Georgia Green Builder Turns to ZIP System® and Advantech® Products to Construct Quality Homes
Ten years ago, veteran luxury homebuilder, Mark Conway of New Leaf Homes, chose Advantech® to help him deliver on high-end buyers’ expectation of quality. Now a certified green builder, Conway looks to both Advantech® flooring and ZIP System® wall and roof sheathing to keep homeowners happy with properties that deliver the highest energy-efficiency possible.
Conway initially chose AdvanTech for its quality reputation and water- resistant guarantee, both highly attractive features in the luxury market and challenging Georgia climate. Despite the product’s clear advantage over standard oriented strand board (OSB), Conway’s team opted to go with a lower quality brand when the real-estate market took a hit in 2009.
Conway’s product change was short-lived. Quickly realizing that what he saved in product costs he lost in quality, re-work and labor costs, Conway returned to AdvanTech. “After switching to standard OSB, we ran into considerable problems. Competitor products were simply unable to hold up against any moisture and we ended up spending what we saved and then some in re-work costs. It took a bad experience to realize that AdvanTech is the best product and the best value on the market,” said Conway.
AdvanTech flooring has greater water resistance, design bending strength and stiffness than commodity OSB and plywood which tend to swell, warp and require rework, ultimately slowing the building process. Providing superior quality and the best warranty in the business, Advantech offers a limited 50-year transferable warranty in addition to its 300-day no-sanding guarantee. AdvanTech flooring also has fastening guide marks and self-spacing tongue and groove for easy installation. These benefits help provide builders and homeowners alike with a quiet, stiff floor that can be installed quickly and easily.
A devoted AdvanTech user for nearly a decade, Conway recently started using ZIP System® to help take his luxury builds to the next level in terms of energy-efficiency. Conway now looks to ZIP System to deliver on rising green building standards and meet homeowners’ quality expectations in new builds.
“Prospective buyers are increasingly educated on energy-efficiency standards and expect a level of quality and sound design in new homes. Since making the move to ZIP System, I’ve received enormous positive feedback from homeowners and have seen a lot of builders in the area take my lead,” said Conway. “It increases your speed, efficiency and overall quality of the project. There’s no reason not to use it.”
ZIP System® roof and wall sheathing consists of structural panels with built-in protective barriers rendering its predecessors, like traditional housewrap, obsolete. The seams of the roof and wall panels are sealed using ZIP System® tape providing moisture resistance for seams, valleys and ridges, ultimately reducing the occurrence of air leaks. ZIP System’s cutting edge formula meets and exceeds industry standards set by the Seal and Insulate with the ENERGY STAR® effort and is code recognized as window and door flashing tape when used with ZIP System wall sheathing (ESR-2227). With this innovative product, ZIP System roof and wall sheathing is faster to install than traditional methods and provides an instant 120-day rough dry-in, allowing builders to schedule subcontractors sooner and ultimately complete the house in less time.
“Using ZIP System and AdvanTech gives builders and homeowners alike the confidence they’re looking for. We love that Huber is building smarter products for the future that we can afford to use.”
For more information on New Leaf Homes, ZIP System roof and wall sheathing and AdvanTech flooring visit www.reynoldsdevelopmentgroup.com/homes/new-leaf-homes, www.zipsystem.com and www.advantechperforms.com.