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The one where the project gets a whole lot more complicated.

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Because nothing is ever simple at Casa River.

Tear down of the front porch is complete…

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And this is the composite decking color I chose.

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It’s called Rocky Harbor, clay toned with a little grey. I thought this would be the next step in the replacement process but my husband had other ideas.

See the wall behind the porch with 3 windows and a door?

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Husband will have to remove some of the lower siding and since he can’t find an exact color match he decided he wants to change it….

So he came home with this.

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A catalog for fake stone siding. Easy to install and lightweight…

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It gives the look of stone without the hassle or high price.

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He chose the Santa Fe color, which admittedly looked pretty good… and brought home a sample.

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Which looked anything but good in real life.

Cheap, plastic-y and not convincing anyone it was stone… it looked like the skirting they put under trailers in the 70’s.

And since my motto is if you’re going to do something you might as well do it right….

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I took my husband to the store to look at actual stone. He wasn’t thrilled as it’s a lot more expensive and much harder to work with…. but since it was his idea to replace the old siding (instead of carefully removing it and putting it back on) he couldn’t really argue.

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I brought these two samples home.

There are going to be issues. Three windows and a door to cut around. Depth discrepancies. And the conundrum of how to marry corners- one edge stone and one edge vinyl siding.

No one seems to be able to answer our questions but the lumber store is having a trade show with the stone distributors soon, so we’ll attend and hopefully learn how to install stone properly.

Wish us luck.

I have a feeling we’ll need it.

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26 thoughts on “The one where the project gets a whole lot more complicated.”

      1. This works with my twenty feet up a ladder comment. Let it get complicated. Let it get so complicated he’ll be ready for a Rivergirl sized vacation when it’s done.

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  2. It can’t be worse than the fake brick wall my dad put in our kitchen when I was young. It was three dimensional but very thin plastic. If you leaned back in your chair against the wall (which was strictly forbidden), it cracked. Pieces soon fell out and we could see the old wallpaper underneath.

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  3. This stacked stone look is becoming popular around here. It’s pretty but no doubt adds a new variable into choosing your flooring, not to mention a roof when the time comes. I wish you well, having wrestled with many exterior color decisions here a Chez Bean. And won, I might add.

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  4. So – you are going to replace ALL the siding on that side of the house? Then it won’t match the rest of the house and all the siding will have to be replaced to match? I feel like I’m missing something here…

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  6. Just when I thought Mr. River was batting a thousand, his stats go right down the can, lol. Why, why, why would he want to do this?! It’s easier for him to just replace the siding with actual SIDING. But what can I say, it’s not like he hasn’t pulled this before. And of course that’s when you prove him wrong, lol.

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    1. The existing siding on the house is old and faded. We couldn’t find a color anywhere near a match to replace what he ripped off. It’s either stone… or a patchwork quilt of vinyl.
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