Manufacturers are producing durable, low maintenance and good-looking exterior trim and siding products across the value spectrum.
Ply Gem added the Bi-Parting aluminum-clad wood door to its Mira Premium Series line.
Perennial Wood is decking made from Southern pine that has been converted through an acetylation process into a tougher, more stable, and more moisture-resistant piece of wood.
MFM Building Products protects deck ledgers, joists, top edges, and in-ground posts from rot and fungus with DeckWrap, a waterproofing membrane that self-seals around fasteners.
Hurd glazed its wood windows with a new technology to achieve insulation values it says are equal to, or greater than, a fiberglass-filled exterior wall.
Tolko Industries re-engineered its T-Grade oriented strand board flooring to better resist moisture and warping, deflect less when walked on, and offer greater shear strength.
The doors on display in Scott Thurber's California showroom are huge: 25-by-9-foot slabs of glass, low-silled and minimally detailed. "People walk in and they're just blown away," reports Thurber, general manager of Associated Building Supply in Oxnard, Calif. "They say: 'That's what I've been...
When selling siding, pros are capturing web-savvy clients online with instant, customizable, and free design options.
These new, easy-to-install trim products don't demand a high-maintenance relationship.
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Quick Draw: Automated tools trigger a fight for the fastest hidden deck fastener system.
Staybull salvages landfill-bound wood strips to manufacture its eco-friendly wide plank flooring.
The product itself may be flat, but the key shape in decking's future is a dumbbell. That's how decking experts predict the sales chart for their market will look in coming years. The bulge on one end will be taken up by low-cost wooden decking products, they say, while the bulge on the other is...
As open layouts remain popular and ceilings get taller, homeowners want a kitchen that complements the clean, open style of their homes.
Lumin hardwood and softwood plywood are made from plantation-grown eucalyptus and pine, and the mill that manufactures the product has received Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody certification.
Essence Series windows combine the warm look of a wood interior with the energy efficiency and durability of a fiberglass exterior.
Double-hung Majesta wood windows come with high-performance glass in sizes as large as 6-by-12-feet.
Georgia-Pacific's DryPly plywood subfloor has a water-repellent coating that absorbs up to 40% less water during the normal construction cycle than uncoated plywood, the maker says.
The Juniper Door collection finds a positive use for a species that's so scorned as invasive and water-hogging, programs have been created to remove it from areas where it is endangering plants and wildlife.