There’s nothing quite like a wood door, exterior and interior, to provide a warm and inviting impression for your home. Wood doors can support different stylistic visions, offer cherished privacy, and even create a feeling of sanctuary.
Long ignored as wholly utilitarian, the interior door is increasingly considered a great canvas for expressing one’s personality and style. This is especially true when you consider the average home boasts some 14 interior doors.
Your choice of brand has implications for various parts of the operation. Builders are loyal to brands that offer the features, benefits and durability they require. With doors and windows, most settle on one or two brands that meet their price and performance specs, and that offer strong warranties they know the dealer and manufacturer will stand behind. When deciding which brands to align with, large-volume builders obviously want a breadth of product that will serve them across all their home models without adding unneeded complexity. To simplify the specification process, they may opt for a base product with various options in glass grille patterns, so they can use it in different neighborhoods with different styles. This type of consistency also pays off in the sales process. “By sticking with a few trusted brands you’re better able to explain their features, benefits and advantages to the buyer,” says Scott Alden, a…
More and more of us work from home. It’s time to turn the home office into a peaceful, more productive place. Some say the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed how many of us will go to work. About four percent of the U.S. workforce worked from home through 2019. In 2020, that number skyrocketed to more than 50 percent, a massive test of the work-from-home concept. Experts now say by the end of 2021 up to 30 percent of us will permanently telecommute. The world has changed. Today there’s an increasing need to make the home a professional work environment. That frequently starts with household acoustics. Children, lawn mowers, pets, vehicles, appliances, and music can create a cacophony of noise that can interfere with video conferences, distract from tasks, and slow productivity. Meet ProCore® One way to manage unwanted noise is to close the door. However, not every door is suited for noise…
JELD-WEN Style Collections guide customers to the perfect doors and windows to get the style they’re after. When the time comes for homeowners to select windows and doors for their new home or remodel, it’s possible for them to have too many options. With e-commerce sites, Pinterest, Instagram, and design blogs presenting endless possibilities involving the style, colors, features, and finishes for windows and doors, it’s easy for customers to get overwhelmed. JELD-WEN created four thoughtfully curated Whole Home Style Collections—Farmhouse, Coastal, Updated Traditional, and Simply Modern—to help homeowners discover the doors and windows designed to bring these popular styles to their homes. Inspiration and guidance “Customers want inspiration and need guidance in choosing the right product to fit their home style,” says Christina Wolff, JELD-WEN associate product line manager for exterior door systems. “We wanted to create marketing materials that can help customers in their purchase journey.” The Whole Home Style Collections are valuable resources that builders and contractors can use to help speed up product identification and validate their customers’ choices. Each guide offers design ideas and showcases products organized into price tiers—enabling builders to quickly and easily assemble window and door specifications that meet any customer’s budget. “The ability to shop by style and inspiration makes the buying experience so much easier for the pros…
Rather than move, more homeowners are now looking to transform the homes they’re already in. Here are some of today’s most wanted remodeling trends – the upgrades your customers are looking for, based on a survey of nearly one thousand homeowners. Like what you see? Read more here
Critical considerations for choosing windows and doors that meet performance and style requirements The goal of every remodel is to maximize the home’s long-term value while increasing comfort for the homeowner. Today let’s cover how to accomplish that by choosing the right windows and doors. Replacing the windows, for example, can improve energy efficiency with a tighter home envelope. And modern doors are more functional and secure than their older counterparts. Replacing these elements with updated materials and design helps increase curb appeal and the overall home value. How do you choose the right windows and doors for your remodeling project? Here are a few elements to keep in mind: 1) Consider the local climate If the home is in a location that’s prone to extreme weather and temperatures, you’ll want windows with higher performance ratings made for an airtight installation to prevent leaks, helping to maintain a more comfortable temperature all…
Home features change with the times, and it is often manufacturing advances that bring prices within a range that more consumers can afford. Large-span glass door systems are having their moment. Long an enviable feature on high-end homes, indoor/outdoor living features are selling well all over the United States and at many price points. The popularity of indoor-outdoor living in not limited to coastal areas like Florida and California, or places known for their natural beauty, like Colorado. Homebuyers in New Jersey and on Long Island are increasingly choosing indoor-outdoor living features as options to bring luxury and healthy living into their lives. Just as the corner office, with lots of windows, has always been a status symbol, so now is the large sliding glass door that gives relaxing views, allows multi-seasonal entertaining, and encourages outdoor activities. This feature is now not only affordable at the homebuying stage, but with…
Fire-rated doors help reduce the spread of fire and smoke in a home or building. Both commercial and residential structures can use fire-rated doors. Fire door materials and parts Fire doors can consist of a combination of materials: gypsum, steel, timber, Vermiculite, aluminum and glass. Both the slab and the door frame must meet requirements to earn a fire-rating. The door frame parts include seals, hardware and the structure. On an even more granular level here is a breakdown of elements: Seals An intumescent strip, which expands when exposed to heatGaskets to prevent the passage of smokeNeoprene weatherstripping Door hardware Automatic closing devices or objectsBall-bearing hingesGas sealsPositive latching mechanismsSmoke seals Standards for fire-rated doors If a window is present,it must have a rating as well. Fire-rated glass may contain wire mesh glass, liquid sodium silicate, ceramic glass or borosilicate glass. Wired glass typically withstands the fire. The sodium silicate liquid…