Green Materials: Building Responsibility
Builders continue to look for ways to reduce our industry's impact on the environment while meeting customer demand for products that deliver beauty, comfort and performance.
P.J. Fitzpatrick, Inc.'s commitment to responsibly is reflected here highlighting our ongoing effort to become the preeminent contractor of sustainable building products.
Green Products We Install & Sell:
Doors | Windows | Roofing | Siding | Gutters
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Doors
 Making Homes More Comfortable...
Paragon Door Designs is proud to offer ENERGY STAR qualified entry doors that help save
money on utility bills, increase the comfort of your home and help the Environment.
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- Use of a water reducible finish material that emits low VOC's (volatile organic compounds ).
- Recycle materials - cardboard and slab cut-outs for glass (this is a huge reduction of landfill needs). The cut-outs are used for mobile home underpinning and fabrication of outdoor buildings.
- Disposing of products and chemicals used in our processes safely.
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Windows
 Our Ultrex Windows are Green Friendly...
Infinity windows constructed with Ultrex and glazed with Low E II insulating glass are 35% more energy efficient compared to clear dual pane glass and 64% more energy efficient then single pane glass.
Ask For our GREEN: Marvin Infinity Windows!
 Ultrex is the only pultrusion company that is in full compliance with the 1990 Clean Air Act. We destroy 97% of volatile organic compounds generated during manufacturing.- Fiberglass pultrusions have low embodied energy. Embodied energy is defined as “the total energy required to produce a product from the raw materials stage through delivery.”
- Our product's main ingredient (Frame, Sash and Glazing) is glass, which is made from sand, an abundant natural resource.
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Siding
 By
choosing CertainTeed siding and trim, you can feel confident that your home’s cladding is green:
CertainTeed contributes to sustainable design by manufacturing CertainTeed Vinyl Siding, Polymer Siding and Cellular PVC Exterior Trim in a way that is responsible to our environment, economical for building professionals and homeowners, and beneficial to our communities.
 Ask For our GREEN: Certainteed Comfort Core Siding
- Manufactured responsibly
- Produced, shipped and installed using minimal valuable resources
- Made from recycled materials and recyclable
- Able to meet LEED® and NAHB guidelines for sustainability
- Environmentally friendly, releasing minimal CO2 emissions
- Reduces long term environmental impact through the elimination of painting or caulking
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 Roofing
More on OSB & Green Ventilation
CertainTeed Landmark Series Premium shingles are warrantied for 50 years. Their longevity makes them a reasonably priced green solution by reducing maintenance costs and material waste.
Ask For our GREEN: Certainteed Landmark Series Premium Shingles
 What Is OSB?
OSB is made from wood ground into thin wood strands. These strands are mixed with wax and adhesive and then hot pressed. Approximately 50 layers of strands make one sheet of OSB. Mostly used as roofing materials by local contractors.
Why We Use OSB:
- OSB is generally more square and has smaller dimensional tolerances, great for roofing.
- It can be manufactured into panels of up to 8' x 24', far larger than plywood.
- There are no soft spots such as those that can occur in plywood.
- OSB is made from smaller (often farmed) trees reducing the demand for old growth timber.
- OSB has greater shear strength than plywood; the span rating, nail pull and screw hold are all roughly the same.
- It can be less expensive than plywood. For a typical 2400 square foot home, OSB will save money if used as the sub floor, sheathing, and roof decking instead of plywood.
- 50 strands thick, so its characteristics are averaged out over many more “layers” than plywood.
- Consistently stiff. Plywood has a broader range of variability.
Green Ventilation
Our ventilation products are green products because:
- They can drastically save on energy costs because we are creating a cool roof and it is a passive system, which does not use electricity.
- From using the DCI's total ventilation system it will prolong the lifetime of the roof. This will in turn cut down on material waste, labor costs, & landfill dumping.
- It prolongs the shingles, underlayment, Ice & Water Shield, plywood, trim, & everything else associated with the roof.
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Gutters
 Our Flo-Free product is a green product because of the following:
- It is used in water harvesting, creating cleaner water from sun penetrating through the product and into the water recycling device.
- It is also used with rain water retention containers to use for yard watering. These retention basins are required in a lot of new developments, which makes gutter protection more important due to clogged underground piping.
 Ask For our GREEN: Flo-Free Gutter System!
We believe that over the next couple of decades water harvesting/recycling will become
very popular in the US. It is popular in many countries all over the world and with the population
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