre stained?
"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." — Sherlock Holmes, 1896
Yep, $900 for just the material in an Emerald Green stain, I kinda don't like the Certainteed any way as they chose to replicate a flat-sawn look for their shingles. For that kinda money I'd at least like it to NOT look like I'm siding an outhouse.I'm getting quotes on gray-primed R&R's at around $125 a square, which works out to about $350 at my exposure. If it wasn't for the stupid squirrels chewing around here, it would be cedar every time.
If you can't shoot the squirrels, perhaps a dog or a couple of cats will keep them at bay.
You can pay someone to aggresively trap and relocate them.
A good .22 cal pellet rifle is fairly quiet and will do them in.
"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." — Sherlock Holmes, 1896