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Show Notes for June 27, 2009
This week, On The House was live in San Francisco at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference. The show featured tons of new products and inventions, accompanied by lots of terrific interviews with the people behind the scenes of the home improvement industry. Something for every part of the home and something that will help you save money, save time, save energy, and make it more comfortable and beautiful to live in. Read the show notes for a full recap plus links to featured websites so you learn more about all the great companies and products in this week’s show.
Custom-Bilt Metals
Custom-Bilt Metals makes high-quality metal roofing and seamless rain gutter systems that stand test of time. Custom-Bilt Metals believe a roof can do more than just protect your home from rain and wind. It can also help you keep your house cooler and save energy.
Bonded Logic
Bonded Logic markets and manufactures a wide range of thermal and acoustical insulation products for multiple industries. Bonded Logic’s insulation products are Class-A fire rated, safe for the environment, contain no harmful chemicals or irritants, and do not pose off gassing or VOC concerns.
In-Floor Heating Systems
Infloor heating systems provides the best heating available today and are committed to providing the best radiant systems possible. They do this by providing the highest quality, most energy efficient radiant heating systems available in North America backed by experienced technical knowledge and support.
DECRA Roofing Systems
Manufactured using the finest lightweight aluminum-zinc alloy coated steel, covered with 3M ceramic coated stone granules and sealed with their exclusive polymer coating, DECRA Roofing Systems are the most beautiful, durable and trouble free roofs available today.
Phantom Screens
Phantom Screens is North America's leading provider of retractable screen solutions for doors, windows and more. Our sole focus is to provide our customers with innovative, stylish and superior quality retractable screens that suit their particular needs.
NanaWall
At first glance, the NanaWall looks like a wall of floor-to-ceiling glass windows, but that's where the similarity ends. Each panel is articulated on a hidden overhead track, and the panels themselves can quickly and easily open and stow away out of sight, creating breathtaking open-air vistas. With straight or curved layouts, along with hundreds of colors, finishes, and configurations at your disposal, there are virtually no limits when it comes to designing with the NanaWall. Folding and individual panel sliding systems are also available.
Garage Experts
Garage Experts lead the industry in decorative chip and flake epoxy garage floor coatingsfor concrete. They have systems that can be installed in as little as 3 hours as well as epoxy systems that have little, odor or flammability issues. Also, the system gives the applicator plenty of time to get it down on the floor evenly.
TOTO
TOTO creates smart, water-saving toilets, faucets and showers, our manufacturing also allows us to recycle, reduce energy and landfill wastes and save water. For your next bathroom remodel, consider TOTO’s wide range of beautifully designed, energy saving products.
Fasco America
Fasco America distributes products that meet the fastening needs for a broad spectrum of product applications, such as roofing, siding, decking, including composite decking, fencing, sub-flooring, crating, framing, window and door assembly, trim, manufactured housing, upholstery, insulating and cabinetry, just to name a few.
EcoDrain
You pay to heat water for showers. The heat in that water is valuable and yet every time you shower, you let it disappear down the drain. Although hidden on your energy bill, heating water for showers represents a significant portion of the total. The EcoDrain™ is a unique patent-pending heat exchanger which transfers heat from hot shower waste water to cold incoming water. This cuts water heater use for showers by 25% to 70%.
SoapStone
Soapstone the Original Stone Countertop. The reasons for soapstone's popularity is its' durability and good looks. Soapstone is not a "fussy" stone and fits into a family's busy lifestyle. Practically indestructible, soapstone won't burn or stain, requires very little maintenance, and adds value and elegance to any home building project.
Flex-Ability Concepts
Flex-Ability Concepts pioneered the development of flexible track products. These light gauge steel framing products are used to build curved metal or wood structures. They can be used to frame curved walls, barrel ceilings, wavy ceilings, s-curves, columns, arch ways, curved soffits, light coves and acoustical clouds.
Valor Radiant Gas Fireplaces
Valor Radiant Gas Fireplaces has prided themselves on developing cutting edge technology and trendsetting fashionable gas fireplace products. The result, a wide selection of quality made, energy efficient gas fireplaces that house an impressive collection of uniquely styled trims and accessories.
Residential Elevators
Factory Direct installation of Home Elevators throughout the Southeast
United States, Eastern Seaboard, Texas and California. They also have authorized distributors of residential elevators throughout the United States. Our residential elevators are built using the same design criteria developed over decades and used in the commercial elevator market. Enjoy commercial elevator features at residential elevator prices.
Andalay Solar Systems
The First Plug and Play Solar Power System. Solar systems must last decades in the harsh environment of your roof. But years of sun, wind and rain can corrode the different metals and eat through unprotected wiring found on ordinary solar systems. Andalay engineered away these flaws with its award-winning revolutionary design. Protected wiring, assembly in a quality-controlled factory environment, and superior framing, grounding and wiring deliver a system that is built to provide decades of reliable solar power performance.
GE: General Electric
General Electric is a household staple and are leading the way in saving energy with home appliances. Check out their huge selection of ENERGY STAR products for your home.
Basalite
Basalite paver systems. Rapidly rising energy and material costs have accelerated energy and natural resource conservation in design and construction. Sustainable development has evolved as a response to encourage conservation. Permeable pavement is the perfect companion to any environmentally-sensitive or green building project.
Soko Studio Designs
Sóko designs and manufactures sculptural collections of distinctive decorative hardware and accessories. Beautifully functional, these collections help to set the stage for exciting design in any residential or commercial installation. Sóko welcomes custom projects of all types. Sóko designs are handcrafted with meticulous workmanship using the lost wax method of casting.
Delta Stone Products
Delta Stone Products is a premier supplier of natural stone products and dimensional-cut stone. In their on-site facility, they are able to cut architectural stone fireplaces, custom stone mantels, arches, hearths, fireplace surrounds, dimensional stone veneer, cladding, and pavers.
If you need any more information about today's program, please contact us
or post on our new Home Improvement Forum and we'll try to help you
find what you need. Thanks for listening to On The House with the Carey Brothers!
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