Dupont Tyvek HomeWrap
www.construction.tyvek.com Siding — whether vinyl, wood, stucco, brick, or composite — does not completely prevent air and water penetration. Tyvek HomeWrap is a secondary defense to help manage a home's wall systems by serving as a protective layer under siding and over the sheathing. The Tyvek weatherization membrane wraps around a home over the wood or foam sheathing, cut out aro...
Building Science: Understanding Heat Flow
Never has a homeowner walked a model home and asked the salesperson about building science. New home shoppers expect that their new home automatically includes a living environment as comfortable as it is beautiful. Delivering on this expectation is building science. So what is building science? In this series we will answer that question in detail, but first let's begin with a definition: buil...
Improving Customer Touchpoints
At Standard-Pacific Homes, managers from each department in the Dallas division are busy improving their overall customer service process. Since September, a newly created Customer Service Management Council meets monthly. At the initial meeting, about 15 department heads, representing purchasing, accounting, options, closing, warranty, upper management and in-house title and mortgage companies...
Pass & Seymour/Legrand
New in the TradeMaster line are two new tamper-resistant ground fault circuit interrupter receptacles, one with a built-in hallway light that uses a high-output LED for better illumination and longer life. Tamper-resistance features include a UL-listed and automatic mechanical shutter system that prevents objects from being inserted into the receptacle.
Sheathing
AdvanTech Flooring and Sheathing
AdvanTech flooring and sheathing panels are specifically engineered to provide more water resistance and stability than plywood
