Builder Magazine: Flooring

Elastilon Self-Adhesive Underlayment

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:11:45 EST

Elastilon allows builders to install floating wood floors on any substrate.

TORLYS Recycled Leather Flooring

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:20:13 EST

TORLYS floating floor is made from 65 percent leather scraps.

New Flooring Options Push the Style Envelope

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 04:31:44 EST

For buyers looking to make a statement, there's a wide open field of materials.

SURFACES Products, Day 2

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:54:48 EST

Cool corks, slick bamboo, colorful glass, and distinctive woods shine amongst a number of uninspired wood and boring vinyl flooring options at annual trade show.

Flooring Industry Puts Recycled Materials to Work

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 04:37:17 EST

A new generation of products are featured at Surfaces 2010.

SURFACES Products, Day 1

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:35:52 EST

Air-cleaning tile, wood-like bamboo, and salvaged flooring make waves at show.

Flooring Dealers Aim to Build Market Share in 2010

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:03:13 EST

An industry panel provides expert advice at Surfaces 2010.

Surfaces 2010: Flooring Industry Tries to Sustain Itself During Downturn

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:56:48 EST

New products likely to be a big part of the show.

Favorite 50 Products as Chosen by Builder Magazine Readers

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:53:32 EST

Find out what products piqued readers curiosity over the course of 2008.

Strand Bamboo Flooring

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:00:57 EST

Made from bamboo strands that are combined with earth-friendly adhesives, the Synergy floating floor installs quickly and easily. Though it is only 4 millimeters thick, it features a wear-layer of strand bamboo and a cross-ply bamboo core so it’s stable and durable. Available in four colors, planks measure almost 8 inches wide and 72 inches long. Cost: $6 to $8 per square foot (uninstalled). Teragren. 800-929-6333. www.teragren.com.

Programs offered by Lumber Liquidators, Crane, LP, Whirlpool, and Therma-Tru promise to save builders time and money

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:43:36 EST

Lumber Liquidators, Crane, LP, Whirlpool, and Therma-Tru offer new packages to their builder customers in difficult housing market.

10 Things You Must Put in Your Next House

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:19:16 EST

Add these features to boost the value of your homes with your buyers.

new building products from the Pacific Coast Builders Show

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:55:23 EST

Discover the latest new products featured at this week's Pacific Coast Builders Show in San Francisco.

FSC Certifies Bamboo Flooring, Bamboo Plywood

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:19:47 EST

Organization has traditionally evaluated only wood forest products.

The latest and greatest building products

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 01:21:39 EST

The latest and greatest building products.

IBS Product Picks, Day 3

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:23:05 EST

Hanley Wood product editors are combing the Builders' Show exhibit floor in search of innovative and interesting introductions for you and your clients. Here are hot finds from Day 3.

Tradewinds: Builder's 2008 Show Home

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:23:48 EST

Of course, post-industrial houses do have their benefits (indoor plumbing, beer fridges, hi-def surround sound), so the task becomes figuring out how to integrate antiquity’s greatest green lessons into designs that meet the lifestyle demands of today. That is what Tradewinds, our show home for the 2008 International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla., set out to do.

Spiff Up Your Standing Inventory

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:16:40 EST

Like most real estate agents these days, Lori McGuire has had to step it up a bit to get buyers to sign a contract. A Realtor in Orange County, Calif., McGuire is working with three different builders in Covenant Hills, a gated community in the master planned development of Ladera Ranch. Prices start at about $3 million.

Urbane Infill

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:17:48 EST

Following the great Chicago Fire of 1871, the city adopted stringent ordinances requiring that homes be built with stone or other non-combustible materials. Not being situated on municipal land, however, the community of Lakeview quickly became a boomtown for shoddy, non-regulated construction, populated mostly by small multifamily buildings and worker cottages. By the end of the 20th century, many of those structures, which had been patched up over the years with aluminum or asphalt siding, had reached the end of their lifespan and became prime targets for teardowns.

Sea Through

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:16:04 EST

The assignment wasn't exactly a piece of cake: a postage-stamp–sized lot (measuring 45 by 60 feet) in a flood plain with site requirements for a self-contained septic system and drain field. Some builders would have walked away, but Holbeck Construction teamed with the architects at Pelletier + Schaar to create this jewel-box of a home in a rural area of Washington state whose street grid predates the invention of the automobile.