exterior cladding

Hey folks.

I am building a house in way upstate NY on the border.

I am not fond of vinyl siding and I guess brick would be the best alternative but I am looking for other options. I am looking for low maintenance and a little r value would be a bonus.

Single story wood framed structure with 6" walls.

Thanks in advance for the help,

Brad
 
Where are you at? I'm near Morristown NY. About a mile from the St. Lawrence. I like the cement board siding. From what I've seen it holds up well to our climate.
 
We have vinyl on our house, that's what was on it, and we liked the house! We are planning on putting on steel lap siding when we get closer to selling it. Maybe the stuff with foam inside like someone had on here recently.
 
Be careful , this stuff requires you to have a respirator when cutting it.Contain silica sand, nasty stuff.
 

I believe that some towns up there have zoning regs that require tarpaper with nothing over it. I hear that some are considering allowing Tyvek though.
 
Hardiplank looks more like real board siding than than vinyl. But since vinyl siding has been very popular for many years it's really become a look of it's own. I've had white vinyl lap siding for 25 years and it still looks as good as when it was installed. Power washing is easy, occasionally some bleach needed. Very low maintenance compared to material like Hardiplank that needs to be re-caulked and repainted, and is prone to cracking because it does not contract and expand like vinyl.

Power washing Hardiplank is not as easy because it won't flex meaning you can blast off paint and also crack it if hit by a strong stream.

And everyone knows how much fun exterior painting is .... fun if you're 25 and not so much if you're 50. The last time I painted the entire outside of a house I used a spray outfit, and I think I must have wasted at least 5 gallons defending against wasp attacks. lol
 

I put vinyl siding up on my house. 10 years later I ripped it all off because of the fading; it was a light beige, and the sun in Norcal just bleached it out.

Replaced it with red cedar siding, that's been up for 18 years and still looks good and no maintenance! Easy to install with a 1/2" crown stainless steel staple. I modified the air stapler with an additional rubber buffer that left the staple about an 1/8" proud of the shingle. Then I'd use my hammer to set them down just into the wood.

With the earthquakes, nobody uses brick out here. But with your weather, if I had the money, I'd go brick.
 
Obviously you are not current on these zoning regs......

Tyvek is only allowed if you are capable of installing it in a manner that it flaps
freely in the wind and you must not cover it with any other material for at least 3
years :).

Brad
 
Thanks for all the great replies.

Still looking for our best option. Has anyone used a product called z-brick? Was kinda curious about that.
 
Menards has an upright siding with a 50 year warentee. Its what I put on last fall after replacing crap twice. It has special nails and you need a special hammer to install it. Can order it with baked on paint of your color choice.
 
I'm on the north side of the river close to you and Brendan. About ten years ago I put up pine board and batten siding. I stained it a shade of green. It's a log house with a frame addition. I put that foam board with foil on it under the siding and it made a huge difference. No draughts and much easier to heat. I was gonna stain a few walls this year but couldn't find enough dry days strung together. I went with wood because of the look and durability of it.
 
You don't get the dust when cutting hardie board with these. The only drawback that we had when installing it was that every cut edge had to be painted and that was time consuming. We also had to be real careful with the settings on our pneumatic staplers and make sure they were held strait when nailing. The jobs we did years back with it still look great.
Loren
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Check out Nova Brik
A concrete brick that is screwed to the studs.
Used a wet saw for tile to cut the brik.
Yes, a bit labor intensive.
I've had zero exterior maintenance since install.

HTH.
 
I second cityboy.
The following pics are of my last house taken in 2014...10 years after the Nova Brick was installed.
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The following taken a few months later:

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I used 4 different color options and had them installed randomly...Two different "reds," "black," and "white."
 
Thanks.
Forgot to mention: Menards carries the stuff (that's where mine came from), and I would imagine many other building supply stores do as well.
Installs like kind of in between the order of vinyl or aluminum siding...Uses a starter strip and corner strips, and is secured using screws; but is placed much like regular brick minus the mortar.
It sheds water well and doesn't leak. If you google it, you can find pics that show the side profile, which show why leakage is not a problem.
I'd use it again in a heartbeat. Good stuff.
 

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