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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are considering it for an addition on our brick house.  Suggestions on color? [/quote]

Two ways to go, precolored, and paint it yourself.  The latter costs quite a bit more (~$5k more on our addition vs. the precolored, the material costs less but the labor to paint it properly bumps the price up), so we went with precolored, which has a 15 yr. guarantee on needing repainting (though proper installation is critical to maintaing the warranty, or if you are skeptical of them as I am, in just maximizing the longevity).

Our house is a 1950 brick colonial with tan/cream trim.  The HardiePlank on the addition is Iron Gray, with white trim (and the original house trim will now be white).  We were not sure how it would look but it looks great.  Our neighbors have also mentioned how much they like the color.  It contrasts nicely with the brick but makes the mass of the addition recede into the yard, and the white trim on the (many) windows stands out rather than the mass of the addition itself.

YMMV depending on what color you're mating it with and what your topography &c. is we're on side of a hill with very large trees in back and smaller ones in front.  You don't see the addition much at all from the front and right side of the house, you see it coming down the hill off to the back and the left of the original house.

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