Rising material costs led by a huge upsurge in lumber prices along with a resurgence of the coronavirus across much of the nation pushed builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes down three points to 83 in January, according to the latest NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.
More than half of consumers (51%) are updating the look of their homes with new floors, with carpet and hardwood leading demand, according to Shaw Floors consumer research.
To further support fabricators, designers, and homeowners, all PentalQuartz colors are now available in the Anaheim warehouse for viewing and selection.
Shaw Floors has announced its phase one soft surface introductions, focusing on timeless and proven styles that offer beauty and performance at budget-friendly prices.
Shaw Floors has announced its 2021 Trend and Design Vision, informing the company’s new product introductions to ensure timely, on-trend styles of today’s most in-demand flooring categories.
After spiking last year, hardwood flooring has dropped six percentage points and returned to the No. 2 position (23%), after ceramic or porcelain tile (24%)
The survey of more than 2,000 U.S. homeowners using Houzz who are in the midst of, are planning, or recently completed a kitchen renovation, found that nearly all renovations included some work on cabinets (94 percent), with most replacing all cabinets (63 percent).
The National Association of Home Builders is encouraging members, and all residential construction companies, to halt work for at least 10 minutes the week of Jan. 11-15 for a COVID-19 Jobsite Safety Stand Down to remind workers what they should do to keep themselves safe from coronavirus and to help reduce its spread.
Following its Learn.Give.Breathe. series of free webinars in celebration of National Indoor Air Quality Month, Tarkett capped the month with a donation of 24,520 square feet of asthma & allergy friendly certified flooring to Yachad-DC, which will use the flooring to help families in the Washington, D.C. area improve the quality of the air in their homes as part of that organization’s Healthy Homes Project.