Lp Smartside Prefinished Siding Reviews

While some users have found lp durable many tend to disagree.

Lp smartside prefinished siding reviews.

Lp smartside products are very popular and they re some of the most durable siding solutions available especially compared to other wood siding products. Installing lp smartside siding is pretty easy and it requires nothing more than the usual woodworking tools. 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. I was visited by 3 men representing 3 different companies at a jobsite in east tennessee.

When i first saw lp smartside i was pretty skeptical of an osb siding product based on the history. 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. 1 was from lp. It took seeing moisture tests and demonstrations for me to become a believer.

What we don t like durability. 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. Homeowners with no prior installation knowledge can easily master the art.