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.

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 ...

The federal government, saying Masonite siding can swell, buckle and rot in as little as three years, has moved to stop the product from being used on new developments that want federal mortgage ...

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… ...

A Mobile County circuit judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit that seeks billions of dollars in damages from Masonite Corp., alleging the company’s hardwood siding is inherently ...

One contractor says to do that while the other says not to, but to remove the existing siding. HOM Better to start residing from scratch - Post Bulletin | Rochester Minnesota news, weather, sports ...

Looking for a durable, low-maintenance siding product to replace 800,000 sf dilapidated Masonite at the Madison Park at Alta Loma apartment complex in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., local general ...