10 Fashionable, Functional Interior Home Products
From high-performance features to on-trend styles, these interior products offer new design options from floor to ceiling
Easy Fix for Ceiling—Designer Finds the Key with Armstrong Ceilings
5th Wall provides opportunity for texture and interest in a room
Framing Best Practices That Help Prevent Drywall Cracks
A home's constant movement can wreak havoc on gypsum wallboard unless you take these steps with your framing components
A Checklist for Building Party Walls the Right Way
Party wall mistakes can be costly to fix. Use this guide to avoid them
How to Manage Moisture in Walls: Tips for Designing and Building
Moisture trapped in a wall can cause extensive, costly, and harmful damage. Take these steps to prevent it
Wall Framing Techniques to Improve Thermal Performance and Lower Costs
An optimized value-engineered approach to framing kills two birds with one stone by reducing lumber costs while boosting the home's thermal performance
Walls + Ceilings
HousingZone's articles, surveys, ideas, trends, and tips on walls & ceilings for residential builders, remodelers, and architects serving the residential construction industry.
Armstrong Easy Elegance Coffered Ceiling Panels
The classic coffered design of these rigid PVC panels from Armstrong provides a decorative ceiling option at a fraction of the cost of custom ceiling work.
Handi-Flow Channel Fill
Handi-Flow Channel Fill, the newest product with Fomo’s High Flow Technology, has the ability to completely fill voids and cavities of all shapes and sizes with minimal fill points.
Kolbe Ultra Series 90-degree Wall Unit
Kolbe’s Ultra Series 90-degree wall unit allows builders and designers to create dramatic corner windows.
LP expands U.S. reach of CarraraFinishes built on LP SmartSide
LP Building Products announces that more builders across America are adopting the CarraraFinishes™ Built on LP® SmartSide® System. The CarraraFinishes Built on LP SmartSide System consists of a finish with the authentic look of stucco applied directly to premium LP SmartSide panel siding, an engineered wood substrate.
New wall bracing method provides design flexibility, simpler code compliance
APA – The Engineered Wood Association has published APA System Report SR-102, which details a simplified wall bracing method using continuous wood structural panel sheathing. The report provides building officials, builders, and designers with a new approach and technical information for bracing the walls of single-family houses.
Homax Pro Grade Wall Texture
Homax Pro Grade Wall Texture is a self-priming, low odor aerosol texture with a pressure adjustment toggle and pattern control dial for precise spray control.
