https://imgur.com/a/VlWNbz8

I bought my home a few years ago, it's on piers and beams (southern/central Louisiana, most of the houses in this area are raised and it's so humid and prone to flooding that encapsulated crawlspaces aren't recommended, so skirting or lattice is generally used instead) and my dogs were going under the skirting to get out of my yard. I tore off the main escape section to build a grounded and more stable covering, but discovered that the home's PREVIOUS siding had just been kind of covered with the new siding at some point?

I ended up finding an old photo on zillow (which, once a house is sold kind of reverts to every picture that's ever been posted of that address into one mass photo gallery, which was surprising and kind of awful to find out, hate that but it's a separate issue!) and confirmed that the white horizontal vinyl is the original siding and the "wood panel" looking stuff was added when it was being reno'ed by the owners before me.…