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PermaBase Flex Cement Board
- BUILDER Magazine (4/24/2007)
- National Gypsum. Need to specify tile on a circular column? PermaBase Flex makes it easy. The 1/2-inch cement board is made from polystyrene sandwiched between two layers of fiberglass matting. Available for interior and exterior applications, the board can be bent to 90 degrees at a 6-inch radius.
- An Energy Star is Born
- U.S. Newswire (4/24/2007)
- WASHINGTON, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The prestigious Homer Building in downtown Washington, D.C., was designated an Energy Star building this week. The approach of The Homer Building team: a thorough audit and virtual tour of the building to identify every possible place where energy consumption could be lessened while still maintaining top quality service to building Clients. The Homer Building is the first office building in Washington, D.C. to be honored with the Energy Star label for 2007.
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Interior/Exterior Structural Fiberglass Columns
- REMODELING Magazine (4/23/2007)
- Dixie-Pacific. For interior or exterior use, Dixie-Pacific's structural columns are useful in porches, arbors, and other applications. Made from fiberglass-reinforced polymers, the columns can be as small as 6 inches wide and 8 feet tall, up to to 36 inches in diameter and 30 feet tall. 800.468.5993.
- Straw House Built to Stand ; Mud-Covered Structure Demonstrates Potential for Using Alternative Construction Materials
- Buffalo News (4/23/2007)
- Considering Buffalo's harsh winters, a greenhouse made mostly of bales of straw and mud might sound like something out of a fairy tale.But volunteers from the University at Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning and a commercial builder specializing in straw structures say the greenhouse springing up on the West Side will have no trouble withstanding the cold and snow.As the weekend's sunshine warmed neighborhood children building castles in sand destined to become part of the mud mixture, a magic spell had been cast upon this cottagelike greenhouse taking shape on Massachusetts Avenue.
- Living Lighter on the Planet
- The Santa Fe New Mexican (4/22/2007)
- A SANTA FE FAMILY WORKS TO ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE GREEN GOALThey hang their clothes to dry, bake cookies in a solar oven, grow some of their own food, reuse their bath water and produce all their own electricity.The Griscom-Wright family of Santa Fe has taken dozens of steps, small and large, to live lighter on the planet.
- Builder's New Home Breaks All the Molds
- Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. (4/22/2007)
- Builder Gary M. DeLuisio was determined not to construct one of the newer, cookie-cutter homes he sees everywhere when he bought a woodsy lot in Old Tappan with a 1960s home and horses.To avoid that, DeLuisio and his design team of Ridgewood architect Piero Gabucci and DeLuisio's wife, April, combined their individual strengths to create a unique home in a market saturated with sameness.The first distinguishing feature of the six-bedroom, 6.5-bath home is its reddish-amber cedar shake exterior, a hint of April's warm color choices inside.
- Home Depot Debuts Line of Cottages
- Virginian - Pilot (4/21/2007)
- The home improvement giant introduced its own line of modular housing at a home show recently at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.The homes, with cottagey features like shutters and front porches, will be offered at first only in Louisiana and other regions badly hit by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, including the Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss., area. They are for sale now only at three Home Depots in greater New Orleans.
- Garage Overhaul ; Homeowners Are Seeking Efficient Storage Options, Snazzy Spaces Behind That Big Door
- Albuquerque Journal (4/21/2007)
- Your front door should have a welcoming presence. But with the average two-car family, "the garage is how many families enter and leave their homes -- it has become the new front door," says Stephanie Peterson, owner of The Garage People Southwest. Her company specializes in installing cabinets and storage systems in garages, creating work areas, and laying down special nonporous floor coatings.
- Wet Walls the Result of Household Moisture Build Up
- Virginian - Pilot (4/21/2007)
- Q. I am redoing the kitchen in my 40-year-old house and ran into a situation that worries me. When I took the drywall off one exterior wall, the fiberglass insulation was damp and the points of nails holding the siding on were black from moisture. The Handyman has told this sad tale (and its cure) until he is blue in the face, but it is still worth repeating: water vapor, created by people breathing, cooking, bathing (especially showers), and washing, builds up in the air until it essentially saturates the air, then pushes its way through the drywall, through the staple holes in the vapor barrier, through the fiberglass (or other type) insulation, then hits the cool sheathing, and, presto, condenses into water.
- Think Circular for a Home
- Buffalo News (4/20/2007)
- Dear Jim: I want to build an efficient home to withstand the severe weather we are having everywhere. Birds and nearly all animals naturally build circular nests and dens to conserve winter heat and to withstand storms.There are two key reasons a circular house is more energy efficient than a rectangular one.
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