Hardie Board Siding?

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#61  
I just don’t want to spend days scraping and feather sanding… been there before.

The building supply will be my stop if I can ever get a week off.

Pay period before last 137 hours on the clock in 2 weeks with last pay period 109 hours…

It’s strange being a department of one and on the job 7 days a week with on call responsible for a lot of that…

Never a good time to take off… maybe I can use my 420 hours PTO and get all my projects done?
 
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#63  
Tahoe is quite limited when it comes to trades and the competition is intense from high end builders plus the building season in the mountains is limited…

The cabin is a family cabin which I now have a minority interest…

My experience is hiring out could take longer than just rolling up my sleeves getting it done going the siding route…

Hiring a painter would be much simpler.
 
   / Hardie Board Siding? #64  
I just don’t want to spend days scraping and feather sanding… been there before.

The building supply will be my stop if I can ever get a week off.

Pay period before last 137 hours on the clock in 2 weeks with last pay period 109 hours…

It’s strange being a department of one and on the job 7 days a week with on call responsible for a lot of that…

Never a good time to take off… maybe I can use my 420 hours PTO and get all my projects done?
When the building maintenance people started retiring in droves at my job the industrial machining company realized they could have made better decisions. All of the buildings (about a dozen) were 60 years old and a lot of the machining was also.

The new people didn't know how to quickly fix several problems. The company had to rehire the retirees as an advisory crew to keep production up.

It sounds like your employer would benefit hiring an apprentice to shadow you for a few years.
 
   / Hardie Board Siding? #65  
Tahoe is quite limited when it comes to trades and the competition is intense from high end builders plus the building season in the mountains is limited…

The cabin is a family cabin which I now have a minority interest…

My experience is hiring out could take longer than just rolling up my sleeves getting it done going the siding route…

Hiring a painter would be much simpler.
What contribution will the majority make?
 
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#66  
When the building maintenance people started retiring in droves at my job the industrial machining company realized they could have made better decisions. All of the buildings (about a dozen) were 60 years old and a lot of the machining was also.

The new people didn't know how to quickly fix several problems. The company had to rehire the retirees as an advisory crew to keep production up.

It sounds like your employer would benefit hiring an apprentice to shadow you for a few years.
About 10 years ago during the merger the decision at the highest levels at the corp distant headquarters was to outsource as much of facilities as possible… my team and even my on call backup/vacation relief were let go with one of the justifications being it is expensive to keep up on required employee training and mandated continuing education.

Corp can’t eliminate everyone because someone still needs to interface with contractors and that someone needs to know the hospital and hospital workflow…

I’ve got roofers working today because it’s a no surgery day… admin said we should not be paying overtime contractor rates but the work would greatly impact patient care and really upset surgeons… the odors are strong right now in the surgery wing.

Tuesday evening I have a crane for a rooftop boiler pick and place… might go to midnight…

Example of corp cost savings from yesterday… regarding one of the standby generators: contractor sent a quote to replace two 8D 1000 CCA batteries that are 3 years old.

3 years is a regulatory safe harbor… nothing wrong with the battery capacity or output.

The quote totaled $2,450 with much of the cost being attributed for 2 guys, due to weight of the batteries making it a 2 man lift, overtime for after hours plus horrible travel charges both ways and truck charge.

I used my FleetPride account and picked up 2 premium Deka batteries at $299 each before tax.

My travel and time to remove and replace after hours totaled 2 hours and 15 minutes plus I got paid $18 mileage…

So the $2450 proposal where I would have to be here anyway was reduced to about $815 saving $1635.

Plus I got to exchange the two core batteries with the two on my tractors… so my dozer now has 3 year old batteries instead of 7 year old… :)

I’m always looking for the win/win.
 
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   / Hardie Board Siding?
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What contribution will the majority make?
To be determined… however 1/3 of cost is non issue… who would be there to meet with contractors falls to me… as well as setting the job to be done, verifying work and making payment.
 
   / Hardie Board Siding? #68  
Dealing with 2/3 harder than the actual install?

Independent installer quote might bring objectivity to other owners. Would think they would be getting bargain to pay for all the materials if you do the install?
 
   / Hardie Board Siding? #70  
My thoughts only: Your siding looks like solid wood planks, probably at least 1/2 inch thick. If you were to rip it off you would need to replace it with some sort of wood backing, probably 1/2 inch OSB. Why rip it off to replace it with an inferior product if there is nothing wrong with it?

I would wrap it with a moisture barrier/vapor barrier-whatever is recommended for your climate and put up the Hardie.
 

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