Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Exterior siding, hardiplank

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Willie Schreurs WILLIE [at] LINDEN.FORTNET.ORG
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On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Sherri Zann Rosenthal wrote:

> I would love to hear other people's opinions of hardiplank. Any people from
> Australia, where it has supposedly been used for a long time, have opinions on
> it? Durable? Environmentally correct or rude? And any suggestions out there 
> for
> other materials we should investigate?

        FWIW, Greyrock Commons is using hardiplank siding.  We obviously 
can't speak to its durability, since it's just barely been placed on the 
first few buildings (the Common House is just *weeks* away from being 
finished, BTW!).  We did consider environmental effects, durability, and 
the rest but I don't recall the details now.  Our decision, made in a 
rush of other details at the time, was probably based more on the assurances 
of our professionals than on anyone's personal experience or deep research.  
It certainly *looks* fine.  I did live in Australia for four years, but
did not hear of hardiplank until just last year so I'm not much help 
there.  There are a few folks from Australia on this list; they may offer 
you more help.


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