The settlement would provide compensation to persons who have incurred property damage resulting from failure of cladwood siding installed on their homes or buildings.
Osb siding lawsuit.
District judge robert e.
A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit concerning a siding product known as cladwood.
It s too late to be part of the class action suit 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.
Abitibi abitibi price siding is the subject of a class action suit.
Over 500 million has been paid out to customers regarding this suit.
Abitibi price hardboard siding sold under the names abitibi lap or panel siding and or abtco lap or panel siding.
Osb is widely used today as a substitute for plywood.
I have seen measurements at lower courses that exceed one inch.
There are over 100 different shapes styles and textures of hardboard and osb siding manufactured by 11 different companies.
Lp had just gone through the fiasco of their earlier oriented strand board osb siding product inner seal which had major problems.
How to identify masonite siding masonite siding is typically identified by a stamp of the name masonite and or the number x 90 on the siding itself.
Measure the thickness and compare the measurement to siding that is weather protected for instance under an eave or in a porch.
Jones entered an order final judgment and decree granting final approval to a nationwide settlement requiring louisiana pacific to provide funding up to 475 million to pay for inspection of homes and repair and replacement of failing siding over the next seven years.
You may also take a piece of your siding to your local building supply store which may be able to assist you.
The lawsuit also does not concern oriented strand board osb siding.
If you watch modern houses being constructed nearly all of the wall sheathing sub floor and roof decking is done using osb.
During the 1990s lp was the defendant in a major class action lawsuit over its osb siding product known as inner seal manufactured from the early 1990s through 1996.
Timeframe for claim filing.
If it s the failing lp you will usually see swelling and or delaminating.
25 years after installation of siding installed between may 15 1975 and may 15 2000.
It was plagued with rot and swelling and once that process.
Many of these manufacturers have settled house siding lawsuits since 1995.
