Homes built with Masonite and other types of hardboard siding should be designed with overhangs or rain gutters and special bottom boards to protect the siding, Palm Beach County building ...

Homeowners with Masonite Hardboard Siding installed Jan. 1, 1990, through Jan. 15, 1998, have until January 2008 to file claims. Recent figures indicate more than 250,000 claims have been received.

The number is answered by the Masonite Claims Administration Office, and a recorded message says the settlement covers Masonite Hardboard Siding installed between Jan. 1, 1980, and Jan. 15, 1998.

Flung by Hurricane Andrew into a no-holds-barred examination of the home building industry, South Florida is starting to look beyond builders — to the products they use to do the job.Masonite ...

John M. Coates, 86, was the former president and chairman of Masonite Corp., a Chicago-based paneling and exterior siding company. A Palatine resident, Mr. Coates died of heart failure Wednesday in… ...

Masonite said as many as 3 million homes in the United States have its siding. Attorneys say the cost to repair the damage would be about $1,000 to $10,000 per house.

This new panel product was called Masonite. In furniture and cabinet manufacturing, ... The typical hardboard panel used in furniture and cabinets is not much thicker than ¼ inch.

Q. When I bought my home, my home inspector said nothing about the exterior siding. Months later, a contractor pointed out that the siding boards have swelled, buckled and disintegrated in many ...