Q. When I bought my home, my home inspector said nothing about the exterior siding. Months later, a contractor pointed out that the siding boards have swelled, buckled and disintegrated in many places ...

A Mobile County circuit judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit that seeks billions of dollars in damages from Masonite Corp., alleging the company’s hardwood siding is inherently defective ...

The builder’s 1-year warranty on their new houses had expired before Nancy Clawson or Debbie Colbert noticed that anything was wrong. But now, the wood around some of their windows is rotting.

I have heard there is a deadline approaching for participating in the "Masonite Hardboard Siding settlement." What can you tell us about this suit and settlement? -- R.P., Tulsa. The deadline is Jan.

Masonite Corp., South Florida’s dominant supplier of hardboard siding, will pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a West Palm Beach developer who claimed the siding was defective, both sides ...