Top 100 Products of 2015

Throughout the year, we deliver news of the latest and greatest in home building. Products are an important aspect of that news because the ones you choose help you improve your business, maintain your reputation, and construct homes that are as sound as they are appealing. You’ve seen many of those products featured in this magazine: new items brought to market by building product manufacturers. 

But of all the new products featured this past year, the Top 100 Products are the ones that were chosen by you; the ones that prompted the most inquiry and the strongest interest from you, the readers of Professional Builder. On this and the pages that follow, products are grouped into the following categories:

• Windows & Doors

Featuring products from Plastpro, LaCantina Doors, Vitrocsa, Kolbe, Ply Gem, Johnson Hardware, Velux, and Marvin Windows and Doors. 

• Exterior Products

Featuring products from Inspire Roofing Products, Arriscraft, DaVinci Roofscapes, Marazzi USA, Quality Edge, Sto, CertainTeed, The Foundry, Royal Building Products, Boral, Headwaters, Ply Gem Stone, Nichiha, Ply Gem, Fypon, Kleer Trimboard, and ProVia.

• Interior Products

Featuring products from New Ravenna, Neolith, Whirlpool, Eldorado Stone, Daltile, Innovative Hearth Products, Heat & Glo, Wellborn Cabinet, Titan Tools, and Armstrong.

• Kitchen & Bath

Featuring products from Wolf, Gerber, Smeg, Noble Co., Viking, Dacor, Bosch, Geberit, Sterling, and Thermador. 

• Outdoor Living

Featuring products from TimberTech, Kleer Decking, Advantage Lumber, Trex, Nyloboard, Aert, Quikrete, Weather Queen Shades, and Azek Deck. 

• Structural / Insulation / Housewrap

Featuring products from James Hardie, Icynene, CertainTeed, USP Structural Connectors, Sto, Ox Engineered Products, Johns Manville, DuPont, BASF, Tarco, DAP, Nisus, GAF, Huber Engineered Woods, and Simpson Strong-Tie. 

• Mechanical / Electrical / Home Tech

Featuring products from In-O-Vate, Weather Guard, Panasonic, Noritz, SoftPlan, Navien, Liftmaster, DuPont, Kwikset, LG, CertainTeed, GoConex, and Rinnai.

• Lines & Collections

Featuring lines and collections from Versatexural, Keystone Hardscapes, Timberlake Cabinetry, Country Wood Flooring, Thermador Innovation for Real Cooks, Western Window Systems, Bosch European Kitchen Appliances, and Environmental Stoneworks.