Which is better Vinyl, aluminium siding, brick for home.

[squirrel dog]

Brick hands down . especially around your windows/doors.

 

[Pliablemoose]

I've had all 3, if I ever get around to building a new house, it'll have white vinyl siding to reduce heat gain during the summertime...

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: SampSon
I hope you're not basing a house purchase decision on what it is sided with. 😕

You don't side your house with brick. Usually the structure is built with brick, then wood framed inside.

Actually, no. Most "brick" houses you see built in the last 20 years or so are merely sided with brick.

 

[sharkeeper]

That would be brick veneer over conventional framing.

Stucco is probably lowest maintenance depending on your climate. Still needs to be treated to prevent microbial attack which makes it look sick in a few short years.

Titanium plating at least 1 cm thick EDM machined as needed would be the best.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
That would be brick veneer over conventional framing.

Stucco is probably lowest maintenance depending on your climate. Still needs to be treated to prevent microbial attack which makes it look sick in a few short years.

Titanium plating at least 1 cm thick EDM machined as needed would be the best.

Brick is by FAR lower maintence than stucco... no matter where you live. And the only climate Stucco is any good in is the Southwest. The wetter/colder the climate, the worse stucco will wear.

 

[sharkeeper]

Brick is by FAR lower maintence than stucco... no matter where you live. And the only climate Stucco is any good in is the Southwest. The wetter/colder the climate, the worse stucco will wear.

Well one of my clients with 35 years experience in the field disagrees with this so I'll leave it at that.

Want high maintenance? Live on a boat!

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: SampSon
I hope you're not basing a house purchase decision on what it is sided with. 😕

You don't side your house with brick. Usually the structure is built with brick, then wood framed inside.

WTF are you talking about? It is totally opposite. The house is built with wood frame and the brick is nothing but a facade. It would not be able to stay up by itself after too long without being attached to the wood frame.


edit: oh, and I have both an attached and detached garage. Workout equipment in the attached, workshop storage in the detached (both are 2 car sized).

Neither of you is wrong, as I explained in my previous thread there are two forms of brick work, Conventional in that the walls are load bearing and form the basis of structure itself. There is wood framing done on the inside of the brick after it is errected to allow for insulation, wires, plumbing and everything else that goes in your walls. Typically in this construction these days the walls are constructed using cinder blocks but standard bricks can be used as well.

The second kind of brick used in residential constuction is what is called a brick venear. The house is a standardly built wood frame house that is completely sheeted in wood. After everything is in place, the mason comes in and wires a frame to the house that provides a slim attachment system. Then using a slightly smaller brick (than standard) and sheathes the house in the brick. As I stated before these bricks are often not in direct contact with the wood walls of the house (that's what the attachment system is for).

Depending on where you live in the country you may have never seen or heard of one of these methods. As I stated previously unreinforced masonary walls that comprise the primary shear walls of a structure will result in the occupants of that home burried under a load of bricks in a seismic event. As a result, in most of the western states conventional brick construction, used in resdential construction has been no-existant for the most part since the late 50's. It is my understanding that this type of unreinforced masonry construction is still quite common in the SE and to a lesser extent the NE as well.

This is why you are both right, but your individual experiences are different. I feel like my bloody title should be changed to the Ignorance Exposer. The problem we have displayed in this thread is common in many of the threads on ATOT. People completely forget that even if someone says something you know to be wrong that where they live, it could be completely true. This is probably fostered by the number of young geeks posting that have no idea when to keep their mouth shut as they dont' actually know everything that they think they do.

 

[SunnyD]

Brick give off more background radiation (trivial).
Vinyl gives off toxic fumes if your house catches fire.
Aluminum marginally enhances your house's ability to be a lightning rod.

🙂

Take your pick, but you'll have a hard time finding aluminum these days. They're all good.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Eli
Aluminum sounds like a nightmare. Can you say dents?

I guess you'd just have to replace the dented piece, but you'll be able to tell.....

Huh?

Ohh...😱

Yes, brick all the way, stucco in the Southwest

LOL, yeah.. I read that back to myself and went 😕 too, but I didn't bother editing it.

 

[Detayned1447]

Brick is a lot better, but more costly. It doesn't get affected by the weather and lasts longer, and IMO looks better