Lp Siding Recall
Louisiana pacific corporation commonly known as lp is an american building materials manufacturer it was founded in 1973 and is currently based in nashville tennessee lp pioneered the u s.
Lp siding recall. Production of oriented strand board osb panels. I was visited by 3 men representing 3 different companies at a jobsite in east tennessee. Lp smartside engineered wood trim siding resists damage from impacts better than fiber cement and vinyl siding. Claims should be directed to l p s product warranty department.
Over 500 million has been paid out to customers regarding this suit. The class action settlement ended on december 31 2002. The 1990 s saw other hardboard sidings or sidings made from a composite of wood fibers emerge onto the market. Weyerhaeuser had their product so did masonite.
1 was from lp. Lp products are sold to builders and homeowners. The class action settlement ended on december 31 2002. Lp smartside is the new high end siding of choice here in minnesota.
The siding had typical swelling at the edges and was clearly delaminating. Regardless of the maintenance nearly all lp siding installations i look at from this era have failed at least certainly to some degree. It used to be stucco but moisture intrusion problems with stucco siding made many high end home builders start using james. Technically the other products could be accurately labeled as a hardboard siding whereas lp s inner seal is an osb siding product.
Claims should be directed to l p s product warranty department. Learn more about our engineered wood siding and trim. Today lp is the world s largest producer of osb and manufactures engineered wood building products. 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.
Call 1 877 677 6722 for lp siding installed before january 1996 call 1 800 450 6106 for lp installed after january 1996 includes smart system products. Lp was not the only player. My opinion is and always has been that swelled recalled moisture compromised lp siding should be replaced.