Masonry Supremacist

[Anonymous]

I am a masonry supremacist and I am proud of it. Your vinyl siding looks like 2008’s worst nightmare in a cookie cutter tract home surrounded by foreclosures. Your wood clapboard is termite infested and in 100 years the house will look like it’s leaning. Meanwhile my masonry looks elite, and it absolutely dominates your peasant-material.

Just FYI, for all of you non-masonry losers.

[Anonymous]

I have cedar shingle siding. No tryna say it's the same, but maybe I could at least have "honorary masonry" status?

[Anonymous]

Ha, yes I hear a lot of disdain for my ‘50s brick “sh*tshack,” but at least it has brick on all four sides! Brick-front looks to me like something from a movie set.

[Anonymous]

Are you sure it's masonry? Most brick around here is actually brick veneer over wood.

[Anonymous]

^Ooo. A true purist. OP sounded like he would accept brick veneer. But you say "not one drop" of wood, eh?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a masonry supremacist and I am proud of it. Your vinyl siding looks like 2008’s worst nightmare in a cookie cutter tract home surrounded by foreclosures. Your wood clapboard is termite infested and in 100 years the house will look like it’s leaning. Meanwhile my masonry looks elite, and it absolutely dominates your peasant-material.

Just FYI, for all of you non-masonry losers.

I'd bet you have cultured veneer stone and don't even know it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha, yes I hear a lot of disdain for my ‘50s brick “sh*tshack,” but at least it has brick on all four sides! Brick-front looks to me like something from a movie set.

I grew up on Capitol Hill and absolutely adore brick. 😊

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you sure it's masonry? Most brick around here is actually brick veneer over wood.

OP here. Yes, my house is structural brick, three courses thick. The floor joists are wood, but all vertical structural elements are brick. Lintels and sills are sandstone on the sides, brownstone on the facade.

[Anonymous]

Who cares dude.

[Anonymous]

I genuinely thought this was going to be something crazy about Freemasons.

[Anonymous]

OP my house is also three courses of solid brick and 80 years old with wooden joists. Guess what, it has old damage from termites and leans a little. You’re not immune. Also your solid brick masonry can spall, which is much more expensive to replace than wooden siding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I genuinely thought this was going to be something crazy about Freemasons.

Same. More than a little disappointed it's not.

[Anonymous]

Cement based siding is superior to wood or vinyl siding.

Stucco on frame or stucco on masonry is quite good.

Bare brick is fine, but has many characteristics that are suboptimal - though I’d still prefer brick construction to siding, personally.

I’ve owned nothing but stucco or brick houses my whole life.

As for peasant materials, Mt Vernon has wood siding, so I’m not sure you can draw too many conclusions.

[Anonymous]

Mason work needs regularly repaired and is very costly to repair.