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[#1] Posted: 06/02/2012 - 5:20:38 PM
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Does this composite siding have a name? Looks like some kind of press board type material with a painted finish. Has to be some kind of wood composite as there were a few soft spots.

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[#2] Posted: 06/02/2012 - 5:31:12 PM
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Looks like the old Masonite product from the 70's or thereabouts. If so, it will have the name on the back. What's the age of the home?
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[#3] Posted: 06/02/2012 - 5:36:33 PM
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1979. Couldn't get to view the back...
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[#4] Posted: 06/02/2012 - 7:04:29 PM
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What Kevin said. Looks like Stuccato board, very popular in 1979-ish. I installed a lot of it, like everyone else. It's crap, and it lasts about.....until right now.

If you pulled it all off, you'd find a lot of moldy crap behind it, and most of the inside face will be flaking apart.


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[#5] Posted: 06/06/2012 - 6:14:04 PM
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I encountered the same siding today. And it is delaminnating and I agree, It looks like crap and is all over the place. Stucatto?

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[#6] Posted: 06/07/2012 - 5:08:24 PM
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It was used a lot to get the fake Tudor look on the cheap, and all the wood trim in between rots along with it.
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