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   Boss_Hog | Feb 26, 2002 09:36pm | #1

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   I put some fishscale vinyl on an old house a while back, just on the front gables. I though it looked pretty good, but sure was a bear to put on. You only get one chance to cut it right.

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   charles_magers | Feb 26, 2002 10:42pm | #2

   *Yeah and I bet it was expensive. I checked on vinyl fishscale at Menards and Lowes and at a local lumber Co; prices ranged between $100 and $200/square. I got about $10 in both gable ends of that little building using luan. I made the shingles by cutting 10" x 48" strips of 1/4" luan. Then marked my pattern and cut several at a time. Virtually no waste and a couple sheets went a long way....

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   Boss_Hog | Feb 27, 2002 06:52pm | #3

   *Don't know how expensive it was - I didn't buy the stuff. But I doubt there was more than 1.5 squares of the stuff. The labor was probably more than the siding. But I did think it looked really nice, and (nothing personal) better than the stuff you did. (sorry)

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   JimmyO_ | Feb 28, 2002 08:44pm | #4

   *b "The devil drove up in his little old Chevrolet"Charles,Seems to me you looked for a solution where there wasn't a problem. The small area you covered on the gable ends could have been done by just cutting shingles themselves. Stack a number of them together and cut the radii. Probably the same amount of labor too.I can't believe the luan will last as long as the shed. Luan doesn't come in exterior glue where I am. Unless you expect to rebuild in 2-3 years of course.JimmyO

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   rastagard | Mar 05, 2002 06:06am | #5

   *Yea man! Talk about deceptively simple. Comes in nice 2' strips. Should fly up. Ha.... Try measuring angle cuts from a scalloped edge, allow for the tabs and pockets and viola. Id like to hear about any tricks someone may have for measuring and cutting this stuff. It is pretty good looking but extremely nerve racking to install.