National Association of Home Builders Association-affiliated Home Innovation Research Labs finds that using PermaBase Cement Board as a substrate in exterior wall systems with modified veneer mortar reduces ...
... enlisted Home Innovation Research Labs to test exterior finishing labor, material and substrate metrics. Using Group Timing Technique sampling and widely accepted manufactured stone installation standards, ...
Sources: National Gypsum, Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff
National Association of Home Builders Association-affiliated Home Innovation Research Labs finds that using PermaBase Cement Board as a substrate in ...
The Brick Industry Association has examined seven common homeexterior products, finding that fired-clay brick costs about half as much as manufactured stone, and just a third more than fiber cement siding ...
Sources: Brick Industry Association (BIA), Reston, Va.; CP staff
An updated BIA study involving seven common homeexterior products shows that fired-clay brick costs about half as much as manufactured ...
... rise from their low 2012 base. Home builders will be more likely to specify siding and exterior trim made from fiber cement because it can be made to look like such costly materials as brick and stone. ...
... according to the study, is expected to see the most rapid growth in fiber cement shipments through 2017—advancing over 16 percent annually as housing starts rise from their low 2012 base. Home builders ...
... be targeted where it will be most effective: in the construction sector of the economy, where the mortgage meltdown has eliminated thousands of jobs in the homebuilding and general building segments of ...
... be targeted where it will be most effective: in the construction sector of the economy, where the mortgage meltdown has eliminated thousands of jobs in the homebuilding and general building segments of ...
... be targeted where it will be most effective: in the construction sector of the economy, where the mortgage meltdown has eliminated thousands of jobs in the homebuilding and general building segments of ...
... rable, and low-maintenance surface. From sidewalks to symphony halls, concrete makes virtually any design possible Û Concrete is a highly versatile material that can be used to create buildings or homes ...
... assisted in providing the wall assemblies by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Tilt-up Concrete Association, Concrete Foundations Association/Concrete Home Council, Insulating Concrete Form Association ...
... change in the way Habitat carries out its home construction in the future. The 1,800-sq.-ft., two-story duplexes are scheduled to be erected this fall and ready for occupancy sometime in January 2007. ...
... change in the way Habitat carries out its home construction in the future. The 1,800-sq.-ft., two-story duplexes are scheduled to be erected this fall and ready for occupancy sometime in January 2007. ...
Respondents to an Owens Corning study indicated they were as much as 50 percent more likely to consider purchasing a new home featuring an exterior with Respondents to an Owens Corning study indicated ...
Respondents to an Owens Corning study indicated they were as much as 50 percent more likely to consider purchasing a new home featuring an exterior with Respondents to an Owens Corning study indicated ...
... on is virtually eliminated. The system commonly achieves .3 AC/H (air changes per hour) Û or better. When an Omaha, Neb., home Û built with Reward Wall ICF Û was tested for air tightness using the Lawrence-Berke ...
... two recently opened, but very different Metro St. Louis projects: the new Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals (sidebar, page 26); and, a big board machine plant for Kirchner Block & Brick, Midwest ...
... two recently opened, but very different Metro St. Louis projects: the new Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals (sidebar, page 26); and, a big board machine plant for Kirchner Block & Brick, Midwest ...