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Old 11-22-2007, 07:28 PM   #1
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Closing Up Shop


I have decided effective 7:20pm today, we will be shutting down our operation. Due to the Grace of God, Lost, has entered my life and touched me so deeply that I will no longer install such a wretched product as is commonly reffered to as vinyl siding. I will be contacting all of my current and former customers tomorrow to express my apologies for putting their families lives in jeapordy by installing such a dangerous product. We will be Hiring lost to re-side all of our customers houses with hardi plank, as it is the ONLY siding material that will not leak. Thank You Lost, You have saved me.

Since I will be freeing up so much time, that normally would have been spent destroying lives with vinyl siding, I will be able to be on Contractor talk 24 hours a day to bad mouth each and everyone of you that isn't as stupid as Lost and I.

Again I would just like to say How sorry I am for ruining so many many lives with this horrible product.

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Old 11-22-2007, 08:00 PM   #2
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Good on ya mate!..I to think vinyl siding sucks.I personally have never put any on myself as I am from Cali and most if not all houses around here are stucco.Actualy,I don't think I have ever seen vinyl siding,but I hear it sucks.......and leaks too...
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There goes my house washing business.
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Damn I may as well throw a match to my house then.
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Old 11-22-2007, 10:08 PM   #6
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You could just join the Hardi Plank Group.
I hear they have a good retirement program,with a lifetime supply of respirators and O2 cartridges.
But have to go through the deprogramming routine so no one will know you were brainwashed.
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That sucks man

I'm assuming you will be getting some sort of counseling?

This has to be a shock to the family.
How did they take the news that your gonna be hanging around the house all day?
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Patrick, I'm sorry to hear that. Though I too am on the verge of shutting down after finding out all of this info on vinyl siding I just can't live with the guilt anymore of putting it on peoples houses.

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Just wanted to make sure everyone knew I was kidding about going out of business. I am actually two months behind schedule and still booking them damn vinyl siding jobs
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Yep,
Lotta vinyl siding jobs coming in.
Best worry-free stuff to put on your home.No caulking,No moisture trapped behind the siding,no repainting,a lot less expensive than fiber-cement panels,and it holds 75% of the remodeling market.
And if you ever have to take it off,an expensive abatement team won't need to control the toxic dust,if you installed Hardi-Plank.
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Yep,
Lotta vinyl siding jobs coming in.
Best worry-free stuff to put on your home.No caulking,No moisture trapped behind the siding,no repainting,a lot less expensive than fiber-cement panels,and it holds 75% of the remodeling market.
And if you ever have to take it off,an expensive abatement team won't need to control the toxic dust,if you installed Hardi-Plank.
Couldn't have said it better myself

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So you don't use caulk. That makes sence. Another guy caulks his j channel to the window frame. I guess you let it fly. Good stuff - hides everything and the leaks - just can't see 'em - great philosophy
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Old 11-23-2007, 07:45 PM   #13
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Yep,
Lotta vinyl siding jobs coming in.
Best worry-free stuff to put on your home.No caulking,No moisture trapped behind the siding,no repainting,a lot less expensive than fiber-cement panels,and it holds 75% of the remodeling market.
And if you ever have to take it off,an expensive abatement team won't need to control the toxic dust,if you installed Hardi-Plank.
Not to mention no hideous face nails.
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Not to mention no hideous face nails.
Ya espessially if you use the prefinished stuff, unless you spend a couple days with a q tip touching them up.
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No face nails, unless warranted. You guys can look at our work and I think you know where to look to find the info. Ours is the finest in the industry and it does not LEAK.

You worry-free is like if you have cancer (leak - mold, etc.), if it is hidden, no one should care?

So you don't use caulk. That makes sence. Another guy caulks his j channel to the window frame. I guess you let it fly. Good stuff - hides everything and the leaks - just can't see 'em - great philosophy


That's right - How could I forget - You have the MAGIC WIZARD OF OZ TAPE - THAT FIXES EVERYTHING.

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Old 11-23-2007, 11:36 PM   #16
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Lost, You dont face nail the seams of your masonite?? I have seen very expensive houses in Northville Michigan that were that way and after a few years the seams were waving at ya. You seem to rip on everyone for using caulk to stop leaks but you say " You caulk your seams"?? I have installed masonite and I always used flashing over the top of the panel to cover the seam. Completely waterproof....
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Old 11-24-2007, 10:13 AM   #17
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Who's talking about Masonite? I have not seen any Masonite product I would use.
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So you just install the Hardi Plank wood siding......Pretty mush partical board...You might as well be siding the house with OSB JUNK.....I cant tell you how much of that crap I have pulled off of house and replaced with vinyl.....Rotten as can be. Not to mention all the headers and studs behind it I had to replace...I give your customers 10 years and they will NOT be useing your inferior product when.... They will be tired of spending $2500 every three years to paint and tired of replacing rotten panels....Your customer wil look across the street at Joe Blows Vinyl house that he sprays with the hose once a year and wonder why he ever called you............ THere is a reason companies like Crane Siding are making a double 7" panel and that is to replace your junk siding ......

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Old 11-24-2007, 10:47 AM   #19
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I can see you are new at this kind of work. You are misinformed and very angry. I am sorry, but maybe you will get it figured out in a decade or two. Hardiplank is Cement and Masonite is paper and LP is OSB with a skin.

Dbl 7 Crane (the formar Vipco -check them out) is vinyl adhered to open cell insulation last I checked. The open cell should never be installed on the outside of a home. It is known to fall apart when it get wet. Adhered to a product known to leak, it is a potential disaster happening, but the homeowner won't know for years. Its ok you don't know, but you will.

Let's get some sharper knives in this drawer.

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Ok ... so the reason your houses are water proof is because You use pounds and pounds of caulk...What are your customers gonna do when that caulk begins to crack and fail???
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