Home Ideas
(building product links)
The
following links are an online resource I maintain to provide my
clientele with samples of the latest and more popular selections I have
found through trade journals and manufacture alerts. Please
feel free to browse and contact me with any questions you may have with
a product's use, installation, or local supplier.
Exterior
Materials
Rain Chains,
from RainChains.com, are a traditional Japanese alternative to
downspouts.
FilterPave,
from Presto, is a porous hard surface pavement made from recycled
glass.
Tumbled
Landscape Glass, from Glass Advantage, can be used for fire
pits, accenting flower beds, or to colorize aquariums.
Tempest Torch,
from Travis Industries, are dramatic gas lamps.
Vegetated
Sedum Tiles,
from Carlisle's Roof Garden, bring new possibilities to a roof garden.
Gravelpave2,
from Invisible Structures, is
a geotextile fabric to provide stability to porous gravel walks and
drives.
Tuff
Cable, from Heatizon Systems, offers radiant snow melting for
asphalt, concrete or driveway pavers.
Paver Search is
a search engine for locating paver material suppliers and local
installers.
Lifetime
Decking, from Lifetime Lumber, is
a composite deck made from reclaimed fly ash, impervious to
termites and dry rot.
Azek Trim is
a composite material for exterior trimwork, a low maintenance
alternative to wood.
Shadow Turf,
from Turffalo, is
a shade tolerant grass that will stay green on as little as 4 inches of
water per month.
Scapewel
Window Wells, from Bilco, offers a self-contained solution
for emergency egress from basement rooms.
Doors,
Windows and Skylights
Polycarbonate
Panels, from Extech, is translucent, insulated, sheathing
material used on roof and walls.
NanaWall
is an unfolding glass wall system, to blur the division between indoor
and outdoor spaces.
Solatube
is an inexpensive way to bring natural light into any room of your home.
Garage
doors, from Clopay, are a low maintenance alternative to
traditional wood doors.
Mechanical
Equipment
Honeywell
Wind Turbine, from Wind Tronics, is a gearless blade tip wind
turbine, generating electricity with as little as 2mph winds.
EnerGen
Photovoltaic Solar Roofing, from Certainteed, is a laminate
that generates electricity and installs without roof penetrations.
Core Power System,
from Generac, is an affordable standby generator for powering the
household during power outages.
Eternal
Condensing Hybrid, from Grand Hall, is a tankless water
heater with a two-gallon reserve for constant, instant hot water.
Eco-Heater, is
a modern take on the electric space heater.
AQUS
Water Conservation System, from Sloan, is an under-sink unit
that reclaims grey water for flushing the toilet.
Recessed
Fans, from Broan, is a quiet bath ventilation fan with
humidity sensors for automatic turn on and shut off.
Whispa
III Fan Convectors, from Myson, is a compact heater design to
tuck into a toe kick or stair riser.
Warm Your Floor
is a search engine for locating radiant floor systems and local
installers.
Jackshaft
Garage Door Opener, from Lift Master, is a compact
alternative to the conventional opener.
Flooring,
Wall and Ceiling Materials
Bas-Relief Tiles,
from Photo-Form, takes 2-D images and makes textured relief ceramic
tiles.
Harmony,
from Sherwin-Williams, is a No-VOC paint, formulated to reduce indoor
air odors.
Bio-Luminum,
from CoveringsETC, are aluminum tiles reclaimed from retired aircraft
parts.
Natural Cork,
from US Floors, offers cork flooring planks and tiles.
EcoTimber Flooring,
offers FSC certified sustainable and reclaimed flooring, including
bamboo.
Aged Woods,
offers FSC certified reclaimed, re-milled, wide plank
flooring, including yellow pine, chestnut, hickory and black walnut.
Engineered
Wood Flooring,
from Terra Legno, offers FSC certified wood flooring in a variety of
species and stains.
FSC Certified Lumber,
from F.D.
Sterritt Lumber Co., offers largest US sustainable framing
and finishing wood.
Slate Tile,
from Build Direct, offers stone flooring for the price of carpet.
Earth Plasters,
from American Clay, offers natural tones to plaster walls made from
clay.
Architectural Resin Panels,
from Lumicor, are transparent sheeting for walls and screens.
WoodWorks
Panels,
from Armstrong, are FSC-rated wood for adding warmth and color to your
ceilings.
Cabinetry
and Trimwork
Red Wine Vat
Oak Countertops,
from Endurawood, offers exotic patterns countertops from reclaimed
French wine vats.
PaperStone, is
a composite countertop material made from recycled paper and resin.
Quartz Surfaces,
from Caesar Stone, is a less expensive alternative to granite
countertops.
Kirei, offers
paneling, veneers and planks made from bamboo and wheatboard for
cabinetry and shelving.
Plyboo, from Smith
& Fong Co., offers bamboo plywood for cabinetry veneers and
paneling.
Ironing Centers,
from Iron-a-way, is a fold up unit that hides ironing boards within the
laundry room wall.
Fixtures and Appliances
LED light bulbs,
from LED Waves, last 40 times as long with a fraction of the wattage of
a standard bulb.
Eleek, offers
hardware, sinks and lighting fixtures from recycled aluminum.
22 wall accessories,
from Bocci, offers a clean, minimal look for electrical outlets and
switches, without faceplates.
Iron Eden, is a
Pittsburgh metal artisan making one-of-kind staircases, chandeliers,
and furnishings.
Linear
Burner System, from Spark Modern Fires, offers a modern,
linear ribbon fireplace.
Class
Five Technology, from Kohler, offers the highest MaP rating
for a high-efficiency toilet with 1.28 gallons per flush.
Whole
bean coffee system,
from Miele, offers a cafe quality coffee right in your own home.
Towel warmers,
from Warmrails, provides spa luxury in your master bathroom.
Garage storage
systems, from Garage Storage Pro, have a variety of options
to organize your garage.
Audio
Visual and Automation Technology
On-Q,
from Legrand, is a all-in-one home automation system, with packages for
the do-it-yourself homeowner.