tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post2200475166618046869..comments2024-01-04T09:30:41.625-05:00Comments on All The Good Names Were Taken: This surprised meNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-10710878716508247042015-06-28T10:19:49.930-04:002015-06-28T10:19:49.930-04:00Oak trim is considered a luxury item with mahogany...Oak trim is considered a luxury item with mahogany the "standard". Except oak is cheaper. When schools are tendering construction, they have to state mahogany or the public goes apeshit. So the contractors bid on mahogany then offer to "upgrade" to oak at no charge. The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-18145538118722187352015-06-23T12:05:40.485-04:002015-06-23T12:05:40.485-04:00Vinyl siding is "flame resistant'. It wil...Vinyl siding is "flame resistant'. It will burn if you put it into a flame, but if you remove the flame it will self extinguish. Aluminum siding will last 50+ years also, but has the issue that it makes galvanized screws corrode and eventually the screws pull through and you need to re-screw it. Galvanized steel doesn't have that problem, but my experience with galvanized steel is BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-25434965316260646022015-06-23T07:19:14.679-04:002015-06-23T07:19:14.679-04:00We're going with prestained half-round. For a ...We're going with prestained half-round. For a whole bunch of reasons (e.g., not enough members, location in a poor rural community) there's no way we could raise enough additional money to pay for a contractor to install vinyl faux logs. The 2% funds are enough to pay for the half-round; it's so simple to install we can hire a couple high school kids to do the work under the Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-40964127674583146122015-06-22T21:16:04.275-04:002015-06-22T21:16:04.275-04:00Not so weird. You have to factor in the cost of ma...Not so weird. You have to factor in the cost of maintenance for vinyl versus wood. Wood need to be primered then painted every 10 years or so in order to seal it, or if you're going to stain it, you'll need to apply stain then re-seal it every 5 years. Vinyl, you just put it on there and that's it for the next fifty years. Note that painting could cost several thousand dollars, so youBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-67773133915205409092015-06-20T00:45:11.507-04:002015-06-20T00:45:11.507-04:00well that is just weird..faux more expensive then ...well that is just weird..faux more expensive then real..glad you got the money to do it.yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.com