Inner Seal Siding

Rain comes before the rainbow and such has been the case with lp smartside siding.

Inner seal siding. Lp inner seal siding can be identified by the classic lp knot that is embossed into the siding see attached photo. As far as we re concerned once siding is installed your home it should solve your problems not become one. Most inner seal siding has a simulated wood grain surface although some is smooth finished. Lieff cabraser served as co lead class counsel on behalf of a nationwide class of homeowners with defective exterior siding on their homes.

After georgia pacific spun off several divisions in 1972 louisiana pacific was born. In re louisiana pacific inner seal siding litigation. The timing is a little fuzzy but to my understanding lp stopped making inner seal siding around 1996 and they started making a similar and improved product called smartside starting around 2000. Just this week i had someone come over to give me an estimate on pressure washing my shop.

In what was one of the largest class action lawsuits in the history of the siding industry lp paid out. My house was built in 1994 and 1995 and apparently the siding is louisiana pacific inner seal siding. Building through acquisitions the company bought fiberboard corporation and fifteen southern california building centers that provided the needed distribution points. Lp also introduced a concrete form of inner seal and in 1985 began to market inner seal siding for the exterior of homes.

The most common problem we see with residential siding materials out there hands down is louisiana pacific inner seal siding. If you have composite siding installed in 1996 or prior that has the signature lp knot pictured here you likely have lp innerseal composite siding a product that was subject to class action lawsuit for premature failure and elevated maintenance requirements. The most commonly seen problematic siding out there hands down is louisiana pacific inner seal siding. After forming from a georgia pacific spin off in 1972 louisiana pacific was born.

With the lap siding water is known to cling to the drip edge and wick into the bottom edge of the siding. The best indication that siding is lp inner seal is the presence of a distinctive knot in the grain pattern embossed on the surface of the boards. The current success of lp smartside engineered wood siding options began with a lawsuit against a prior exterior wood siding product known as louisiana pacific inner seal siding.