I was visited by 3 men representing 3 different companies at a jobsite in east tennessee.
Lp smartside prefinished siding reviews.
Homeowners with no prior installation knowledge can easily master the art.
While some users have found lp durable many tend to disagree.
If you pour water on the back side of each product it will absorb into the hardie while staying beaded up on the smartside.
It is prone to flaking and the susceptibility to rot is high.
When i first saw lp smartside i was pretty skeptical of an osb siding product based on the history.
1 was from lp.
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.
Their intent was to sell me the lp smart siding and trim.
Lp smartside products are very popular and they re some of the most durable siding solutions available especially compared to other wood siding products.
It took seeing moisture tests and demonstrations for me to become a believer.
Lp smartside is a great product that i have yet to find a single failure on but i find installation errors on nearly every home i inspect.
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.