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Restored 100+ Year old Home Upgrades....w/pics.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 11:59 am
Posted on 8/2/21 at 11:59 am
My home is over 100 years old and the interior is pretty much fully restored. The exterior is the original wood minus some replaced boards over the years. It needs to be repainted. This paint job lasted 12 years. A professional painter is hard to find where I live not mention expensive as hell. I was considering custom vinyl with and light green sage color and all soffits and trimming down as well. I'm replacing 5 large storm exterior windows and also replacing the front porch wood to Trex wood. The screen will be replaced with new black stretch screen.
Also, will hydroseeding grow under my live oaks in the front yard? Probably 40% sunlight.
So.....all that quoted for $35k.
Vinyl or repaint the wood? A few pics for refrence.
Also, will hydroseeding grow under my live oaks in the front yard? Probably 40% sunlight.
So.....all that quoted for $35k.
Vinyl or repaint the wood? A few pics for refrence.
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Posted on 8/2/21 at 12:15 pm to Potchafa
I love screened in porches. The place looks great.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 12:32 pm to Potchafa
I have mixed feelings about trex, especially on traditional foundations. It melts and flows under the home and is very difficult to put out. I try not to use it except for stand alone structures. They do have more fire resistant options but it is very expensive and in limited supply.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 12:57 pm to Potchafa
Don’t do vinyl! It won’t look that good. Have you looked into the smaller cement board options to that look like what you currently have?
Someone has a historic home and did theirs in vinyl (before hardie board really became a thing) and looks like poo honestly. Just makes it look cheap
Someone has a historic home and did theirs in vinyl (before hardie board really became a thing) and looks like poo honestly. Just makes it look cheap
Posted on 8/2/21 at 1:05 pm to Potchafa
Replace with Hardi board?
And hydroseeding won't work. Oaks are notorious for killing grass. Best bet is a combo of thinning the canopy and maybe including monkey grass around the trunk.
And hydroseeding won't work. Oaks are notorious for killing grass. Best bet is a combo of thinning the canopy and maybe including monkey grass around the trunk.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 1:09 pm to trident
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Don’t do vinyl!
+1. Looks cheap
Posted on 8/2/21 at 1:17 pm to Potchafa
Vinyl makes a home look cheap. It doesn't matter who installs it, it just doesn't look good.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 1:23 pm to BlackPot
Thanks everyone. I guess I'm gonna get it painted. Any guess what someone would charge to paint it? I mean the right way of course.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 1:24 pm to Potchafa
Very nice
That window unit missed the window...lol
That window unit missed the window...lol
Posted on 8/2/21 at 1:24 pm to MizunoDude
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I love screened in porches. The place looks great.
I agree. A lot of character and charm.
Posted on 8/2/21 at 9:10 pm to Potchafa
DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT put vinyl on that house!! That will cheapen it so much and you will regret it down the road.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 8:44 am to Potchafa
Putting vinyl on a 100+ year old home is sacrilegious.
Please don't.
House is very cool. Tons of character.
Please don't.
House is very cool. Tons of character.
This post was edited on 8/3/21 at 8:44 am
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:28 am to Potchafa
Just get a handful of quotes. Painting is a big step. Remember you have to look at this everyday. Make sure whoever you pick has some good work to back it up. It's going to be expensive regardless. But it'll be worth it. If you can do some prep work yourself, it may help. Pressure washing, scraping loose paint, things like that.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:54 am to Potchafa
Unanimous on no vinyl.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:37 am to sosaysmorvant
My decision is made. I have a guy coming Friday to estimate to have it painted. He pretty much only does homes like this. He's slow and expensive!!
Posted on 8/3/21 at 12:51 pm to Potchafa
Have you considered Hardie Board instead of Vinyl?
We remodeled an 80 year old house last year and went Hardie and were really happy it kept the old school look.
We remodeled an 80 year old house last year and went Hardie and were really happy it kept the old school look.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 6:13 pm to Potchafa
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He's slow and expensive!!
To do a proper job on an older, wood clad home is time consuming in prep work. I've done my share of older homes in the N.O. area and between cleaning the house first to remove dirt, mildew, mold, etc. then scraping, sanding, setting nails, puttying the nail holes, priming, sanding again to knock down raised grain from priming, caulking and finally top coating, you have a ton of time invested to do the job right.
If I remember right, in your initial post, you are replacing windows, so that will cut back considerably on prep work since old double hung wood sash windows eat up a lot of time to prep, prime, glaze and paint the right way.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 6:29 pm to financetiger
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DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT put vinyl on that house!! That will cheapen it so much and you will regret it down the road.
This in spades. I've been in my current home since 92 and have seen the house next door be bought and sold several times. The second owner from the time I moved in my house decided to pass on painting his house's cypress weatherboard and trim and installed vinyl siding and trim.
Three owners later and the current owner decided to remove the vinyl siding, prep and paint the original cypress weatherboards and trim, and I knew that was not going to happen.
The siding guys first put up that foil backed crap then stapled siding over that. The amount of holes in the original siding was going to make painting it cost prohibitive. So, the owner decided to remove the vinyl and cypress, insulate the walls while open, put up sheathing, cover that with Tyvek and then nail on Hardie Board siding. It came out great and the end result was so much nicer than anything he would have gotten messing with the original siding.
Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and start anew.
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