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Survey Details Home Buyer Preferences Assuming Additional Costs RESTON, Va., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Taking a deep dive into current home buyer preferences, a new study shows that consumers prefer genuine clay brick exteriors on a national scale. Scoring highest nationally among all ages, races, income levels and household types, brick ranked number one over vinyl siding, stone, stucco, wood and fiber cement. Regionally, brick ranked highest in five out of nine census...

HOUSTON, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- There are many materials that can be installed on a home's exterior, such as brick, stucco and siding. Among the options available, Hardi Plank continues to be among the most popular materials used on homes throughout the Houston area, and there is good reason for this. For homeowners who are interested in building a new home or renovating their current home's exterior, Home Exterior Systems can provide expert Hardi Plank installation...

American Lime Technology, the North American leader in sustainable hemp and lime-based green building construction materials is proud to announce construction is underway at the first green home in Florida utilizing Tradical Hemcrete. Tarpon Springs, Fl and Chicago, Il (PRWEB) August 13, 2012 American Lime Technology, the North American leader in sustainable hemp and lime-based green building construction materials is proud to announce construction is underway at the first green home in...

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Masterchem Industries, maker of KILZ® brand products, announces the launch of KILZ Masonry and Stucco primer, a high-performance product that allows priming and painting of masonry surfaces just days after application. KILZ Masonry and Stucco primer is an alkali resistant primer that can be used on recently poured masonry and stucco surfaces. This new primer from the KILZ brand enables painting professionals to prime and paint masonry and stucco...

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Masterchem Industries, maker of KILZ® brand products announced the launch of KILZ Masonry and Stucco primer at select Lowe's stores in Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, Nevada, and Texas. KILZ Masonry and Stucco primer is an alkali resistant primer that can be used on recently poured masonry and stucco surfaces. This new primer from the KILZ brand enables painting professionals to prime and paint masonry surfaces just seven days after...

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Castino Painting and Home Services, the leading home service provider on the North Shore and parts of Chicago, announces today the launch of their new, interactive web site. The web site contains the first home services blog on the North Shore as well as an extensive portfolio gallery of their multi-services including interior and exterior painting, stucco, flood, fire and mold restoration, carpentry, faux finishing and much more. The web site...

ATLANTA, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- 50 Year Product Life Tops in the Industry - Sustainable construction with Energy Efficiency Sto Corp., the innovative world leading manufacturer of energy-efficient cladding systems and high performance architectural coatings, has released a life-cycle study of Sto engineered claddings systems showing they outperform other wall claddings over a full 50-year product life. This new Life-Cycle Inventory (LCI) of wall cladding products was conducted to compare...

ROSWELL, Ga., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent survey conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Boral Bricks, 59 percent of all homeowners with a siding preference would choose brick for their homes. The study was commissioned by Boral Bricks, Inc. to determine current consumer preferences for siding. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091218/PH28575 ) The survey, conducted in October, asked participants which type of siding they prefer on a home....

Using CT imaging to study a priceless bust of Nefertiti, researchers have uncovered a delicately carved face in the limestone inner core and gained new insights into methods used to create the ancient masterpiece and information pertinent to its conservation, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology."We acquired a lot of information on how the bust was manufactured more than 3,300 years ago by the royal sculptor," said the study's lead author Alexander...

Ancient Mayan temple builders discovered and used lustrous pigments to make their buildings dazzle in the daylight, a Queensland University of Technology researcher has discovered.Studying tiny shards of paint from the Mayan city of Copan, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) physical and chemical sciences PhD researcher Rosemary Goodall found evidence of mica that would have made the buildings glitter when hit by the sun.Ms Goodall said the mica was applied over the red paint of stucco...