Paint Wood Siding Or Replace With Vinyl

Hiring a professional might cost 1 500 5 000 for an average size home.

Paint wood siding or replace with vinyl. If you do the work yourself budget 300 500 in most cases for paint and supplies. Won t peel can be refreshed over old stain with minor prep compared to paint fiber cement siding would be my second choice best durability low maintenance bit higher initial cost. Rafter tails hidden under vinyl siding. If you decide to paint your home s old siding yourself you ll save on the cost of paying someone else to do it.

If there isn t a moisture barrier beneath the old wood siding you ll want to install one over it before you add the new vinyl siding. However angie s list estimates that the cost of painting old siding is between 99 and 242 per 300 square feet. When you compare this to the cost of vinyl siding replacement it can be as much as 60 less to paint your siding. The manufacturer s warranty typically states any alteration of your product including painting will cancel out your warranty.

Share a link to this answer. You will void your warranty. Man made shingles shakes on the top and wood shingles on the bottom. Although vinyl siding is most popular vinyl shingles vinyl shakes are also available.

Painting your vinyl siding. Painting your vinyl siding is a great way to spruce up the exterior without spending a lot of money. Replacing your vinyl siding on the other hand usually costs anywhere from 7 000 to 15 000 depending on the size of your home its layout and local labor costs. Vinyl is not a personal favorite would depend on what the neighborhood had.

Exterior wood siding makes this house look classic.