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- Fypon Expands William E. Poole Collection
- ebuild (7/18/2007)
- Fypon, the brand name leader in the synthetic millwork industry, has expanded its product offerings in the William E. Poole Collection by Fypon. Pieces designed by Poole to accent the exterior and interior of homes now include a wide variety of Window and Door Trim, Modillion Cornices, a unique three-piece Dormer Facade, Compound Curve Baluster Kits, Louvers, Gable Vents, Balustrade Systems, Cupolas, Decorative Millwork and Moulding. More than 95 pieces are now included in the collection, which was initially introduced with two dozen pieces in 2005.
- Sto Corp. reStore Program Highlights EIFS/Stucco Renovation Solutions
- ebuild (7/17/2007)
- Sto Corp., the innovative world leader in cladding, coating, and restoration systems, has introduced the new reStore Program aimed squarely at the exterior wall renovation market for commercial structures. The reStore program strategy is simple. It includes pursuing restoration work, specifically Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS), traditional hard coat stucco finishes, and masonry walls for buildings in need of cleaning and recoating. In the early stages of this program, Sto Corp. is concentrating on two specific product lines that have great impact in this market - StoCoat Lotusan and StoSilco Lastic to building owners, general contractors, and applicators.
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AZEK Building Products, Inc. Joins with Wolf Distributing Company to Offer Its Full Line of Premium Exterior Products
- ebuild (7/12/2007)
- AZEK Building Products Inc., manufacturer of AZEK Trimboards, the number one selling brand of trim, is teaming up with Wolf Distributing Company of Allentown, PA to supply the area from New York to Virginia with their entire spectrum of premium, low-maintenance, exterior products. This will include AZEK Trimboards, AZEK Mouldings and Procell Decking. With two operating divisions serving in these markets, Wolf is known for going the extra mile for customers.
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America's Only "Branded" Brick Easy to Identify on New Homes
- ebuild (7/12/2007)
- Acme is the only brick in America that has the manufacturer's logo stamped into the product. The fine earth clays used in Acme brick go through a series of eighteen tests for quality. This exhaustive testing assures that every Acme brick will far exceed all building codes. Recent tests have confirmed that some brick being sold in Texas fail building code specifications. Homeowners can be confident that their Acme exterior will not fade with time, even in the blazing southwestern sun.
- CertainTeed Corporation Goes Green with Donation to the Edwin H. McGee Center
- ebuild (7/10/2007)
- CertainTeed Corporation is helping to make the world a little greener by donating its WeatherBoards FiberCement Siding to the Edwin H. McGee Center in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, a facility designed to provide educational programs to the community about the proper utilization and preservation of renewable natural resources. CertainTeed donated 5,568 square feet of WeatherBoards FiberCement Siding to the facility which is named after North Carolina forester Edwin H. McGee. CertainTeed FiberCement Siding, which helps divert waste from landfills by using more than 30 percent recycled fly ash in its product formulation, contributes to the green design of the building.
- Amishman Sees Future in Recycling Vinyl Siding
- The Patriot-News (7/4/2007)
- Jul. 4--LOYSVILLE -- An Amish businessman in rural Perry County is taking construction castaways and turning them into profit instead of waste. Over the past year, Fisher said, he has recycled about 40,000 pounds of vinyl house siding, almost all of it coming from area construction sites. And with housing construction comes waste -- waste that typically needs to be hauled away.
- Staying Power
- REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR Magazine (7/1/2007)
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- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (6/29/2007)
- New Kinds of Paint Better for the Environment
- Daily Herald; Arlington Heights, Ill. (6/23/2007)
- Upside: With natural, low or zero-VOC paints, your indoor air will be much cleaner.Inside tip: Synthetic brushes help "green" paints spread on more evenly.Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are gases found in paint solvents that pollute the air in your home, said Mario Guertin, owner of Painting in Partnership in Palatine.
- Builders Resist Wind Standard
- The News & Observer (6/16/2007)
- Jun. 16--RALEIGH -- It doesn't take a meteorologist to predict that if a hurricane rips a two-by-four off one house and throws it into the window of another that the glass will probably break and rain will pour in. The question the N.C. Building Code Council has been grappling with is how far homebuilders must go to guard against that kind of damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which oversees federal relief efforts after hurricanes and other natural disasters, has threatened to withhold relief money from North Carolina if the building code council doesn't adopt the national standard protecting against wind-borne debris.
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