Particle Board Siding Lawsuit

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In 1994 pressboard siding gained national attention when a class action law suit settlement against some of its largest manufacturers dictated that anyone who owned property constructed with their hardboard siding between january 1 1980 and january 15 1998 dates vary by manufacturer could be reimbursed for damages caused from the siding if any. Cladwood requires a continuous vapor barrier of one perm or less on the warm side of the wall to which it is applied. The 20 year warranty period is now over as well. Certainteed corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement.

The class action is over. The settlement would provide compensation to persons who have incurred property damage resulting from failure of cladwood siding installed on their homes or buildings. Fiber cement is a siding material that was introduced to the market in the 1980 s as a replacement for asbestos cement siding products. As a result in 1994 a nation wide class action suit was settled against some of the major hardboard siding products manufacturers.

This proposed class action settlement covers the entire united states. Cladwood is an exterior siding made with a resin bonded particle board substrate with both side fiber overlay. Cladwood exterior siding a resin bonded particle board substrate with both side fiber overlay. Jefferson smurfit cladwood siding.

On january 15 1998 the circuit court of mobile county alabama granted approval to a settlement reached by plaintiffs the masonite corporation and international paper that provides regionally adjusted replacement costs for damaged siding to class members who make a qualified claim. A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit concerning a siding product known as cladwood. Particleboard siding it s one of the many things nobody misses about the 80s. Class action lawsuits resulted and the manufacturers ended up paying a lot of money for siding to be replaced on homes.

So when moisture gets past the veneer that s on the front of it it gets in and it starts to swell says kelly smart of advanced home exteriors. In some cases the boards rotted away where they were nailed to the house and the hardboard would fall off. Particleboard core includes planer shavings and waste wood. The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding.

Smurfit stone container which had merged with the prior owner of cladwood corp jefferson smurfit declared bankruptcy. Masonite which is a trademarked name was not part of the suit. That was the last i had thought about hardboard siding until my father mentioned the product and i was very surprised to find out he had used it on the addition to his old house during the 70s. The class action lawsuit against masonite hardboard siding products is over.