Particleboard core includes planer shavings and waste wood.
Particle board siding lawsuit.
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.
Class action lawsuits resulted and the manufacturers ended up paying a lot of money for siding to be replaced on homes.
The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding.
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.
The 20 year warranty period is now over as well.
Cladwood exterior siding a resin bonded particle board substrate with both side fiber overlay.
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.
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.
Certainteed corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement.
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.
The class action suit against jefferson smurfit is over.
The class action lawsuit against masonite hardboard siding products is over.
Cladwood requires a continuous vapor barrier of one perm or less on the warm side of the wall to which it is applied.
Smurfit stone container which had merged with the prior owner of cladwood corp jefferson smurfit declared bankruptcy.
Following the class action suit almost all manufacturers ceased production of their hardboard siding products.
A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit concerning a siding product known as cladwood.
As a result in 1994 a nation wide class action suit was settled against some of the major hardboard siding products manufacturers.
The class action is over.
It has become common in some parts of the country offering design versatility and a solid feel.
Masonite which is a trademarked name was not part of the suit.
In some cases the boards rotted away where they were nailed to the house and the hardboard would fall off.
