Lee, didn't think of that one. the insurance company says I got to put the same steel siding back on, and that stuff is running $135 to $160 a square. Well not the same damage siding, but steel siding to replace steel siding.The steel installs similar to vinyl, the way it locks together, and nails up. Steel has been going up in price to. To bad i do not have a recycler close by that would pay per pound for the steel I have to take off. ordered my roofing material yesterday. Do you know how hard it is to find 25 year 3 tab shingles out here. The rep at the lumber yard said some companies are cutting back on the colors they sell, and the price changes so much, they don't keep much in stock. he said the price would be going up to $56 a square with the next shipment they get, so i am glad I got mine at $46 per square. A few of the local lumber yards are already at $56 per square. Should show up on the 1st of July. So my Fourth will be spent roofing, siding, and drinking beer. Michael
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Siding Michael, It might not do anything but might I suggest you contact your State Senate and or Assembly representative as well as your State Insurance office regards the rate insurance companies are not keeping up with? at least you did not get hit with a statement" you are not covered because this is an " act of God." when buying insurance coverage always ask what it will cost for the very best of coverage and often it is not that more. not that it will help you in your case at this time. also a call to your representative in Congress to let them know what rising oils rates are doing to the homeowner such as yourself. Lee On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 09:13:43AM -0500, Michael Baldwin wrote: > Well, I do have the time, and not the money. The insurance company figures > out what it should cost to replace, an that is what they pay for, minus my > deductible, and quotes have been coming in much higher then the insurance > figures. I am guessing that is the case because vinyl siding, and asphalt > shingles all use some oil products in the manufacturing process. The > insurance companies aren't keeping up with the market rates of the products. > Good 25 year 3 tab shingles are going for $50 a square now, when they were > only about $30 a square not to long ago. On a 20 square roof, like mine, > that is a difference of $400. That does not include the 15 lb roofing felt > either. Vinyl siding, which was about $25 a square on sale not long ago, is > now on sale for $45 a square. I don't want vinyl, but if that is what I can > afford,then that is what I will get. > Thanks, > Michael > > > _____ > > From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Dale Leavens > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:20 PM > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Siding > > > > I resided this house 17 or 18 years ago. It is a two story building 32 by 36 > feet. I used what is called Canex, it is really a pressed paper with a hard > surface formed to look like aged painted wood. The boards are 12 feet long > and 8 inches wide, quite heavy. I used a similar product, a little different > design for vertical siding on the gable ends and aluminum soffit and fascia. > > The trick is to measure each corner from the under side of where the soffet > will go down and dividing that evenly by the virtual width of the boards to > locate the height of the bottom mounting member what ever that is and > depending on the system. Then you need to get the bottom member that the > siding hangs on straight from one corner to the other. > > Once that is done it is just a matter of laying each course and nailing it > into place until you hit a door or a window. The next trick is to cut out > when you hit the bottom or top of window openings or the top of door > openings or other penetrations like vents. > > Various siding systems use different trim materials. Many use 'J' mold > around window and door frames which you apply before you start the siding. > Some use corner caps which are also applied first. Some corner caps are > under-cut to hide the ends of the siding, others are designed to but up > tight. > > Most applications you will apply a drip cap over windows and doors but you > probably don't have to remove that. > > Frankly though, if the insurance is willing to pay a contractor that is the > way I would go. They will come in with scaffolding, tarps to cover plantings > and a skip to collect the debris and they will be in and out of there in a > couple of days. You will be renting all that stuff for a long time without a > crew and even paying demurrage on the skip or dumpster will cost you a lot > more because it will take you days to strip shingles, collect them up and > load them into the skip. A crew will strip the building in a couple of days > and have it all picked up. They will have their own arrangements to get > scaffolding to and from the site and so on and the contractor is protected > by insurance and Worker's compensation, you are not. > > I did it because I was paying for it and I had the time but not the money. > This isn't your situation. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Baldwin > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:24 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Siding > > Hi, > Has anyone on here sided their house? Baseball sized hail caused the > insurance company to total my siding and roof, and I can't believe what > these dorks want to charge to do the work. And my insurance agent don't > care if I do it, as long as it is done. I want to use the Fiber Cement > siding. I have done some roofing before, and helped on large house reroofs, > but not done one this big myself, but roofing isn't that hard, just don't' > fall off the roof, LOL. > Puts my other remodel on the back burner though until this stuff is done. > Michael > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.0/1507 - Release Date: 6/18/2008 > 7:09 AM > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- "If you lived today as if it were your last, you'd buy up a box of rockets and fire them all off, wouldn't you?" -- Garrison Keillor Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
