Suppliers:
See Concrete
Additional Sources:
Common Uses:
Foundation
Footings
Walls
Slabs
Retaining Walls
Patios & Sidewalks
Common Options:
Delivery by a regular concrete truck or by pump truck (through a hose)
PSI Rating-
Regular Concrete or w/Fiber Mesh Additive for Slabs (fiberglass added for strength)
Regular Plywood Concrete Forms or Stackable Foam Block Concrete Forms
Suppliers:
See Paint & Stain
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Color
Sheen: Flat, eggshell or satin, semi-
Oil based or water based stain
Suppliers:
See Interior Trim
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Style of casing & base mould
Size of casing & base mould
Paint grade or stain grade
Paint, stain, or clear
Wainscot
Crown mould
Pine, oak, poplar, or cherry
Fireplace mantels
Built-
Vertical shiplap wall covering
Coffered ceiling
Suppliers:
See Sunrooms
Five Main Types of Sunrooms:
Stick framed, sided & roofed with the same siding as your house, insulated, and
with new construction windows with insulated glass.
Made of vinyl storm door panels, roofed with the same material as your house, and
with insulated glass (Harvey Industries)
Made of aluminum storm door panels, roofed with the same material as your
house, and with single pane glass (Harvey Industries)
Solid wood, all glass (Brady Built)
Metal, all glass (Sunshine Rooms)
Common Options:
Choice of windows: double hung, casement, or sliding
Insulated glass or single pane glass
Siding & exterior trim
Skylights
Wall covering: sheetrock, pine, cedar, or vinyl soffit
Floor covering: indoor, outdoor, carpet, or tile
Ceiling fan
Suppliers:
See Stairs
Common Options:
Painted, stained, clear, or carpeted
Open Colonial (with railings) or Boxed (with two full walls)
Pine, Poplar & Oak, or all Oak
Interior
Suppliers:
See Doors
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Door Type: walk-
Solid wood or molded
If molded, solid or hollow core
Six panel or flush
Finish: painted, stained, or clear
Hardware Type
Exterior
Suppliers:
See Doors
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Door type: walk-
Door type: fiberglass, metal, or wood
Six panel or flush
Glass or no glass
If glass, grids or no grids
If grids, between the glass, snap on, or true divided light
Finish: painted, stained, or clear
If fiberglass: classic-
Hardware Type
Regular or fire rated
Transoms
If transoms, half round, elliptical, or rectangular
Side lights
Suppliers:
See Metal Fireplaces
Hearth or no hearth
If with a hearth, raised or flush
Mantle or no mantle
Gas or wood
If gas, with a chimney or power vented
Suppliers:
See Bathroom Fixtures & Shower Doors
Common Options:
Tub or Shower
Tile tub surrounding or fiberglass
Tile shower walls or fiberglass
Tile shower base (mud job) or fiberglass
Pedestal sink or vanity
Plastic, laminate, ceramic tile, granite, marble, or solid surface vanity top
Wall or ceiling heater
Shower doors
Suppliers:
See Cabinetry & Counter Tops
Common Options:
Face Frame or European (faceless) Cabinets
Laminate or Wood Finish
Solid wood or Veneer-
If wood, maple, oak, pine, or cherry
If wood, paint, stain, or clear
Under cabinet lighting
Center Island
Crown Moulding
Counter Top Type:
Ceramic Tile
Concrete
Engineered Stone (93% Quartz particles)
Granite
Laminate (Formica, Nevarmar, Wilsonart, etc.)
Marble
Soapstone
Solid Surface (Avonite, Corian, Swanstone, etc.)
Stainless Steel
Wood/Butcher Block
Tiles
Suppliers:
See Tiles
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Type of tile: Ceramic, porcelain, stone, glass, or metal
If stone: Marble, granite, limestone, travertine, slate, quartz
Tile patterns
Borders
Inserts
Hardwood Flooring
Suppliers:
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Polyuretaned or prefinished
Thickness & width
Solid or engineered
Domestic: red oak, white oak, hickory, North American cherry, North American maple, black walnut, and ash.
Exotic: Brazilian cherry, teak, ipe, santos mahogany, tigerwood, merbau, cumaru, wenge, Patagonian rosewood, zebrawood, African mahogany.
Laminate
Suppliers:
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
To resemble hardwood, tile, or stone
Carpet
Suppliers:
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Color
Cut pile, level loop pile, or cut & loop pile carpet
Sheet Vinyl
Suppliers:
Additional Sources:
Suppliers:
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Composite, cedar, mahogany, or pressure treaded pine decking
Vinyl, metal, cedar, or pressure treated pine railings
Decking screws, stainless steel screws, or hidden fasteners
Sources:
Common Options:
Hot water or baseboard heat
Hydro hot air heat
Forced hot air heat
Radiant heat
Gas, oil, or electric
Vinyl Windows
Suppliers:
Common Options:
New construction or replacement
Window style-
Casing style-
Grids or no grids
Type of screens
Size
Color-
Grade-
Type of glass-
Transoms
Relative Price: Low
Wood Windows
Suppliers:
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
New construction or replacement
Window style-
Casing style-
Grids or no grids
Type of screens
Size
Color-
Grade
Type of glass-
Transoms
Relative Price: High
Suppliers:
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Size
Fixed or operable
If operable, manually or electrically
Blinds between the glass or not
Sources:
Common Options:
Size
Steel, polyethylene, or wood
Insulated or uninsulated
If steel & insulated, steel interior or open
Color
If wood, paint, stain, or cleat
Glass or no glass
Garage door openers or not
Suppliers:
See Gutters
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
To Daylight or into Gutter Drains
Aluminum or Copper
If Aluminum, color
If Aluminum, leaf protection or not
Hidden fasteners or straps
Asphalt Shingle
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Relative Price: Low
Cedar Shakes
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Relative Price: High
Standing Seam Metal
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Relative Price: High
Composite
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Relative Price: High
Metal
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Relative Price: High
Slate
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Relative Price: High
Vinyl Siding
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Clapboard or shake look
Multiple grades
Foam backing
Starter board, frieze board, crown molding, or door & window mantles
Shutters
Relative Price: Low-
Wood Siding: Western Red Cedar Clapboard
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Clear or finger jointed
Clear, stained, or painted
Multiple grades
Cedar or pine trim
Starter board, frieze board, crown molding, door & window mantles
Shutters
Relative Price: Medium-
Wood Siding: Cedar Shakes & Shingles
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Western red cedar or eastern white cedar
Shakes or shingles
Regular shingles or re-
Clear, stained, or painted
Multiple grades
Cedar or pine trim
Starter board, frieze board, crown molding, or door & window mantles
Shutters
Relative Price: High
Fiber Cement Siding
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Clapboards or shingles
Starter board, frieze board, crown molding, or door & window mantles
Shutters
Relative Price: Medium
Masonry: Brick & Stone
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing & Masonry
Common Options:
Regular or thin veneer
Relative Price: High
Masonry: Stucco
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing & Masonry
Additional Sources:
Relative Price: High
Masonry: Cultured Stone
Suppliers:
See Siding & Roofing & Masonry
Additional Sources:
Relative Price: High
Suppliers:
See Lumber
Additional Sources:
Common Options:
Doug Fir or Spruce
Regular plywood or OSB (particle board)
Dimensional floor joists or TJI floor joists
Regular built up beams or LVL/micro-