Flung by Hurricane Andrew into a no-holds-barred examination of the home building industry, South Florida is starting to look beyond builders — to the products they use to do the job. Masonite Corp., ...

Swedish design duo Folkform has presented a series of furniture pieces made using Masonite hardboard sourced from a factory that closed down over a decade ago. On show at Stockholm Furniture Fair, The ...

Hardboard was “discovered” by George Mason. According to the legend, Mason was running the press for making wood fiber ceiling tiles, a low density product that relies on intwining of the wood fibers ...

Swedish designers Folkform have used 80-year-old samples of hardboard in these cabinets for Swedish interiors brand Svenskt Tenn. The cabinets are made from pieces of Masonite produced in 1929, when ...

Most homeowners routinely worry about mortgage payments, crabgrass, property taxes and termites. Now, they increasingly have another concern: class-action suit settlements. Georgia-Pacific Corp.’s ...

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.

A judge in Mobile (Ala.) County 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 ...

After 14 years as Palm Beach County’s building official, Robert Palchanis, packed up the blueprints and retired on Friday. “People ask me why, and I say it’s just time. You know what I mean?” said ...

Durban-based private equity firm Jacobs Capital and its partner Black Bird Capital are confident that investment of around R300-million will place struggling hardboard manufacturer Masonite back on ...

I need a claim form to fill out on this Masonite siding and to know what else I need to do (like pictures, forms, documentation, etc.). I just bought my house, and it has this siding. -- M.K., ...