Insulated the house...

[AHNC]

While I've owned the place for 3-4 yrs, we just moved in late July. The house, from newspaper I've found glued to the interior of the roof sheathing is 1888-90 (Grover Cleveland and "Glasgow, The Clyde Regatta, Won by the Thistle") Google is wonderful. Anyway, not stick one of insulation in the walls, but there are 3- .75" layers of sheathing. Blew the insulators away trying to drill and fill. Some R13 batts in the attic, which I had covered with R-30. The walls I just had the drill and fill with blown-in fiberglass done this week. 50% of the exterior of the place is T-111 exterior so I am going to have to re-side those right away. Windows are single glazed AL. Yikes! I'll put on new windows as I reside. I am pretty sure that once it rains, there is no way to keep the T111 from exploding due to moisture absorption. This place is completely the old pine heavy wall panelling on the interior walls. I guess there is a reason the place is locally known as the "cabin in the sky". Oddly framed with a lot of horiz blocking to support the interior panelling. This place is a modified gambrel. There are some places on the second floor we could not reach to insulate, for now that is. Temps are in the 30-40's nights so far in the foothills. Definitely warmer inside since the insulation added. I'm heating the place with mini-splits, Rinnai Energysavers and just had a Vermont Casting Encore delivered today. Looking at generators, but having the service re-done and going to do without the gen for this winter. We'll see how that goes. If it is bad, it will make it easier to get my "no longer blushing bride" to go for the generator

How do you like hardi board siding? I'd prefer cedar, but for fire and all, I hear the the hardi-plank is the way to go. What do you all think?

 

[davedj1]

I wouldn't use Hardie siding on a dog house!
I have installed my fair share of this stuff and under the proper circumstances it's ok. If you have any wet areas, close to the ground or get lot's of snow then I would shy away from it. One thing to keep in mind if you go with Hardie is the substrate has to be solid (not bouncy).
Good luck
Here is a pic of the last Hardie job we did.

 

[90cummins]

We sided our house with Hardy board last year and it is a nice product. Being cement it won't rot or be a free meal for bugs.
In the pictures above I see the Hardy board buckling like a hardwood floor that got wet.
Without a close up of the siding I would guess that the siding was installed tight without spacing causing the buckling.
There are very specific installation instructions for the installation of Hardy board.
The siding must have a gap between each board to allow for expansion from moisture & heat.
In addition each cut end of the board needs to be painted to seal it and corners are sealed with Hardy colored silicone sealer.
The siding on my house goes down to within 4 inches of the ground which is quite wet and there is no distortion of any boards.

Tim

 

[AHNC]

On the last house I re-sided with cedar. I hand primed it with P&L primer, front and back. It took 39 gallons of primer:drool: I then put the first coat of stain on it while on the ground so I needed only a finish coat once in place. It was a huge amount of work, but everything was color-fast with no bleed thru. i repainted every 6 yrs. I would prefer wood, but I am going to continue to research options. Vinyl is not an option. For the trim on that house I used prime grade clear pine. Again, I cut and fit every windows, door and corner trim, primed all around, put it up and sealed it well, and within 4 yrs it was rotting off the house. Tyvek had been installed and very carefully taped. I finally said the heck with the wood and went to the PVC trim, which lasted very well. I don't have a dog, but the kids have 5, so I may as well say I have 5 dogs. Got a cat, so maybe a cathouse out of hardi. Actually they say this place was a stagecoasch station back when, so it probably was a cathouse:laughing:

 

[grsthegreat]

I sided my house in 1996 with hardiplank and i sealed all joints, top, bottom and sides. Still looks like brand new.

I didnt let the hardiplank touch the ground. We get tons of snow (N. Idaho) and have no issues with this.

Ive only had to reopaint 1 time in all these years and after a powerwashing there was no damage to repair and prep work was minimal.
I LOVE this stuff.

 

[Joe H]

This is Hardiplank with a stain made by Duck's Back (I think). If it looks like a cabin this is the stuff, people standing on the porch thought it was wood.
Joe H
Stained with this http://www.superdeck.com/Masons-Select-for-Concrete/Woodperfect-Coating/index.php

 

[dstig1]

davedj1, you ain't making no sense. It's cement, and very stable. I wouldn't pu any siding in ground contact, but this is good stuff. Harder than blazes. Takes paint and holds it for year, unlike wood. And the woodpeckers will find somewhere else to go!