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Project Completion and Final Reveal

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Modern Siding on Abandoned House. INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATION! (EP.11)

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The video concludes with the final reveal of the house's exterior after the fiber cement siding installation is complete. The presenter highlights the dramatic transformation, noting that the house now looks like a 'brand new construction' rather than an old, dilapidated property. He acknowledges that the project was more time-consuming and expensive than initially anticipated, costing approximately $3,500 just for the siding materials (excluding house wrap and nails). However, he stresses that this cost is still significantly less than hiring professionals (estimated at $10,000+). The overall result is a greatly enhanced curb appeal and a durable, modern finish.

Goal: The siding replacement project is completed, showcasing a dramatic transformation of the house's exterior and emphasizing the improved curb appeal.

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look all right no rocket science here One's Gonna stack it and One's Gonna hug it we got this little rinky dinky piece we got to get rid of but that's tomorrow Alex's problem [Music] foreign [Music] yesterday that this door was installed Cricket as you can see there's a gap here and that's because the top is perfectly level and this is not [Music] so one thing with lap siding is there's two ways of doing it uh one is specific actually to fiber cement siding looks exact same thing for a different composition with that stuff you have to install your trim first and then you butt up all of your side laps to the side of it and make that 316 Gap with this stuff you could put it over from my basic information but it does make it a lot easier or a lot harder to line up your corner pieces because you're going to have to do them two at the same time so you're going to perfectly flush but it's these little sacrifices you have to make moments like this I wish I had like a nice eight foot level but I don't know if they make eight Footers well at least a six Old Faithful we'll have to do [Music] you'll probably notice there's a gap between them well that's because they're lapped and you don't know where it's going to fall so my approach to the solution is going to be get another one by two piece put it underneath so it's cool because I'll give you this like three-dimensional look while concealing our little gappage [Music] how crazy cool does all this look it looks like this three-dimensional actually like a brand new construction home which it almost technically is we got the trim up it looks incredible up next we're gonna do the fascia the fascia cups and covers this section right there I made sure when we did the roofing to create a little one inch Gap underneath so we just slide it theoretically without any issues and then start nailing it down into those ceiling joists it's getting real right now it's getting really really real we're running our studs making sure it's going to be easy install because I am done working hard [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] we got the fascia up we got the siding up we got a trim up Tim and I are gonna throw some soffits on there but I'm not gonna bore you with it it's just going to go underneath there nothing too crazy once it's all tidied up I'm going to show you guys how great this looks from the before to after all right guys it's been about a week and a half later since I said let me finish off the last setting it is…

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