Class Action Siding

The catawba siding was a better product but was lumped into the class action because it too is a hardboard siding.

Class action siding.

It s been alleged that the manufacturers of the siding are failing to honor warranty claims failing to respond to those who submit claims and even removing siding from people s homes for testing without replacing it to prevent further damage. Certainteed has reached a settlement in a class action that alleges that its fiber cement siding is defective and has failed to perform as promised. Certainteed corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement. All affected weyerhaeuser siding products have reverted back to their original 25 year warranties.

The lawsuit complaint says that the cracked siding allows water and moisture to penetrate the siding causing thousands of dollars of water damage. A lawsuit could help homeowners get a resolution to the problems they ve been reporting. The class action is over. Certainteed fiber cement siding litigation c o bmc group settlement administrator p o.

Certainteed siding class action settlement. 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. The class action lawsuit against louisiana pacific hardboard siding products is over. They all submitted warranty claims to the defendants the complaint notes but three were denied on the grounds of excessive external heat source on the siding and.

Box 2007 chanhassen mn 55317 2007 855 332 3413. It is still being manufactured at the catawba plant. Over 500 million has been paid out to customers regarding this suit. Call weyerhaeuser at 253 924 2345 press 0 to speak to a company operator and ask for the warranty department to file a claim on the remaining time.

Homeowners who had allura siding installed that cracked split warped or fell off may be eligible to participate in an allura cracked siding class action lawsuit. The siding in question is certainteed weatherboardstm fiber cement siding lap siding vertical siding shapes soffit porch ceiling and 7 16 trim. The four plaintiffs claim their ply gem siding began to warp and blister sometime after it had been installed and was exposed to normal weather conditions see picture below. How could a class action lawsuit help.

The class action was open to anybody with this siding on their homes that was installed prior to 1 1 96 and that siding is damaged or becomes damaged prior to 1 1 2003 and did not opt out during the opt out period. The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding. Certainteed will pay 103 9 million to settle the class action approved by the court. It s too late to be part of the class action suit.