Products - Siding - Industry News

• Economy Puts Lumber Out on a Limb
  The glut of homes in foreclosure, vacant or stuck on the market has the nation's lumber industry hanging on by a limb. Here’s a look at the current state of the industry.
• Outdoor Living Firms Join Forces
  Two of the nation's largest outdoor living companies have joined forces, creating a new company that will pursue global expansion in the outdoor products and services category through multiple independent franchise brands.
• Custom Builder Turns Focus to Reclaimed Wood
  This custom home builder in Bend, Ore. has a reclaimed wood side business that's keeping him busy during these slow periods.
• The Plastic Solution
  A Plastics in Building & Construction Special Interest Group tells us here that plastics offer cost and energy savings as well as long-term performance when used for a wide variety of building materials. They believe they can help contractors and builders save money and score big in customer satisfaction.
• Something Completely Different
  With all the heavy things going on lately, it's nice to take a moment for a good laugh. This series of true confessions comes to us from Redbook Magazine. I like the "Walk in closet" one about the contractor. Pretty funny.
• Price of Lumber Stable In Spite Of Hurricanes
  Here's some good news. The late summer trifecta of Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike have not driven up the cost of wood like past storms.
• Demand Grows for Sustainable Timber
  It's a pretty crummy time to be in the building supply industry. But not for EcoTimber. The Richmond, Calif. firm, a national leader in environmentally friendly wood flooring, expects to see its sales rise 20 percent this year - even while the overall wood flooring industry is likely to face a third consecutive year of declining sales.
• What's Possible on the Outside?
  Homeowners today can get an ever-expanding array of exterior products, including faux stone, enhanced fiber cement boards, patterned PVC planks and engineered wood. Many exterior products come pre-finished in multiple colors, and some have termite-poison built into the siding.
• Life Expectancy of Home Components
  The National Association of Home Builders, together with Bank of America Home Equity, recently created a Life Expectancy of Home Components study that outlines the longevity of housing components. Here are some of the report's findings and tips for prolonging all your home's parts.
• Insulated Siding for Home Energy Savings
  Insulated siding is an Energy Star product that can generate home energy savings by reducing consumption by up to 20%.
• Big 50 Distributors Focus on Cost Containment
  For distributors selling to the construction industry, 2007 was a trying year as that industry entered a prolonged slump. The outlook is for much of the same this year, prompting some of the industry's largest distributors to remain focused on controlling costs and taking market share from competitors.
• Wood Product Resistant to Mold, Insects
  Here’s a look at a relatively new lumber product that blocks the growth of mold and protects lumber from fungus, wood rot and insects.
• Cladding Saves on Work Later
  Cladding -- a layer of metal with a factory finish (or solid vinyl in some cases) that protects from mold and rot, and doesn't need scraping and repainting -- is an upgrade that doesn't break the bank up front and pays dividends long term in reduced repairs and minimal maintenance.
• Housing Slump Takes Ax to Logging
  As sawmills across the U.S. close their doors in response to the housing market slump, the ripple effect has spread well beyond the mill workers. Loggers, logging-equipment dealers, timberland owners, and many retail and professional businesses also are feeling the effects.
• CertainTeed Joins Builder Sourcing To Provide Fiber Cement Siding
  Builder Sourcing Corporation, the nation's largest buying group for homebuilders and select high-quality suppliers, has added CertainTeed, a leading manufacturer of fiber cement siding products, to Builder Sourcing's  Whole House Program.

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