Bad Lp Siding

Strand wood siding panel model lpps3848o8t 32 98 32 98.

Bad lp siding.

When you install lp smart siding on your home then the warranty you receive will only cover defects in craftsmanship and materials for up to five years. 0 437 in x 12 in x 192 in. List of the cons of lp smart siding. Lp inner seal siding can be identified by the classic lp knot that is embossed into the siding see attached photo.

Lp smartside is the new high end siding of choice here in minnesota. Regardless of the maintenance nearly all lp siding installations i look at from this era have failed at least certainly to some degree. View the lp smartside trim siding 32 98 32 98. Their intent was to sell me the lp smart siding and trim.

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. It used to be stucco but moisture intrusion problems with stucco siding made many high end home builders start using james. Learn more about our engineered wood siding and trim. 1 was from lp.

The siding had typical swelling at the edges and was clearly delaminating. Lp smartside engineered wood trim siding resists damage from impacts better than fiber cement and vinyl siding. My opinion is and always has been that swelled recalled moisture compromised lp siding should be replaced. Smartside 76 series primed engineered lap siding common.

Vinyl siding manufacturing is bad for the environment while vinyl siding can help builders earn leed points the us green building council has declined to support a credit specific to vinyl use. The warranty on lp smart siding is not very long. Lp smartside smartside 48 in. Vinyl siding is primarily composed of polyvinyl chloride pvc and the manufacturing process produces greenhouse gases such as nitrogen oxide and.

I was visited by 3 men representing 3 different companies at a jobsite in east tennessee.