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      <title>Siding Replacement Cost (2026): The Notes App Version (and Why ‘Just New Siding’ Isn’t a Thing)</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;I went into this thinking siding was basically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“Pick a color. Replace the panels. Done.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then I watched the first contractor walk around the house like they were reading braille.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;taps a corner: “soft.”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;points under a window: “no flashing.”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;looks up at the second story and sighs: “ladder setup.”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That was the moment I wrote in my Notes app:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“Siding is not cosmetic. Siding is &lt;em&gt;weather management&lt;/em&gt; in costume.”&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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