Hardboard Siding Caveats

Hardboard siding is a popular choice and exterior siding made of wood fibers, and woodchips combined with resins. This mixture is then molded under pressure to form panels. The hardboard siding comes in two varieties, tempered, and regular. Temperate hardboard siding is much denser, providing increased moisture resistance. To view and examine samples of the various options available in hardboard siding visit www.coxlumber.com.

There are a few caveats to hardboard siding, some may be a result of manufacturing deficiencies, and others due to poor installation. In any event looking at some of these caveats will help prevent to you the homeowner from making a rather costly mistake.

Poor Installation
Nearly all installation problems can be attributed to the fact that do-it-yourself homeowners and contractors do not follow the recommended installation procedures as described by the installation manual that accompanies the hardboard siding. Hardboard siding generally comes with rather detailed instructions and other important information; it is in the homeowner's best interest to follow these directions to the T.

When a homeowner or a contractor does not follow these detailed instructions to the letter, they risk waiting their manufacturer’s warranty. There are many reasons why a manufacturer can deny warranty claim, however the most common happen to be finishing or installation processes that cause or contribute to the damage of the hardboard siding. If you are unable to file a claim because of faulty installation, and you hired a contractor to do the work for you your best recourse would be to sue the contractor for the faulty installation of the hardboard siding.

Manufacturers warranties or hardboard siding tend to last three to five years. Should he have a valid claim, however your contractors were not he has expired you are in a bit of a bind. If the contractor was a faulty can definitely sue the contractor for the reinstallation of the new hardboard siding, however if they were not at fault you're going to be stuck hiring a new contractor to reinstall the hardboard siding.

Manufacturing Deficiencies
Manufacturing deficiencies tend to be less common than installation deficiencies in hardboard siding however, they do still exist. Manufacturing deficiencies stem from poor manufacturing processes that result in the hardboard siding not being nearly as durable as it should be. These deficiencies will result in thickness while, surface welting, and raised fibers. Should any of this occur on your hardboard siding you will likely have cause to sue the manufacturer.

Additional Tips
Hardboard siding can be very fickle to install, moisture is its number one enemy and us great care must be taken when installing to ensure that moisture may never penetrate the hardboard siding. It is always a good idea to higher a certified home inspector to check your contractors installation work and make sure there are no deficiencies.