Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Choosing Colors

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

Joe, you forgot to say where you are from. Ithaca?

Also, it depends on what the codes are for your area. No way we could have
done without painting. We live in an historic neighborhood and the city
requires us to go through design review even though we are "new"
construction and not old.

Does the cement siding come in different colors?
-- 
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento, California
tamgoddess [at] comcast.net


> From: Joe Nolan <jnolan [at] adobe.com>
> Reply-To: Developing cohousing - collaborative housing communities
> <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 11:20:11 -0400
> To: Developing cohousing - collaborative housing communities
> <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Choosing Colors
> 
> 
> Consider going paint-free/stain-free. You can use raw wood siding or
> fiber-cement siding, either of which will go decades without needing
> replacement. Some stains are pretty toxic, and the labor of repainting
> is expensive. Most homes in our 2nd neighborhood used unpainted hemlock
> siding. Once you decide to stain, you pretty much get locked into the
> maintenance cycle.
> 
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