Siding

Siding

• Cool Products Come Out to Play at AIA Convention

  Fewer attend annual gathering in Miami, but products displayed offered inspiration and solutions for residential and commercial projects alike.

   

• James Hardie's Hardie Reveal

  Hardie Reveal is an economical way for cladding multifamily buildings.

   

• Brick Holds Up as Homeowners' Siding of Choice

  New poll finds preferences remain highly regional.

   

• Insulated Vinyl Siding

  Foam insulated vinyl siding systems that provide thermal insulation benefits

   

• Choosing siding for your homes depends on many variables.

  What is the best exterior material to use on your houses?

   

• East Teak Fine Hardwoods' Accoya Lumber

  Accoya Modified Wood Ideal for Exterior Applications

   

• That's a Wrap

  Let's face it, housewrap—the thin sheet of material that goes between the sheathing and the siding—won't save you money or help you sell houses. In fact, if you ditched the housewrap you'd probably save yourself some cash up front. But omitting the product would be a really bad idea, because that...

   

• The Other Sides

  From the looks of things, many builders subscribe to a theory about the exteriors of their houses: Buyers can have any siding material they want, so long as it's vinyl. But vinyl isn't the only game in town.

   

• Top Shelf: April 2007

  This month's top shelf products include Fatmax Xtreme Quickspike from the Stanley Works, shower column brackets from California Faucets, and hot new siding materials from CertainTeed.

   

• Project Credits

  The New American Home would not be possible without the support of the members of the National Council of the Housing Industry (NCHI)/Supplier 100, as well as a legion of local and regional suppliers and installers. More than 40 NCHI members contributed products to this year's house and provided...

   

• Roof Level

  In recent years, The New American Home has been a beacon of innovation with regard to energy and resource efficiency, earning local and national distinction for low energy consumption and the use of sustainable construction materials and methods.

   

• Winds Of Change

  THE 2004 HURRICANE season blew the cover off a weakness in the way stucco is usually installed, with a number of Central Florida homes springing leaks despite having suffered no wind damage.

   

• Sneak Peek

  THE QUESTION THAT WILL BE FACING attendees at the International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla., next month is a simple one: How do you find time to attend seminars and visit the more than 1,600 exhibitors that will be displaying their wares in a show that feels as big as Rhode Island?

   

• The Other Side of (vinyl) Siding

  ANY INDUSTRY WHOSE PRODUCT HAD a 40 percent–plus market share would be dancing a jig. And, in a way, vinyl siding manufacturers are. Here's why: According to the Vinyl Siding Institute, a Washington-based trade association of manufacturers and suppliers, vinyl is the exterior cladding of choice for...

   

• Dream Catcher

  IF YOU WALK THROUGH MOST NEW SUBDIVISIONS today, you'll see house after house clad in typical colors such as sand, almond, and white—perfectly fine, perfectly boring. Home buyers who want to shake things up can now turn to Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Home Exteriors, which has introduced a new color...

   

• Paradise Thrashed

  FLORIDA BUILDERS HAVE A MESS ON their hands. After four hurricanes, many areas need massive rebuilding and retrofitting but lack the labor and materials to get the job done quickly.

   

• Sponsors

  The New Urban Challenge could not have been built without the support of its many sponsors, a select group of building product manufacturers and suppliers that contributed to this innovative project. A list of companies, their levels of sponsorship, and the products they provided, follows ...

   

• Builder Magazine 2005 Show Homes

  Take three very tight lots, three distinct buyer profiles, and strict architectural guidelines, and give them to three world-class architects. What do you get? Three small servings of perfection.The response from the architects to the New Urban Challenge was intensely personal. They designed houses...

   

• Products Parade

  NAVIGATING YOUR WAY THROUGH the sea of new products at the International Builders' Show (IBS) is like looking for a black cat in a dark room: You may find something interesting but only if you stop at every booth. This, we know, is next to impossible—and unnecessary. Instead, let us do the job for...

   

• Magnolia Row

  AT $300,000 TO $425,000 PER unit, Magnolia Row may not seem like affordable housing. But when you consider that the project is located in the San Francisco Bay area and consists of two-and three-bedroom townhomes, affordable seems like an appropriate term. “The units are inexpensively priced, but...