August 2017

Each variance purchase order is a failure, for everyone. It’s lose, lose, lose—for the builder, the supplier or trade, and for the customer

Modern homes have come a long way from the cold white boxes of the 1920s, and buyers are snapping them up

Products from Country Wood Flooring, GE, Heat & Glo, Sherwin-Williams, Sustainable Materials, and Wilsonart

Not all Boomers are alike. Neither are Millennials

Products from Boral, CertainTeed, DaVinci Roofscapes, Echelon, Eldorado Stone, Foundry, James Hardie, Kleer, Louisiana-Pacific, Mid-America, Nichiha, Ply Gem, and Provia

For builders, a great product builds a great reputation. Here are the products that received the most reader inquiries during the past 12 months

Products from Danver, Delta, Kohler, Moen, Noble Co., Sharkbite Plumbing Solutions, Sterling, and Wellborn Cabinet

Products from BASF, Boise Cascade, Boral, CertainTeed, Dow Corning, DuPont, GAF, Georgia-Pacific, Georgia-Pacific Gypsum, Huber Engineered Woods, Icynene, Kimberly Clark, Kingspan, Nisus, Norbord Industries, Simpson Strong-Tie, Sto, and Weyerhaeuser

Products from Aert, Porous Pave, and Quikrete