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As 2021 comes to a close, AWDI would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the Door and Window Business a look at some of the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Wednesday, Jan. 5.
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20. Remodeling upturn expected to carry into 2022
Woodworking Network
From April 21: Growth in improvement and repair expenditures to owner-occupied homes is expected to remain solid throughout the year and into 2022, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released today by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
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19. 2 big unknowns loom large over the 2022 housing market
Fortune
From Nov. 17: This year was an absolute nightmare for would-be home buyers. Even if they could find a home within their budget — no easy task as inventory hit a 40-year low this year — there’s a good chance they lost it in a frenzied bidding war. That’s not an exaggeration: At one point this spring, a staggering 74% of U.S. home listings were getting multiple offers.
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18. 5 things to know before installing a pet door
Bob Vila
From March 10: If you worry about your pet not being able to get outside to potty or exercise while you’re gone, or if you’re just weary of jumping up to open the door every time Fido barks to go out, you may have wondered whether a pet door would be of service. Today’s pet doors come in a variety of sizes — small enough for a cat or large enough for a great dane — but don’t buy one until you know the ins and outs.
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17. Why lumber prices are spiking
Construction Dive
From June 2: If a tree falls in the woods, how much is it worth? Right now, in a market with a lumber shortage, a lot.
Lumber prices have spiked this year. Lumber futures contracts for May delivery hit $1,645 per 1,000 board feet, up from about 60% a month ago, and 374% over the last year, reports Wells Fargo. It's the fastest rise since the post-World War II housing boom, according to Mark Vitner, managing director and senior economist at Wells Fargo.
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16. It's Impossible to Install a Replacement Window
AWDI
From Nov. 3: …until you remove the old one. Sounds obvious but installing the new window is less than 50% of the labor, yet there is so little instruction and resource available as to how to go about actually removing the old window.
In fact, most of the information from the Standards and Practices institutions, in their manuals and “training”, deal with installing the new window in the opening without regard to how the opening was made All these associations except one: AWDI.
AWDI has identified and created standards and practices for more than 25 removal scenarios. Designed, field tested and well illustrated, removal options and techniques are covered on more than 50 pages of the new Manual.
Order your copy of the NEW AWDI Installation Manual today. Then you will see that installing Replacement Windows becomes easier and more successful when removal of the old window is understood.
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15. Housing industry dealing with pandemic fallout
DS News
From April 7: Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather has authored a report forecasting the future of the post-pandemic housing market. In “Five Ways the Housing Market Will Change After the Pandemic,” Fairweather analyzes five trends the market will see and how the industry will deal with the fallout of the pandemic nationwide.
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14. The key to successful window replacement is reconnecting the critical 5 barriers broken when the old window is removed
AWDI
From July 14: There are 5 critical weather barriers built into every wall separating the exterior environment from the interior. There are similar barriers designed into the components of every window and door. These barriers are meant to control the environmental conditions and manage their impact on interior comfort without leaks or drafts.
Removing the old window is a destructive process resulting in the severing of these barriers inviting failure of the new install.The ideal installation is achieved when each of the 5 barriers in the wall, is integrated with their corresponding barrier in the new window. The NEW AWDI Manual uses techniques and practices field tested to re-establish these barriers. That’s why for more than 30 years, installers have relied on the AWDI Standards and Practices to help them achieve proper installation. See for yourself.
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13. These researchers invented energy-efficient transparent wood
Electrek
From Feb. 17: Researchers at the University of Maryland recently published a paper in Science Advances titled, “Solar-assisted fabrication of large-scale, patternable transparent wood.”
Transparent wood isn’t a new idea, but energy-efficient transparent wood is, and that’s what this group of researchers have achieved.
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12. The return of the foyer
The New York Times
From March 3: As the pandemic has changed the way many of us live in our homes, prospective buyers have become increasingly interested in a dedicated area near the front door for dumping masks, coats, shoes and boots, and for setting down packages and quarantining groceries — in other words, for just shaking off the outside world.
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11. Could spiking COVID-19 numbers derail home construction?
Mortgage Professional America
From Jan. 20: The December jobs report released last week highlighted just how fragile our ongoing recovery is in the face of a still-raging pandemic. Lockdowns and business closures have cost the economy hundreds of thousands of jobs, largely in the service sector. At the same time, the construction industry added jobs in December pushed, in part, by homebuilders working to meet skyrocketing housing demand.
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