Bring Zen-like peace to home spaces with Eldorado Stone’s ZenWall architectural stone veneer. The product utilizes a dry stack technique, in which the individual stones appear...
Owens Corning’s new Deck Defense roof underlayment is composed of 100-percent engineered polyolefin designed to provide both a durable first line of defense against the elements...
IQm Trim Boards has added three new profiles to its line of color-through cellular PVC trim — 8” Fascia Board, Brick Mold with J-Channel, and 5/4” with J-Channel. The company’...
Hanwha L&C Surfaces is unveiling 11 new product colors in 2011, including Sabbia (pictured). This new color collection will enhance the company’s HanStone Quartz natural quartz...
Artisan Group is launching a new line of modestly priced granite in three versatile colors with the same Artisan Stone Collection comprehensive lifetime warranty: Sorrento (pictured...
The Loox LED system from Häfele brings a universal, world wide power system where switches, lights and drivers are plug and play, with no extra wiring or soldering required. The...
Leucos has added the versatile Laguna S75 (pictured) and Laguna S105 to its product line. Collaboratively designed by Design R. Toso and N. Massari & Associates with Giusto Toso...
Designed for illuminating parking lots, covered canopies, walkways, and other outdoor areas, the PGL7 LED from Kim Lighting features the company’s MicroEmitter optics, which provide...
The P8022 surface-mount LED downlight from Progress Lighting provides light output and distribution that rivals that of a typical 65W BR30 incandescent fixture, but at only 13W...
The new Lx LED festoon delivers long life (35,000+ hours) and added energy efficiency (4x more efficient than conventional light sources), saving up to 92 percent on utility bills...
Developed to provide a family of high-end, large-view fireplaces with the appeal of masonry, Lennox Hearth Products introduces the new Dave Lennox Signature Collection Estate ...
Travis Industries House of Fire introduces two new budget-priced fireplace inserts, the 31 DVI and the 33 DVI. The 31 DVI and 33 DVI inserts are all about basics: a big, beautiful...
The Napoleon HD40 Direct Vent Gas Fireplace has a realistic PHAZER log set, rich in color and detail, to provide a real wood log appearance and burner technology with glowing ...
When something goes wrong, our egos’ first defense is to blame somebody or something else for the failure. The same is true in business and in marketing. When something ...
Remodeling may have been hit hard by the recession, but demographics, an aging housing stock and a recovering economy give us plenty of reason to believe the industry is poised...
The bath may be considered the most private room in the home, a space most commonly used by only one person at a time. Even though it is usually a solo experience, research has...
Ask Barb Schiller to describe the challenges involved in remodeling her kitchen and she laughs at the understatement. The room, in a suburban Dallas-Ft. Worth timber frame house...
When Roberts Construction Group started surveying its clients in 2009 after more than 25 years in business, the company’s management was surprised to see lower-than-expected...
At the winter meetings of the NAHB Remodelers held in conjunction with the International Builders Show in Orlando last month, NAHB chief executive officer Jerry Howard made a ...
The tax code changes every year as new laws are passed and new restrictions take effect. The rules on small businesses are especially volatile. Here are six changes and potential...
The more details that can be discussed, clarified and understood before signing a construction contract, the better it is for both the homeowner and the contractor. It is one ...
What’s the best way to manage field production? One “general” or multiple lead carpenters? Professional Remodeler’s Tom Swartz talked to remodelers Jerry...
Most remodelers offer some type of benefits to their employees, but rising costs and new government regulations have them concerned about their ability to so in the future. That...
