Ondura siding
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Anybody have experience with / opinions on siding with Ondura? It seems like it would be easy to work with, and I’m chewing on using it for siding on an outbuilding, as compared to fiber cement (which I have on my house). Seems more lightweight, easier to handle solo, especially when I’m up 12′. I’m trying to balance ease of installation, cost, durability, and aesthetics (join the club).
Durable? Junk? Horrifically not-green production process even compared to fiber cement?
https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/product-guide/prod/ondura
Thanks–
Mr. Minneapolis Disaster
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Minneapolis,
This is usually sold as corrugated roofing. It's basically a thin asphalt product reinforced with fibers.
I roofed a garage with Ondura roofing 20 years ago, at the request of a customer who wanted the garage roof to match the house roof. It's cheap stuff -- fragile, difficult to walk on without damaging, and likely to be damaged by anything that strikes it. I wouldn't use it for anything. Even a chicken coop deserves steel roofing.
More info: http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/archive/index.php/t-177694.html
Ha ha. Wow. Thanks for the link. Okay, I'll keep looking. I'm looking for something to use rainscreen style as siding, and I'm not looking forward to dealing with fiber cement, but that just sounds too crappy. Thanks Martin.