Editor's Picks: MVP Products 2023

Throughout the year, the Pro Remodeler editorial team discovers and highlights the newest, innovative, peer-recommended residential construction products for our audience. These are our selected MVP Products.

This Editor’s Picks list comes from our expertise, experience, and input heard from industry members through the year. These products make your life easier, your projects better, and your clients happier. 

Matterport

Residential remodeling contractors use Matterport in the before, during, and after phases of a project. It benefits production teams, designers, and marketing professionals by capturing thorough images of a jobsite. These images can be used for virtual walkthroughs, and accessed by homeowners and trades to identify systems behind the walls post-construction.

Panasonic WhisperFit DC

Panasonic’s WhisperFit DC ventilation fan has a low 5-5/8” housing depth that makes it easy for roomside install in 2 by 6 construction. It delivers required air movement for effective moisture control, mold management, and healthy indoor air quality. WhisperFit DC includes a quick start guide for simple installation so you can move on to your next project faster.

Silvermine Stone

Silvermine Stone claims it’s the only mortarless stone system with built-in flashing. The patented product features a system that keeps water away from the home whereas other systems allow water behind the stone, relying on multi-layered systems, say company officials. Silvermine requires just a single layer of WRB. Panels are 24-by-6-inches with built-in aluminium-coated flashing.

Viewrail Float Stair Systems

Viewrail was the first company to receive International Code Council (ICC) Certification for floating stairs, and offers five different floating stair systems. The company also aims to reduce labor by supplying endless customization options and the option for on-site installation. Viewrail manufacturers all of the pieces for its systems.

Calendly

Calendly makes appointment making easier, eliminating phone or email tag. Input your availability, and clients or trade partners can secure a mutually available time on your calendar through a link. Calendly puts the power into their hands, and can be incorporated into your website with your branding. It also offers pre-call reminders and follow up emails.

JobTread

JobTread’s software helps builders, remodelers, and contractors manage all their business processes, from pre-construction to project completion. The platform creates a central location to manage jobs, teams, documents, photos, finances, customers, vendors, subs, and more. And its budget-first approach is designed to create financial transparency at every project stage.

Rilla

Rilla records sales visits and calls to analyze conversations, providing feedback and collecting data from your team to understand the best sales approaches. The app claims to increase conversion rates by 50% by providing 24 times more visibility, and saving eight times as much time. Rilla ends the need for ridealongs, saving you time, but provides increasingly effective training.

Owens Corning Natural Polymers Ultra-Pure

Owens Corning’s Natural Polymers Ultra-Pure spray foam is low VOC and UL Bio-Based certified, and comes in closed-cell and open-cell spray foam. It features Odor Scavenger technology, which targets specific molecules to minimize off-gassing during and after application. Ultra-Pure features Flex-Temp formulations for simplifying onsite calibration.

ProVia Embarq fiberglass doors

Embarq fiberglass entry doors are Energy Star-rated with a polyurethane core offering significantly more insulating value than a typical fiberglass door. The doors includes engineered channels in the side rails and header, allowing for the efficient core. It offers a U-Factor of up to 0.09, the lowest heat conduction measurement for entry doors in the US.

Wellborn Cabinet

Wellborn’s expansive cabinet offerings bring options from hidden, walk through pantry doors to interior organizers to island ends and more. Recent launches include 17 new Laminate Veneer colors, customizable box hoods, oven panels, floating shelves, and metal cabinet doors. There are six product lines available. Wellborn celebrates 62 years of being in business in 2023.