[justjim]

I’m not an expert on construction but a few years ago I lived next door to a retired engineer I would consider as a well qualified individual in this field. I will call him George. What surprised me about George is the house he had built was a vinyl siding constructed home. My house was concrete block. They were almost exactly the same in size. One day I ask him why he decided to build a vinyl sided home. Following is the essence of what he had to say.

Well, laughing he said, if my house was concrete block it would have less square feet in it than yours. Second, I will not ever have to paint it. Third, our roofs are the same and the first thing that goes in a strong wind is the roof. I already knew it had nothing to do with money because he could, as they say, buy and sell me. He said some others things like insulation etc. but the point was he deliberately built what he wanted and that was a vinyl stick built home. Regardless, my wife liked “the looks” of our concrete block house way better than George’s and at the end of the day that is all that really matters.