Certainteed Siding Lawsuit

Certainteed has reached a settlement in a class action that alleges that its fiber cement siding is defective and has failed to perform as promised.

Certainteed siding lawsuit.

Box 2007 chanhassen mn 55317. File claim form online. January 1 2020 estimated claims administrator. Upload pictures or documents.

Certainteed corporation and saint gobain corporation are on the receiving end of a proposed class action that alleges their vinyl siding products contain a manufacturing defect that causes them to degrade when exposed to normal weather conditions. Certainteed fiber cement siding litigation c o bmc group settlement administrator p o. You may file a claim form online here. This settlement resolves a lawsuit over whether or not organic roofing shingles manufactured by the defendant certainteed corporation from july 1 1987 through 2005 are defective and failed to perform as promised when installed on buildings located in the united states and canada.

If you have the siding on your building all decisions made by the court in this lawsuit or about the settlement will apply to you. Class action lawsuits were commenced in alberta and british columbia against certainteed alleging that the siding is defective and subject to cracking bowing buckling warping delamination and shrinkage. To upload pictures or documents please click here. For claim documentation requirements for completing the certainteed fiber cement siding class action claim form please click here.

Delamination field and edge checking and delamination are considered qualifying damage. If the court approves the settlement you will have released certainteed from any further claims against it about the issues settled in this lawsuit and you can t ever sue certainteed again about these issues. Certainteed siding class action settlement. The siding in question is certainteed weatherboardstm fiber cement siding lap siding vertical siding shapes soffit porch ceiling and 7 16 trim.

If your certainteed siding is warping or buckling more than it qualifies for the lawsuit. Certainteed corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement. Certainteed lawsuits alleged certainteed fiber cement siding problems include shrinking gapping cracking and warping of siding.