Volume 48, Issue 4 - June/July/August 2009
Volume 48, Issue 4 - June/July/August 2009
The Next Big Thing
DOOR AND WINDOW COMPONENTS
A Solution for Heavier Windows
Builders are demanding heavier and bigger windows and many traditional balances
struggle to support their weight with easy operation. Amesbury’s SuperBoost
is a solution to this problem.
The SuperBoost is a Class-5 balance offered in two versions: the F series which
is able to carry sash weights up to 80 pounds and the K series which can support
sash weights up to 120 pounds. The balances are shipped pre-tensioned and can
be field adjusted after installation without removal. www.amesbury.com
The New Frame on the Block
You think you offer the best components on the market, but here’s a new
product that is worth looking at. Young Manufacturing Co., a family-owned manufacturer
in Beaver Dam, Ky., offers a full line of premium stain grade exterior frames,
a new addition to its exterior frame division.
Young also offers complete door frame systems in solid stain-grade poplar, red
oak, African mahogany, American cherry, hard maple and A-grade solid pine. www.youngmanufacturing.com
MOULDINGS AND MILLWORK
A Kleer Match
Do your mouldings truly match your trimboards? Kleer Lumber in Westfield, Mass.,
offers its mouldings with a new formulation that precisely matches the color
and sheen of its trimboards, sheets and other products.
This moulding line can be used for both interior and exterior applications and
features 16 different styles and thicknesses, including base cap, bed, brick,
cove, crown, drip cap, historical sill, quarter round, rake, shingle band, sill
nosing and more. www.kleerlumber.com
SOFTWARE
CAI Software Goes Green
Computer Associates Inc. of Smithfield, R.I., has enhanced its Ponderosa Lumber,
Building Materials and Millwork distribution software to help its clients secure
and maintain the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) new Chain of Custody
(CoC) certification.
The new Ponderosa software enhancements enable distributors to cost-effectively
meet the FSC’s requirements related to product traceability, storage and
handling, invoicing, and record keeping. The software tracks material from the
certified source through the entire manufacturing process, and generates a detailed
audit of the certified products produced. www.caisoft.com/ponderosa
STAIRWAYS
Don’t Be on the Losing End
Columbia, S.C.-based Marwin Co.’s new ThermaBLOC™ attic stairway has
the industry’s first Energy Star®-rated door for an attic stairway.
ThermaBLOC maintains the integrity of the ceiling’s thermal envelope by
utilizing a 1-3/8-inch insulating flush door, and an exterior grade, weatherstripped
door frame. The product helps meet multiple LEED home credit categories such
as: Energy and Atmosphere Credit 2.2, Enhanced Insulation and Energy and Atmosphere
Credits 3.3 and Minimal Envelope Leakage. The attic stairway has an R-value
of 5 (with an optional R-10) and a U-value of .20. www.marwincompany.com
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