If you speak with Jeff Williams about windows for historic preservation, prepare for an education in classical architecture. “If you look at window design, you had the Georgian era in the late 1600s, then the Adam style of architecture [in the latter half of the 18th century],” explains the senior...
You gave your clients an outdoor living space, but summer's setting in and they're hardly using it. “People want to use their patios and open their big sliding glass doors, but then they're miserable because of the bugs,” says Ben Hume, founder of Mirage Screen Systems. Hume says insects and too...
When Jeld-Wen sales manager Brent Adair retrofitted his San Diego home with one of his company's long-span folding door systems last year, he expected it to be an oddball job. The product, which the company introduced a year ago, wasn't conceived with existing homes in mind. But that hasn't stopped...
Sometimes the inside and outside of a home demand different window proportions; here are some ways to satisfy the requirements of each.
The latest in garage doors and garage door openers.
Many door manufacturers, in response to the trend of blending indoor and outdoor living spaces, are introducing long-span and "corner-meet" patio doors.
The latest in doors.
The casual jobsite observer could easily believe that wood is the primary component in constructing a home. In many cases, that remains true; however, a quick look around the industry reveals that plastic is fast becoming the building material of choice for many professionals.
Learning from the best practices of remodelers who work in climates where moisture-penetration is a constant challenge
Some practical guidelines to combatting window condensation.