Concrete fake log siding

[90cummins]

Any pros and cons?

Fire proof, weather proof, rot proof & bug proof
90cummins

 

[Fuddy1952]

Couldn't the same be said for cinder block, except I assume the fake concrete logs would go over a wood frame?

 

[747driver]

This is what comes up when you do a web search. Everlog does not disclose its price online, you have to call them. Yes...i would not spend that kind of money either !!!​

https://findanyanswer.com/how-expensive-are-everlogs​

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How expensive are Everlogs? - FindAnyAnswer.com​

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Feb 17, 2020 — Our EverLog wall package price is comparable to quality handcrafted wood logs. Package prices generally range between $100 – $120 per square ...

 

[Fuddy1952]

You know...if someone was really smart they could make a log mold. It just doesn't seem that difficult to do. Then call your local cement company to come out and fill it.
Now you have cement "logs" at 10% that price!

 

[ning]

Total bait and switch. Siding doesn't look like logs and leading chick pic isn't even IN the video.

Same woman in the whole video. Just bundled up in the first part (which was all I could tolerate watching). Skipped around to check, I guess it warmed up at the later part of the video.

 

[caver]

Same couple referenced in the link posted earlier are insulating between rooms. Is this some new building trend? I could see in a motel or maybe you had a home studio but outside that seems like a waste. I could be wrong.

I was just watching Lumnah Acres latest and I like that spray foam they did. I HATE fiberglass insulation. I get itchy just typing about it.

 

[ovrszd]

Same couple referenced in the link posted earlier are insulating between rooms. Is this some new building trend? I could see in a motel or maybe you had a home studio but outside that seems like a waste. I could be wrong.

I was just watching Lumnah Acres latest and I like that spray foam they did. I HATE fiberglass insulation. I get itchy just typing about it.

I considered insulating interior walls in our house but did not. My only regret in our build is that I did not.

I think the material of choice is rockwool.

 

[newbury]

If the point is to cover the exterior of stick frame construction with cement hardieboard makes more sense. I built a shed (10x15) about 1986 using T11. It was a pain to paint, required repainting and the wood started to decay. So I repurposed the T11 and put up hardieboard about 2000. Easy to paint, haven't had to repaint in 20 years. Looks as good or bad as the day it was installed.

 

[bigtiller]

Placing Rockwool insulation in all interior walls and using solid core interior doors will make a very quiet house.

Rockwool insulation was put in the walls of my tin shed when they finished off the interior. When the crew hung the last piece, it sure got quiet in there.

 

[old and tired]

I did selective walls for insulation... Around the bathrooms but I really wished I did ALL the walls... Yes, I recommend you doing it... if you have company that snore or think they are quite during ***!

 

[two_bit_score]

How is this different from Hardiboard?

 

[ovrszd]

How is this different from Hardiboard?

Not sure what Hardiboard is?

Rockwool is similar to fiberglass batt insulation, just made from different material. A flexible, compressible, lightweight material that holds a LOT of air. that's how it gets it's insulation value and quiet value.

 

[two_bit_score]

Not sure what Hardiboard is?

Rockwool is similar to fiberglass batt insulation, just made from different material. A flexible, compressible, lightweight material that holds a LOT of air. that's how it gets it's insulation value and quiet value.

https://builderswarehouse.com/james-hardie-hardieplank-fiber-cement-cedarmill-siding-825x144-night-gray-1pc.html?msclkid=2955238b05d91be0bbcb425194302cc1

 

[s219]

We did interior insulation in a couple places: between den (TV room) and living room, on half wall behind dishwasher, between master bedroom and living room, and between my office and my daughter's room (she was an infant at the time, naps were important). I just used the same blown cellulose we were using for the exterior walls. Rock wool would have been better but anything that fills the void will make a big difference in noise.

Yes, it helped quite a bit with noise. However, the rooms that are insulated have a noticeable temperature difference in extreme cold weather. Obviously, the insulation creates much more of a thermal break with the rest of the house. When we're running our fireplace, the living room is nice and toasty and the heat makes it through the rest of the first floor and down the hall 30' to where the thermostat sits. But go right next door into the den and you can't feel it at all. That insulated wall really blocks the fireplace heat from that room.

 

[ovrszd]

We did interior insulation in a couple places: between den (TV room) and living room, on half wall behind dishwasher, between master bedroom and living room, and between my office and my daughter's room (she was an infant at the time, naps were important). I just used the same blown cellulose we were using for the exterior walls. Rock wool would have been better but anything that fills the void will make a big difference in noise.

Yes, it helped quite a bit with noise. However, the rooms that are insulated have a noticeable temperature difference in extreme cold weather. Obviously, the insulation creates much more of a thermal break with the rest of the house. When we're running our fireplace, the living room is nice and toasty and the heat makes it through the rest of the first floor and down the hall 30' to where the thermostat sits. But go right next door into the den and you can't feel it at all. That insulated wall really blocks the fireplace heat from that room.

Very good point about your heat situation.

Our house is a slab house with radiant floor heat. I don't think it would have made much difference for us.

 

[newbury]

How is this different from Hardiboard?

Hardieboard is relatively thin and can either be sheets or planks of cement. These fake logs look like thicker planks. I don't really see the need for the thickness.