January 2006
by Ted Cushman
While curb appeal still holds some cachet with buyers, it's what lies beneath a beautiful facade that really counts in the long run. Ted Cushman reports on the hard-won experience of Smokey Saduk, who has pioneered the use of low-maintenance synthetics backed
by an impeccable weather barrier to
produce an exterior that not only looks elegant but stays that way.
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Not Just a Pretty Face An elegant exterior that can hold up to the salt, water, and sun depends on tough materials and a well-detailed weather barrier Ted Cushman Ocean City sits on a barrier island that ranges from two to seven blocks wide. With the Atlantic to the east and a narrow bay to the west, explains Smokey Saduk of Haffelfinger and Standeven Construction, homes are continually exposed to a salt wind that eats paint alive. "Some of the houses here cost $20,000 to paint," he says, "and they're painting them every couple of years." But even worse than
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