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 ...

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.

Homes built with Masonite and other types of hardboard siding should be designed with overhangs or rain gutters and special bottom boards to protect the siding, Palm Beach County building officials ...

As a team of federal housing experts left South Florida on Friday after spending four days here inspecting homes with Masonite siding problems, the manufacturer says its critics have been answered. “I ...