A $220m class action claims cladding was sold without adequate testing.
One of the leaky homes in the Harditex cladding class action lawsuit was atrociously built, and did not even have a code of compliance certificate, James Hardie’s lawyers claimed at the High Court in Auckland.
The global building materials manufacturer is defending itself against a $220 million class action claim for compensation by owners of leaky homes clad in Harditex.
About 1000 owners of 376 leaky homes blame James Hardie’s Harditex exterior cladding system for the leaks, claiming Harditex was defective, not suitable for New Zealand’s high-rain climate, and not properly tested before being sold.