Just a few years ago we bought a home that had a masonite exterior on it. We thought that it looked so pretty at the time but little did I know how vulnerable it was to bugs and water damage and rot. Not to mention just the damage that the weather elements were doing to it. It began to look older then it was very quickly due to exposure of the elements.You name it we went through it with that exterior and then my exterminator was spraying and mentioned that we would really benefit from replacing our masonite with siding. We did and we have never looked back. I recommmend anyone fighting their exteriors like we were to replace it with a low maintenance siding. All we do now instead of painting is to pressure wash it and we look brand new again. You want to get a qualified company to do your work so that it is done quickly and neatly like at Dallas siding. They can tell you how much it will cost and all of the benefits of keeping your exterior safer from the weather with a good siding. There are also different types of siding that they can suggest for whatever your needs may be