Vinyl Shakes Look Like Real Wood
Posted by Rick Luppino on Thu, Nov 26, 2009 @ 09:22 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to all from the HouseGuru, I hope everyone has a wonderful day. It's amazing how far Vinyl Siding has come. Suburban Windows and Siding is just finishing up another beautiful home in New Britain. One of the things I love about the city of New Britain is all the old Colonial homes and English Tutors. New Britain has such a diverse array of architecture dating back to the 17 and 1800s. Old victorians and English Tutors are my favorites. I just had the pleasure of residing an English Tutor and a beautiful old colonial right next door to each other. For those of you who know the area across from Stanly Quarter Park, there are many old Tutors and colonials .
I wanted to make sure I kept that original Tutor look and feel so i suggested to the home owner to have us paint the stucco part and trim the boards in brown vinyl coated aluminum to make them maintenance free while maintaining the originallook.
The peaks were old ceder shakes that were not taking the paint very well and the 86 year old homeowners wife would not let him climb up there to paint it anymore, I must say I can't blame her. We installed the ceder Impression Vinyl Shakes by Certainteed on the peaks and the house looks as authentic as the day it was built. If your in New Britain on Stanly street across from the park you will see the Suburban Windows sign in front of the house so you can check it out.