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I love how they glimmer in the snow. Ingenious!

It is absolutely beautiful - but if it had been done here in the States, the neighbors would be screaming all the way to City Hall to get the stuff torn off and some crapola vinyl siding put in it's place.

this is beautiful. There are a couple of small victorian houses in the mississippi neighborhood in portland, oregon that have tins cans as siding on the lower part. It's really cool looking.

It's not likely he has near neighbors in Patagonia. You could do this in Wyoming or Montana and the neighbors wouldn't say a word.

But only 2 weeks? Or is that once all the cans were flattened?

My grandfather was a carpenter in Quebec who made roofing out of sheet metal for the many houses he built. I've always wondered how well that would work, ie wouldn't it be awefully hot in the sun? but I also think, the shininess'd reflect teh sun & heat much more than your typical dark asphalt shingles, which last 25 yrs at best.