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[twall]

Hey, Front Porch man!
"When you're done mowing, grab a seat on the Lawn Mower Forum front porch and talk about whatever comes to mind (except politics, of course!)."

Be sure to quote that to the opposition when someone gives me crap for talkin about just that....it's happened before....

Just sayin'....what's good for the goose is good for the gander.......

 

[twall]

Hey, Front Porch man!
"When you're done mowing, grab a seat on the Lawn Mower Forum front porch and talk about whatever comes to mind (except politics, of course!)."

BTW, 'Front Porch Man'?????

I post all over this site as much as anyone, so check yourself.......

 

[mystreba]

BTW, 'Front Porch Man'?????

I post all over this site as much as anyone, so check yourself.......

I meant it as in "Hey, this is the Front Porch, Man!" - not as in "Hey, you only post in the Front Porch"! Sorry.

Update - I went with the Hardi panels (4x8) to rebuild the exterior of the shed after widening the doors. Because the shed is 10' tall, I needed some z-channel for the horizontal butt joints. The big box lumber yard where I purchased the panels doesn't stock the z-channel, but told me they could special-order it.

So I rented a sheet metal brake to bend the channels myself. But it turns out you cannot bend a 5/16 z-channel (3/4 yes, but that's the smallest).

So I went back to the big-box and spent 45 minutes at the commercial desk to special-order them. They were $6 per 8-foot section. Got a call on the way home to inform me there would be a $40 in-store delivery fee! Needless to say, I made a prompt u-turn and got a refund.

Drove to the nearest roofing supply warehouse and they had them in stock for $5.50 each, so I'm back in business.

I think it would have been easier to just replace the T-111

 

[twall]

I meant it as in "Hey, this is the Front Porch, Man!" - not as in "Hey, you only post in the Front Porch"! Sorry.

I gotcha.....no problem. Nice bump to cover a hot potato......I'll go with it....:biggrin:

Thought you were calling me 'Front Porch Man'.....which the title should clearly go to JD.....I think he alone has more threads started in the Front Porch than anyone in this membership....:biggrin:

Dunno if that adds or detracts from his MOTM status.....

 

[JDgreen]

I gotcha.....no problem. Nice bump to cover a hot potato......I'll go with it....:biggrin:

Thought you were calling me 'Front Porch Man'.....which the title should clearly go to JD.....I think he alone has more threads started in the Front Porch than anyone in this membership....:biggrin:

Dunno if that adds or detracts from his MOTM status.....

My lousy eyes automatically blew my chance for MOTM here....hey, how about YOU be the "Back Porch Man"....

 

[JDgreen]

I meant it as in "Hey, this is the Front Porch, Man!" - not as in "Hey, you only post in the Front Porch"! Sorry.

Update - I went with the Hardi panels (4x8) to rebuild the exterior of the shed after widening the doors. Because the shed is 10' tall, I needed some z-channel for the horizontal butt joints. The big box lumber yard where I purchased the panels doesn't stock the z-channel, but told me they could special-order it.

So I rented a sheet metal brake to bend the channels myself. But it turns out you cannot bend a 5/16 z-channel (3/4 yes, but that's the smallest).

So I went back to the big-box and spent 45 minutes at the commercial desk to special-order them. They were $6 per 8-foot section. Got a call on the way home to inform me there would be a $40 in-store delivery fee! Needless to say, I made a prompt u-turn and got a refund.

Drove to the nearest roofing supply warehouse and they had them in stock for $5.50 each, so I'm back in business.

I think it would have been easier to just replace the T-111

Aluminum trim is one of the highest priced items, for the raw material cost, you will find in a home center store. I recently purchased some lengths of 12 foot long, 6 inch aluminum fascia. Each one cost about $14 with sales tax. The sections weight about a pound each. The scrap ones I have, same material, are worth about 24 cents a pound. Go figure. My brother is stripping 45 year old aluminum siding from a house he owns. I am keeping the siding so I can sand them down and refinish them to use as trim on my barns. The aluminum siding is almost 2X as thick as what the fascia I just paid $14 a pound for is. Frickin' inane what the stuff costs today.

 

[BKBrown]

4' x 8' Hardi Panels --- you must need 4 gorillas to lift each one !
We have the pre-finished Hardi Plank siding on our house and it is HEAVY - We love it for many reasons, but one major reason is that we have Wood Boring Bees in this area and they can't touch this siding !

 

[mystreba]

4' x 8' Hardi Panels --- you must need 4 gorillas to lift each one !
We have the pre-finished Hardi Plank siding on our house and it is HEAVY - We love it for many reasons, but one major reason is that we have Wood Boring Bees in this area and they can't touch this siding !
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Yes, they are heavy. I'm also installing Hardi Plank on my house - great stuff. Especially if you have the sheers for cutting them (too much unhealthy dust with a regular saw).

 

[BKBrown]

We had our house built to my design and when our "builder" (I was the contractor of record) saw the Hardi Plank - he went and got the shears and uses mainly the Hardi Plank on his builds. Ours looks just like Cedar and until you tell someone, they don't know. Pre-finished came with 50 year finish guarantee.:thumbsup: You can see the house has no gable ends (all hip roof) and all but 10' + the garage is under porch roof.