I’m sitting here pondering over my cement board siding post and laughing because I just convinced my husband to scrap the cement board and go with a stone product that looks like wood. Faux wood called Vintage Ranch which looks pretty good but with practically no maintenance. That is a great combo in my opinion.
It all started with the poured in place concrete garage. The bid came back at close to $13K and the husband and I both had individual mini freak-outs. Why the hell does board formed concrete cost so damn much?
The answer: Labor.
So do we go stucco down there? (not at all the look I want…) So I dug around and found Eldorado Stone. This company has a concrete looking stone siding called Longitude 24 and Zen 24 which are both modular and pretty sleek. As I was flipping through the catalogue, I saw it. Faux wood stone siding for the fraction of the cost per square foot compared to the cement board (which is still pretty cheap), but when you think about the labor it takes to cut the cement board material down to size, it gets up there… The husband and I were both sold. Almost instantaneously. So goodbye painted cement board and board formed concrete! Hello modular stone siding!
This house keeps getting more and more interesting as we go along! It’s all still in our dreams, but the numbers are coming together!
Feeling very accomplished today!
-K