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GBlist: Re: I'd rather hug a tree than give up my OSB
Fred ( amd Mike)
>I am convinced that the lumber industry does not bring prosperity to the
>world, and I don't own the stock of L-P. But I'm not ashamed to use
>their InnerSeal OSB panels. I think they are a fabulous
>product-stucturally and environmentally.
Respectfully Fred, I disagree. L-P's "Innerseal" really is a lousy product,
but not because it is wood, or even because it is "engineered wood". It is
lousy becuase it has been carelessly and incorrectly marketed. L-P have
represented "Innerseal" as an OSB exterior cladding system. OSB is a fine
material - so long as it does NOT GET WET. Cladding gets wets; that's what
its job in life is. Therefore "Innerseal" is a lousy product.
This is rather important. I hope that none of you on this list , or
anywhere else (I'm not usually so dogmatic) get burned with this product.
L-P have to date put $370 million into a class action settlement to appease
dumbo's like me who some years ago specified "Innerseal" for exactly the
reasons that you gave, Fred.
Bruce Coldham
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