Failed Lp Siding

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Failed lp siding.

Technically the other products could be accurately labeled as a hardboard siding whereas lp s inner seal is an osb siding product. However if you have 4 x 8 sheets of lp siding leave them on. Lp smartside engineered wood trim siding resists damage from impacts better than fiber cement and vinyl siding. Regardless of the maintenance nearly all lp siding installations i look at from this era have failed at least certainly to some degree.

Between 1985 and 1995 800 000 homes were sided with a louisiana pacific lp product called inner seal that sparked one of the largest class action lawsuits in history after the siding began to fail. Send your questions to tom. Get help with your home improvement projects. Their intent was to sell me the lp smart siding and trim.

The 1990 s saw other hardboard sidings or sidings made from a composite of wood fibers emerge onto the market. The affected sections usually the bottoms will need to be cut off and. Weyerhaeuser had their product so did masonite. I was visited by 3 men representing 3 different companies at a jobsite in east tennessee.

1 was from lp. Over 500 million has been paid out to customers regarding this suit. Learn more about our engineered wood siding and trim. If there are any signs of the lp siding failing we advise getting the lp siding removed or repaired and covered before purchasing a home.

My opinion is and always has been that swelled recalled moisture compromised lp siding should be replaced. Lp was not the only player. Full lp siding removal is the best way to ensure complete eradication of and fungus.