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  • Particle board: Review specs for the lowest-cost engineered wood panels
  • ebuild (4/16/2007)
  • Particle board (also styled as one word: particleboard) is an engineered-wood product made from fine wood particles mixed with resin and pressed into large sheets. Sometimes called chipboard, particle board is technically a type of fiberboard, a family that includes hardboard and medium-density fiberboard (MDF). Depending on the resin used in manufacturing, particle board may be more or less water resistant. Particle board is commonly used as subflooring and as a substrate for plastic laminate, melamine or wood veneer in the manufacture of cabinets, countertops, and furniture. Key specification criteria for particle board include: sheet size, sheet thickness, specialty products and recommended uses.
  • Hey, Let's Put a Kitchen in the Back Yard
  • Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. (4/9/2007)
  • Here's what a kitchen means to me: work.You have the beautiful granite countertops, the custom cabinets, the special wine refrigerator. Viking Range started selling stainless steel cabinets and appliance combinations for outdoor kitchens three years ago, and business has doubled every year.
  • Trauma of Bathroom Remodeling
  • Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. (4/8/2007)
  • DEAR TIM: My bathroom remodeling project is about to happen. Since I only have one bathroom in my home, I am at a loss as to how I will survive without a bathroom during the job. DEAR JULIE: Remodeling a bathroom is indeed a traumatic experience.
  • Interlocking Ideas
  • UPSCALE REMODELING MAGAZINE (4/1/2007)
  • Effective product-selection management can make remodeling jobs snap together as easily as puzzle pieces.
  • Countertops
  • CUSTOM HOME Magazine (4/1/2007)
  • Butcherblock countertops are now available in American black walnut and teak in lengths up to 96 inches. All tops are finished with a moisture-resistant, UV-cured coating. Wood Welded.
  • Boomers Rule
  • REMODELING Magazine (4/1/2007)
  • When the pre-boomer generations hit their 60s and retired, they substantially cut remodeling dollars. Will 76 million boomers do the same?
  • KBIS Preview
  • REMODELING Magazine (4/1/2007)
  • Keep an eye out for these and other new products at the upcoming Kitchen/Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas, May 7-10.
  • Cottage Comeback
  • Sunset (4/1/2007)
  • The young owners of Heath Ceramics bring a fresh approach to tradition in their update of a classic 19th-century homeDIVING HEADLONG into a challenging project was never an issue for Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic. The two designers found themselves having their first child, getting to know a new town, and renovating a house-not to mention acquiring Heath Ceramics, the iconic Western pottery line-all at the same time.
  • Greener Pastures
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (3/28/2007)
  • Imagine Homes doesn't build houses like they once were built. But this doesn't mean the company is forsaking the traditional home construction ideals of care and craftsmanship. It just means Imagine is building homes with an eye toward site sensitivity, energy and water efficiency, and indoor air quality.
  • 1 oz. Surrealtm product with optional insert area for stone sample. Surface Reproductions, LLC Introduces Surreal
  • ebuild (3/26/2007)
  • Surface Reproductions, LLC has introduced a patent-pending product named Surreal, an inexpensive lightweight dimensional printed sample product designed to show different edge profiles of stone products in one sample piece. The device is comprised of a 100% recyclable lightweight, yet sturdy plastic weighing less than one ounce (vs. over 4 lbs. for a similarly-sized stone sample) and can represent a stone's surface texture and color in an almost exact manner.

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