The Front Porch Throw Back
The more things change, the more they stay the same. New research unveiled at the 2009 International Builders’ Show® reveals that the majority of homebuyers want a front porch. This reflects a previous National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) study that reports the front porch will be a standard feature on homes by 2015. It’s a sort of throwback to the turn of the 20th century.
In fact, the front porch is one of many elements building industry insiders say is changing about the American home, according to the NAHB’s “Home of the Future” study. Other trends include smaller square footage, two-story design and resource efficiency.
Builders and remodelers who think outside the walls by adding a porch, or The American Great Room™ as CertainTeed Corporation calls it, stand to gain customers and move inventory. Consumers who are driving this trend view porches as a way to gain living space, curb appeal and home value.
CertainTeed is available for interview on this noteworthy topic. As a leading manufacturer of building products, CertainTeed is helping building professionals create the front porches of their dreams – from railing and porch post to soffit and siding and much more.
To schedule an interview or obtain front porch images, contact Mike Loughery of CertainTeed Corporation at mike.b.loughery@saint-gobain.com or 610-341-7328.
About CertainTeed
Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed® is North America’s leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, windows, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation, gypsum, ceilings and access covers.
Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 6,000 employees and more than 65 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. In 2009, CertainTeed was named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a national award that recognizes environmentally responsible corporations. The group had total sales of more than $3 billion in 2008. www.certainteed.com.