Particle Board Siding

[Luc V. L.]

I inspected a split level 1977 home today that had an assortment of siding materials in use. Under one window section there was about 6' of a particle board siding panel. Along the cut edge on the bottom there was excessive moisture and I plan on writing it up as such. I don't have much experience here so I wanted to know what others know about particle board siding and if there are any specific products that have been known to perform worse than others.

[Rick Cantrell]

Does not matter if it's:
Masonite, Fiber board, particle board, chip board, composite, Abitico, hard board or what ever, it's all Crap board.

[Eric Barker]

Such siding is high maintenance. Once water gets into it the board begins to swell and there's not much you can do with it when that happens. Contractors/builders who put that stuff on are not doing anyone any favors - except the guys who come back in to rip it out out when it decays. I looked at a 9 yr old 4,000 SF house yesterday trimmed out in the stuff - most of it was turning to mush.