[Strawbale] Wood Peckers & Strawbale

[Dion Hollenbeck]

At 11:17 PM 1/3/2007, Chris Green wrote:
>Dion Hollenbeck wrote:
> > On my workshop, I used HardiBoard as soffits, but did not know about
> > Hardi Fascia.
>I've worked with those. They're 1" thick and whatever width you choose.

Custom widths are outstanding.

>I put 3 coats of water based exterior latex paint on them and they look
>great. I also now know to not paint in the rain...:-)
>Great stuff, but relatively expensive.On the other hand, they won't need
>to be replaced for a minimum of 50 years, or whatever the warranty
>period is,  and probably several hundred, so they are actually less
>expensive. Especially if you used good quality galvanized or stainless
>steel  fasteners (nails) and seal over the holes before painting.

I definitely look at the long run maintenance costs.  With my 
workshop, the only thing that will ever need painting maintenance are 
the wooden surrounds on two person doors, and the rull-up garage 
door, for a total of about 100 linear feet of 2x stock that needs 
painting.  All of the exterior is either metal (roof, window 
cladding, fascia cladding) or color coat stucco.

regards,
dion

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Dion Hollenbeck
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