DRO8821 said:
I also asked why I wasn't offered prestained vs. painted hardi. He said that with prestained when you put the stuff up where you cut the pieces there is no prestaining, so you have to go back and touch up with paint those areas on the house. This touch up fades at a different rate than the prestained pieces so you get different color variations as time goes by which look lousy & requires repainting the whole house
Is that true? I don't know what to believe anymore.
I would say that's not true. At least I have never had that problem and always, and I mean always encourage my customers to get the prestained. I usually order my "touch up" stain from the same manufacturer that does the pre staining. What they give me is actual left over stain that was used in the original staining process.
Will you have to repaint the whole house? Yes. I won't lie. You will have to repaint the whole house anyways, weather you use a painter or the pre-stianed siding. It's my opinion that the pre-stained siding is a much better product and you can go longer without repainting. Any painter will tell you that you get between 3 and 7 years on your exterior paint.
Hmm pay a painter to do my paint then pay him again at least twice in 10 years or have my siding prestained which should last ten years easy and BTW costs less in the first place, Oh! and has a warranty?
Hmmm decisions decisions.
I'm not poking fun at you DR0, you didn't know it was an option. I am just pointing out the flaw in your contactors story.