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The GreenT line of hardwood plywood panels from Springfield, Ore.-based Timber Products Co. (www.greentproducts.com) is now available with resins containing no added urea formaldehyde, thus reducing emissions that can degrade indoor air quality. The proprietary process also helps the panel line meet...
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News Flash: The sun is hot. there's renewed and widespread attention being paid to it as a legitimate home energy source—and this time that interest might stick. A perfect storm of factors has come together to keep solar solutions on the front burner, including record crude oil prices, federal tax a...
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The new EcoElements line of organizational-system products comes in two panel versions: Standard, made of 100 percent recycled material, and Plus, also 100 percent recycled but with no added urea formaldehyde. The panels are used for building organizational systems for the kitchen, home office, pant...
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The maker's new fiberglass entry-door collections, the Mahogany Collection, the Rustic Collection, and the Oak & Smooth Collection, offer a wide range of styles. Plank-style doors in the Rustic Collection have a fir-grain texture and several one- or two-panel design options. All entry-door systems a...
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Reproduced from classic weatherboard designs, beaded weatherboard features a wide clapboard face highlighted by a distinctive bead at the base of the panel. Made of PVC, the siding features a historically correct 7/16-inch profile in a 6 1/2-inch exposure. Backed by a lifetime warranty, the low-main...
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The Classica Collection features four new stamped-steel carriage-house garage door designs. The Northampton is a traditional recessed-panel model; the Edinburgh features a herringbone pattern; the Alicante has a Southwestern influence; and the Bordeaux reflects a regal style, the maker says. All com...
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THERE IS A HOUSE IN OMAHA, NEB., that is unlike any other house in the state—perhaps the ountry. Built under HUD's Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH), this “concept” house is loaded with 60 of the best technologies and products home building has to offer and is seen as a model fo...
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Three students from the University of Maryland architecture program claimed the top three spots in the first-ever TCA/PCA Storm Housing 2007, a Tilt-Up Concrete Association- and Portland Cement Association- sponsored international competition that seeks conceptual designs for a storm-resistant housi...
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Hanley Wood's product editors pick standout new products from the 2007 IBS Show.
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Despite the fact that concrete is a common structural material in Florida, precast concrete walls and floor panels are less popular, especially in the residential realm. As with other aspects of its design and operation, The New American Home 2007 stretches the industry by building with this paneliz...
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Light is one of the most desirable features in a new home, because it creates the illusion of space and makes a house feel more livable. Traditional windows and patio doors bring in some light, but pivoting, or bifold, patio doors do this and so much more.
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Sometimes being fashionably late is cool—especially when you're an A-list celebrity—but there is something to be said for being early: Birds catch more worms; Black Friday shoppers get the best deals; and, because you are a BUILDER reader, you get the scoop on the cool stuff being introduced at next...
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAS STUMBLED on a system that could help build better homes: a carbon fiber–reinforced precast concrete panel.
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IRVING, TEXAS–BASED HANSON Pipe & Precast says it has developed a lightweight precast concrete wall system that could revolutionize the home building industry, particularly in coastal regions that are susceptible to strong winds and flooding.
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GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER PULLED OFF an election-year coup late last summer by signing a new law that puts home builders at the forefront of developing solar power usage in the Golden State.
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IT'S NOW MUCH EASIER FOR builders and architects to specify SIPs for walls, thanks to a new set of prescriptive methods for the building system.
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This month's top shelf products includes roofing materials from Huber Engineered Woods, the innovative Fuego outdoor grill, and the Wrap 'N' Snap column covering from Royal Wood.
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This month's top shelf products includes roofing materials from Huber Engineered Woods, the innovative Fuego outdoor grill, and the Wrap 'N' Snap column covering from Royal Wood.
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FOR YEARS, NOBODY PAID MUCH attention to the aging Sears store that anchored a hill in Tenleytown, a Northwest Washington neighborhood just south of the Maryland-District line. When the concrete, curvilinear, Deco-inspired store opened in 1941 it made quite a splash, especially the two ramps that sw...
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In 2004, Canadian companies earned about $5.7 billion (U.S.) selling softwood into the United States. American consumers of framing lumber and wood siding spent about $7 billion to purchase that same lumber. The difference, approximately $1.3 billion, went into the pockets of the U.S. Customs Servic...