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CertainTeed WeatherBoard Fiber Cement Siding Class Action Lawsuit
By Sarah Pierce
UPDATE: This case was consolidated with several other class action lawsuits and a settlement has been reached. See how to file a claim for the CertainTeed Siding Class Action Lawsuit Settlement to potentially receive several thousand dollars if you qualify.
A federal class action lawsuit claims that CertainTeed’s fiber cement siding has been “severely defective” since 2002, when it began making it with fly ash instead of sand to cash in on “large federal tax breaks.” The CertainTeen class action lawsuit comes nearly a year after the company reached a class action settlement over defective organic shingles.
According to the CertainTeed fiber cement siding class action lawsuit, CertainTeed markets its WeathBoards Fiber Cement exterior siding as durable, long-lasting and appropriate for use on the home and other structures.
“However, in contrast to CertainTeed’s warranties and representations concerning their Siding board, the product is severely defective and problematic. CertainTeen WeatherBoard Fiber Cement is not impervious to moisture invasions and degradations. It cracks, warps, rots, buckles, discolors, delaminates, deteriorates and otherwise does not perform as expressly warranted and represented. Nevertheless, CertainTeed continues to sell it to the public and continues to make their false representations and warranties, despite the fact that the product has, and will eventually cause consumers enormous property damage and substantial removal and replacement costs.”
Furthermore, the CertainTeed class action lawsuit states, CertainTeed improperly rejects warranty claims on the defective siding, despite providing a limited 50-year warranty and separate 2-year warranty that it will pay to repair or replace the siding if its determined to be defective.
The CertainTeed class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of all persons and entities who owned, own or acquired homes, residences, buildings or other structures physically located in the U.S., on which CertainTeen WeatherBoards Fiber Cement exterior siding has been installed since 2002 to the present.
A copy of the CertainTeed WeatherBoard Fiber Cement Siding Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Michael Patota v. CertainTeen Corporation, Case No. 1:11-mi-99999-UNA, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia.
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28 thoughts onCertainTeed WeatherBoard Fiber Cement Siding Class Action Lawsuit
I have had problems with my Certainteed Weatherboard prefinished siding. They started about a year after installation in 2010. cracking, delimitation, caulking issues and more. Many boards were replaced, but the problem is still ongoing, in fact many of the replaced boards have cracked in much the same manner as the original ones did. This has cost me a LOT of time in trying to remedy the situation. Certainteed has marketed a defective product and it seems they need to right this wrong.
The siding I purchased was a “premium product” and it should perform in that manner. It comes with a 50 year warranty. it seems their payout structure should take this into account. Maybe 2% depreciation yearly instead of 4%….
Also, it should be noted that Certainteed changed installation instructions between the time of my install and the most current iteration. The current iteration warns about certain installation techniques because they might lead to a home that looks like mine. The prior iteration did not mention these techniques specifically, but they did not seem to take this into account when I tried processing a claim.
I replaced my siding with CertainTeed and it had severe skringage in the first two years. My installer came out and verified the skrinkage as well as the material supplier. I assumed it would be replaced at no cost. However for some reason Certainteed was notified (accoridng to CertainTeed) until after the 2 years so they would only cover the cement siding and paint. I was told I had to pay for the labor. I wasn’t aware of this lawsuit or I would have said something earlier.
My house was build with CertainTeed Fiber cement siding in 2007. In 2011 a number of cracks appeared.The company sent me replacement boards which I had installed for a cost of $5700 in 2012. This summer four new cracks appeared on the replaced boards. I contacted the Certain Teed company and was informed to submit a new claim. I’m in the process of doing so.
What should be done now/
Thank you
Chris Tsoubanos
The cement siding has begun to just fall off my house
I just found this site for joining the class action law suit. I am waiting to hear from the lawyer there.
LINK REMOVED BY ADMINISTRATOR – We remove links we can’t confirm as part of the class action.
this problem is still not over. I built a home in 2007 for a customer and the siding is falling apart. I too am trying to find outr how to join this lawsuit. Can anyone help?
There has been movement on the siding. We just moved in Dec. of 2013. The house was built in 2005. It is located in Wisconsin. There are gaps between the siding. It is a Certainteed Weather Board Cedar Lap. Should I proceed with the Claim I started and who do I call for help in getting this resolved? Is the weather board the same as the fiber cement siding?
I had their siding put on 5 years ago. It started peeling and cracking the 1st year. I have 47 cracked pieces also. They offered to give me 650 pieces to replace it but won’t cover the labor of removal and to have it put back on. If anyone knows bow to vet in this lawsuit I would love to join.
Can anyone tell me, how I can become part of the class action suit? Website? Their offer was too low, to even think about.
Thanks
Every home I’ve DVD sided using Certainteed has failed within 2 years. I have installed over 300 homes using James Hardie having no problems except with the pre finished product twice where James Hardie took immediate action leaving me happy…
i have been installing fiber cement siding for about 13yrs and a supervisor for other companies for even longer .Fiber cement siding has had its issues for all manufactures and is still a very good product but in recent years i have had complaints and have seen most of the same problems.The government contributes to these problems by offering big incentives to these companies for the materials they use but forget about the consumer sometimes. Hopefully they won’t! In all i do believe that with proper storage proper maintenance and better (packaging) that it is still the best product out there . I certainly hope that Certainteed will take good care of its customers so as a contractor i can continue to recommend them to my customers.