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Exterior Siding

  We planned our siding project be completed in fall of 2022. We still need some sort of exterior cladding for the window and door walls. Notice how I say "still". Initially we really wanted to do stucco but for some reason we can't order the materials in our location. We can get lath and all the materials needed to go under stucco but the stucco itself is just not shipped to our region.  I looked everywhere, talked to building supply places and it just doesn't get shipped here. I think if we hired contractors they could get it but not DIY home owners. I don't know of any homes in our region that use stucco. It seems to be a thing only found on commercial building. That commercial only application may be why we can't get it. In our frustration we initially gave up on stucco and then wasted too much time in the late summer researching alternate cladding. We looked into everything from hardi board and recycled rubber roof tiles to composite recycled plastic and