article_snippet.sent: Right Foundation is suing Timber Treatment Technologies for $500,000 – claiming the wood was defective.
article_snippet.sent: Right Foundation says Right Foundation was forced to replace decking and other wood on the new homes after using the company’s  TimberSIL product.
article_snippet.sent: a lawsuit filed in New Orleans’ District Court last week says Pitt’s charity chose to use TimberSIL wood after being told a lawsuit filed in New Orleans’ District Court last week had undergone a special ‘environmentally friendly glass-wood fusion process’ designed to prevent rot and decay.
article_snippet.sent: The timber was advertised as ‘award winning green certified’ and was supposed to be guaranteed against mold, mildew and rotting for 40 years.
article_snippet.sent: It Right that the company skipped a vital part of the manufacturing process rendering TimberSIL wood useless and forcing Pitt’s charity to replace the decks and other wood in all 104 homes - at a cost of more than half a million dollars.
article_snippet.sent: Pitt’s charity is suing for the cost of replacing the damaged wood, legals fees and for unspecified costs in relation to the PR damage caused by the debacle.
article_snippet.sent: Right Foundation was lured into buying the special wood only to discover It Right Foundation rotted so badly one home had mushrooms growing out of one home .
highlights_snippet.sent: It Right Foundation embroiled in legal action after homes began to rot .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Right Foundation was lured into buying the special wood only to discover It Right Foundation rotted .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Charity is suing Timber Treatment Technologies for ‘in excess’ of $500k .