Smarter Building Materials
IT'S TRUE... THEY DON’T BUILD ‘EM LIKE THEY USED TO
From start to finish, building a home requires careful attention to a myriad of choices and decisions. Making decisions has always been a part of new home construction, but due to advancements in the development of today's home building materials, your wise choices can be rewarded in a home with unprecedented qualities and characteristics. In recent years, a progression of new techniques and technologies have changed the face of practically every component of a home, from the foundation plan on up.
Two covered porches span the front of this quaint three-bedroom one story home. Inside, the family room provides an intimate setting for family and friends, with the eat-in kitchen politely tucked to the side. All three bedrooms adjoin the family room area and share a centralized bath. |
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For example, today's fiber-cement siding and composite lumber materials provide the look of wood with far more durability. They are impervious to termites and fire, and require little or no maintenance. High impact shingles ward off high winds and hail, and carry their warranties for half a century. Insulated concrete forms (ICFs) create super-insulated, incredibly strong exterior walls. And environmentally friendly materials such as bamboo flooring and recycled content carpet (made from recycled soda bottles) add beauty to the inside of our homes.
With these and other new home building materials, you can expect to build a truly smarter home that is easier to maintain, incredibly durable, far more energy efficient and respectable in its use of resources from our environment.
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