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on 2/16/2006 Keep in mind that along with re siding your home, you may probably want to eliminate painting again (Or at least as much as is possible).
This means that along with siding work, you'll want to have a contractor who is experienced in the fine art of trimming areas such as window frames, overhangs, and other wooded areas.
This part of the complete job is the most labor intensive, as well as critical to the overall finished look of the job.
Most anyone who is fairly handy with a hammer and saw can install siding (with a little instruction).
But doing trim work, (and that is best done in aluminum), takes an experienced professional. Not experienced in years, as much as in knowing how to handle the finer details necessary in bending and installing the bent aluminum product(s).
All in all, if you choose carefully, look at previous work, and don't give any contractor more money than he himself has invested in the job, you stand a better chance of being pleasantly surprised, and not the alternative.