CertainTeed Vinyl Fencing Line Expands With Several New Decorative Options

January 31, 2007
(Valley Forge, Pennsylvania) - CertainTeed Corporation is proud to expand its vinyl fencing line with several new additions to its Bufftech™ Decorative Elements collection. Bufftech Decorative Elements will allow building professionals to personalize their fence designs with these vibrant, new options:

Bufftech offers a variety of options in fence design

Decorative Gates: Designed to coordinate with the new 6-foot Bufftech Chesterfield fence, Bufftech concave and convex style gates combine Victorian elegance with a durable design. The quality gate construction features riveted rail sockets and diagonal bracing for a rugged gate system that will stand up to the rigors of the most demanding backyard traffic.

Textured Post Caps: Bufftech offers an aluminum post cap with a textured decorative finish that can be combined with Bufftech's New England post cap and coordinated with gate hardware. The visually appealing new post caps are offered in 4-inch by 4-inch and 5-inch by 5-inch sizes in black and bronze pebble finishes.

Classic Gate Hardware: Contractors can give their fence gates the old-world look of wrought iron with Bufftech's new rugged rust-free stainless steel gate hardware. The hardware includes hinge, strike and latch and is available in black and bronze decorative textured finishes.

Tasteful Transitions: Bufftech offers a functional, but stylish, way to the change the height of a fence with new Swoop and S-Curve fence sections. Available in both Bufftech Chesterfield and Lexington fence styles, in white or tan, these sections are ideal for transitioning from low to high fence sections, providing an aesthetically pleasing way to unify fence installations.

"The Bufftech Decorative Elements collection allows building professionals to be more flexible with their designs and cater more to their customers", says Chris Bourque, Marketing Director for CertainTeed Fence Products.

"Decorative Elements enables contractors to give their customers more choices and add even more curb appeal to their vinyl fences," he said. "We're happy that we can offer these innovative design elements to building professionals and allow them to produce a fence that closely emulates classic, time-honored designs, but without the maintenance hassles of old world fence materials."

Bufftech offers a variety of options in fence design, including CertaGrain™ authentic woodgrain texture, Prestige™ composite fencing --offering the look of traditional wrought iron -- and ColorLast™ fade protection for superior color retention.

About CertainTeed
Through innovation and creative product design, CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Company, the firm made its slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," which quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is North America's leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, windows, fence, decking, railing, millwork, foundations, pipe, insulation, walls, ceilings and access covers.
Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, CertainTeed and its affiliates have approximately 9,000 employees and 70 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. In 2006 the group had consolidated sales approaching $4 billion.
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