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Advanced Building Materials
Resource conservation, energy efficiency, and durability are key factors in building or renovating a house to sustainable standards. Here are some factors and products to consider:
- Stick-framing a house with conventional lumber provides a sizable amount of waste throughout the project.
- Forest cut lumber is not always perfectly straight and can add time and headache on projects.
- Engineered lumber utilizes laminated wood fiber and provides extremely strong and wonderfully straight floors, walls, attic rafters, etc.
- Light-gauge steel framing may contain recycled material and can be quickly installed on interior wall partitions to produce laser straight walls.
- Fiber cement clapboard from companies like James Hardie are an excellent alternative to traditional forest cut siding and trim materials and offer exceptional paint and performance warrantees.
- Carpet and tile made from recycled plastics and composites are available.
- Concrete countertops make a bold statement and are incredibly durable.
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Advantage Contracting, LLC •
12 Westbrook Rd •
West Hartford, CT 06107 •
Phone (860) 944-2659 •
Fax (860) 284-9060
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