Lp louisiana pacific smartside came into the marketplace in 1997 with barely a blip on the radar.
Lp smartside lap siding problems.
Just a little history of composite siding.
Yes there is still a lot of lp siding out there.
The coating that you see on lp smart siding usually comes from the finisher or applier instead of the manufacturer.
Lp smartside siding is a manufactured wood product.
The coatings on lp smart siding can sometimes flake off.
Lp smartside is made out of what lp calls an engineered wood product the first step in the process involves placing raw lumber through a wood chipper to create wood strands chips that are somewhat uniform in shape size.
After forming from a georgia pacific spin off in 1972 louisiana pacific was born.
It used to be stucco but moisture intrusion problems with stucco siding made many high end home builders start using.
The most commonly seen problematic siding out there hands down is louisiana pacific inner seal siding.
Problems with lp smartside installations lp smartside is the new high end siding of choice here in minnesota.
It was plagued with rot and swelling and once that process started the paint would no longer hold.
The wood strands are then fed through a mixing mechanism whereby all surfaces of the wood chips are coated with a mixture of waxes resins and zinc.
In the last few years this his changed.
Lp s smartside also adds a seven year 100 percent labor and replacement warranty.
It used to be stucco but moisture intrusion problems with stucco siding made many high end home builders start using james hardie siding.
More lp smartside is the new high end siding of choice here in minnesota.
Smartside siding is available as lap siding or panel siding.
Collins and lp products both offer 30 year transferable warranties on their engineered siding systems.
Lp had just gone through the fiasco of their earlier oriented strand board osb siding product inner seal which had major problems.
Lp smartside trim siding products are treated with our proprietary smartguard process.