Our siding arrived last week, and to my dismay, it wasn't in the finish we had wanted or ordered. John and I hate fake wood grain, so we had selected a smooth finish. Our builder phoned to tell us that our supplier didn't carry the Hardie planks in a smooth finish. If we had insisted on them, we would have had to wait four to six weeks and buy 40 per cent more than what we need, since it only comes in standard-sized orders. We had been warned about this months ago, but assumed it wasn't a problem since it hadn't been raised since. No such luck.Our architect tried to find us an alternative to the Hardie planks and identified a similar product that is available in a smooth finish. Ten thousand phone calls later, it became clear that the alternative product is not available locally, and can't be shipped here from anywhere else. To make matters worse, John was in Algonquin Park for the week and couldn't be consulted. Defeated, I gave in and accepted the fake wood grain stuff. We'll just have to deal with it. We're hoping that the steel panels will at least interrupt it. By the way, in the photo, whatever is white will be painted dark brown.
If a fake tree falls in a fake wood grain forest, does it still make a sound that sounds kind of like wood, but not really?
2 comments:
I agree the wood grain doesn't go too well with a modern or post-modern look, but it's common enough these days that probably no one will even notice - except of course readers of this blog. Don't beat yourselves up over it.
I think most of your guests will be ok with it. If it looks clean the plankie will do just fine.
Food for thought ... Never assume anything. Looks good to me actually.
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