Products firms ‘sticking to their guns’ on refusal to pay for cladding costs, CPA says

By Tom Lowe2022-05-03T06:07:00

Boss says “all manufacturers stand behind their products” as row shows no sign of being resolved

Manufacturers of cladding products refusing to pay up for fixing building safety defects are ‘sticking to their guns’ despite threats of legal action by the government, the chief executive of the Construction Products Association (CPA) has said.

Peter Caplehorn said that firms were not backing down following Michael Gove’s letter last month in which the housing secretary promised to “do whatever it takes” to make sure manufacturers of building materials are held to account for the cladding crisis.

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