Lp smartside products are very popular and they re some of the most durable siding solutions available especially compared to other wood siding products.
Lp smartside prefinished siding reviews.
If you pour water on the back side of each product it will absorb into the hardie while staying beaded up on the smartside.
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.
What we don t like durability.
It took seeing moisture tests and demonstrations for me to become a believer.
Installing lp smartside siding is pretty easy and it requires nothing more than the usual woodworking tools.
I was visited by 3 men representing 3 different companies at a jobsite in east tennessee.
While some users have found lp durable many tend to disagree.
1 was from lp.
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.
Their intent was to sell me the lp smart siding and trim.
Lp uses its own smartguard process to add a layer of protection to their engineered wood products.