Nick Bajzek

Nov 16 2009 1:34PM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (1) |
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Lots of product debuts and news came out of the very-well-attended GreenBuild (follow on Twitter: #GreenBuild) this year. Sadly I only had a day to cover the show – and I quickly realized how woefully inadequate that day would be. GreenBuild was simply huge this year. I haven’t seen a trade show that well attended since my first trip out to IBS back in ’07. I’m not sure if they broke their attendance record of over 28,000 set last year, but I overhead one exhibitor saying they were at the 27,000 mark on Thursday.

The conference put more than $30 million worth of direct spending into the local economy say the estimates from the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau, which booked the event for Phoenix in 2005. Former Vice President and Internationally-Renown Green Guy Al Gore gave the keynote address during the opening-night festivit...Read More

Nov 10 2009 1:10PM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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Well folks, I only have a few hours left in the office this week before I hit the road. Tomorrow I’ll be at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging's (AAHSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition. There, in addition to walking the show floor and checking out the products, I’ll be checking out The AAHSA Idea House. It features new universal design ideas and products to help homeowners in their later years. 

"From sensor systems to high-tech medication dispensers to height-adjustable cabinets that lower so that people in wheelchairs can access them, technology and design have converged to make aging easier - and safer - in today's modern world," AAHSA CEO Larry Minnix said in prepared remarks.

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Nov 9 2009 9:25AM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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Considering all the new useful applications to hit the market in the past few months, the ubiquitous iPhone may be a wise investment for your folks in the field. Both Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore have iPhone paint selection apps. Now DuPont has entered the app market with the mySurface program.

Like the paint apps before it, mySurfac scans pictures taken with the phone’s camera to search for the company’s Corian or Zodiaq quartz surface colors by hue. The app then spits out a color swatch that fills the screen along with a sku number and in...Read More

Nov 5 2009 10:28AM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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As promised, here are some more products I saw last week at the Remodeling Show in Indianapolis. Yesterday I featured some great new products from Fasco, Regency, Geocel, MositureShield and others. Today I have some videos and more write-ups for your approval. 

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Johnson Hardware
The company has some great options for installing pocket doors. I’m personally a big fan because the doors free up about 8-10 extra square feet and I think they are quite nice on the aesthetic level. The company also has a solution for those builders or contractors that say pocket ...Read More

Nov 4 2009 1:29PM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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Remodeling Show Product Highlights

As promised, here are some of the great new products I was able to check out at the Remodeling Show (Twitter hastag: #RemShow). Be sure to click on the links for more!

I’ll be featuring more products tomorrow. Check back around lunch time or look out for the word on Twitter. Follow me (and follow some of the people that follow me!) on the messaging service @nbajzek. 

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MoistureShield / A.E.R.T.
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies (A.E.R.T.) has a new deck tile in the MoistureShield EcoShield Deck Tiles. One thing you won’t notice is how it’s put tog...Read More