If you ask me, I think it was the ease of chewing through dry, brittle material. My mom’s house was built during the tail end of the housing boom of the 80s in the plains states (cheap shortcuts), and is likely 100% Masonite. I replaced those rubber-flanged vents with aluminum-flanged ones.
Lord knows if I’ll ever be able to afford to replace all her siding.
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