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It is my pleasure to present you with the 2014 Fall IDEAS magazine. Our editorial team and valued vendor partners have come together to enlighten our readers with new products, design trends and national brands all available at your local Castle Building Centres location. Our Fall editorial line up includes an interesting feature on kitchen planning and another great spotlight on the impact of technological advances in the decorative tile industry.

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ContributorsDavid Chilton Saggers

Lawrence Cummer

2 insulation

4 windows/doors

11 garage doors

16 moulding

19 wall boards

20 paint

25 storage structures

26 siding

27 decks/railings

36 roofing

12 KILLER KITCHENS By David Chilton Saggers

15 REALLY SMART APPLIANCES By David Chilton Saggers

22 TILE MEETS TECHNOLOGY By Lawrence Cummer

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Shakespeare told us in Hamlet that there is nothing new under the sun. He was writ-ing about human behaviour, but his words

could just have easily been about kitchens. They have come full circle, from the central

gathering place in any dwelling to a separate room for preparing and cooking food and back to being a household’s focal point save for those occasions that call for a certain formality.

Given this renewed emphasis on the kitchen,

how has its design changed lately? What, in other words, are the essentials that go into creating today’s “killer kitchen” layout? How space is used is the first consideration.

Once, when kitchens were home to many fewer appliances, the distances between them, if not quite moot, did not matter nearly so much as they do now.

After all, back when it was mother who staffed the kitchen and if she was a stay-at-home parent

then it was assumed she had enough energy to skip from one end of the kitchen to the other.

Times have changed. It is a common observa-tion that both parents work so fatigue is hardly unknown, and the time and energy saving “kitch-en triangle”, that trio of stove, fridge and sink laid out geometrically held sway for years, and may still do so. However, as kitchens evolve so too does their design.

Shanna McDonald, senior account representa-

In kitchen planning these days different zones

for different tasks have taken over.

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tive at Superior Cabinets in Saskatoon, Sask. and an interior designer by training, says the kitchen triangle can still be used, but in kitchen planning these days different zones for different tasks have taken over.

One zone would be for food storage, she says, with often a fridge right next to a built-in pantry; a second zone would be for plates, cups, containers and so on; third would be a cleaning zone with the sink at the centre; appliances such as a stove and a microwave would constitute the cooking zone; and finally there would be a food preparation zone.

“When I started designing kitchens 12 years ago definitely the triangle was in there; but over time as house plans and kitchens changed that did not seem to work, so it just made more sense putting

like things together,” says McDonald.

For Leslie Teague, who works in Kitchen Design and Sales Support at Merit Kitchens in Surrey, B.C., the triangle is still central to producing a kitchen to brag about as it ensures that there is not too much distance between its three elements.

“You want your appliances to be in fairly close proximity,” says Teague. “There is the design wish and there is functionality. You always want space on either side of the range, and the same thing with your fridge. Same with the sink.”

Another element in the design of that killer kitchen is cabinetry. These days, says McDonald, she

recommends that all drawers be at the bottom of the cabinets that hold them, all of them with silent close doors. “Instead of using upper cabinets for things that are harder to reach, there are draw-ers for them now,” says McDonald, noting today’s emphasis on ergonomics in design. Teague agrees, saying 15 to 20 years ago kitchens had some draw-ers and some shelves, but these days functionality is king.

As for kitchen colour, white is still dominant, Teague says. It is clean and bright and can be paired with other colours with ease, she says. White is also it for McDonald: “We are seeing a huge trend in white kitchens. White kitchens are definitely timeless.” It can be matched with earth tones and if homeowners want to get some colour in their kitchens they can get it with their countertops, McDonald explains.

Medium-density fibreboard (MDF) is the material of choice for most cabinets. It is cost effective, hard wearing and is produced in a multiplicity of colours.

McDonald is not certain that solid wood is all it is cracked up to be, although

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Teague says customers still want the strength of solid wood for their cabinet doors, with maple probably the most popular. However, says Teague, if a cabinet door is to be painted then its central panel will be MDF.

Of course, budget will determine just how “killer” that killer kitchen will be. “Most people are very realistic about their budgets,” says McDonald. “Usually we start with a budget.” Budgets vary widely so averaging out the cost of a kitchen that wows the neighbours is impossible.

However, McDonald suggests two-thirds of the budget will be for cabinetry and the other one-third for a coun-tertop. Homeowners should not forget something else, adds Teague, and that is the need for “great communica-tion” with the designer. Oh, and both say that consulting professional installers for islands and cabinetry is the way to go.

Grant Calberry, general manager at Post-Form Prod-ucts in Peterborough, Ont., is also a fan of calling in the professionals when it comes to installing countertops.

Laminated and the increasingly popular butcher

block countertops can be put in by the DIYer, says Calberry, but the increasingly popular granite countertop is very heavy, will need at least two installers, and extra strength cabinets to support its weight.

Funnily enough, for a rock that is touted for its macho toughness, granite needs delicate handling: it must be stacked and carried vertically or is liable to break.

The cost, size and what one might call culinary qualities of a countertop are also a factor in kitchen design, Calberry explains.

A laminated countertop costs about $1,000, a butcher block countertop made of maple and using

food grade stains and finishes runs to $3,000 or so, but a granite countertop can cost as much as $4,000, says Calberry. A granite countertop will stretch only 10’ compared to a laminate’s 12’ before joints are needed. Granite is not flour friendly, either.”

Some of the solid surface materials are not as conducive to baking,” Calberry goes on to say. “If you do a lot of baking, the granite’s cold and the flour reacts poorly to cold. If you are rolling out dough, you have got to put something down to roll it on.”

Great design or not, at least some of the killer kitchen’s reputation rests on what is actually prepared there.

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Some appliances today are really smart

When smart appliances are as ubiquitous as smart phones it will be game over, and any apprehen-

sion about installing them as part of a kitchen’s overall design will have disappeared.

What are smart appliances? Lyndon Madden, group marketing manager at GE Major Appliances in Burl-ington, Ont. describes them this way: “Smart kitchen appliances have more intuitive features and benefits to them that really help make a particular process easier in the kitchen.”

There is a new GE refrigerator, says Madden, that demonstrates just how smart “smart” can be.

Many fridges have ice and water dispensers on the outside, but the homeowner has to stand with a finger on a paddle to fill a jug.

This model allows her to push the button then walk away and do something else as the fridge fills the jug to 90% capacity then stops.

“Or you can actually press a function that says put two cups of water in this pot and you can walk away while it’s doing that,” says Madden. “The same product comes with a filter in it that now filters out 98% of the top five pharmaceuticals that are commonly found in drinking water.”

Another example of a smart appliance would be a gas stove from GE. Madden says self-cleaning ovens are commonplace, but the homeowner still has to remove the racks from them when the self-cleaning function is turned on because otherwise they would be damaged.

It also means they have to be cleaned by hand. With

the GE range the racks are coated with the same material as the oven cavity so the cleaning can be done all at once and any manual work eliminated. This same range, Mad-den continues, offers not the usual four burn-ers but five.

The fifth is situated between the two sets of burners, and rather than being typically circular it is elongated to allow multiple ingredients to be cooked at the same time in the same pot.

The same range has a tri-ring burner that puts out three separate rings of gas, says Madden. “They go as low as the 140 degrees Fahrenheit, which is where the bacterial elimination point is, but also goes up as high as 20,000 BTU.”

As for such advances as appliances that can be turned on by a smart phone during, say, a homeward bound commute, Madden says homeowners should decide how much they are going to be used before they take the plunge.

What occurs, nevertheless, is that consumers want to stay “on trend” irrespective of need. Further, says

Madden, most appliances, whatever their smart qualities, have not altered kitchen design: a range is a standard 30” wide; a fridge needs a space 36” wide and a dishwasher one that is 24”.

Only the microwave remains non-standard size. “I would say that most appliances still are designed for the hole that exists in the kitchen for them.” Homeowners do not want to

redo their cabinets and cup-boards just to accommodate their appliances, he adds.

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New technology advances are giving homeowners the natural beauty of stones and woods coupled with the maintenance

and durability of vinyl, porcelain and ceramic tiles.High-definition digital printing is bringing tile flooring to a new

level by allowing patterns that closely emulate marble, granite, and petrified and natural hardwoods. Industry experts also say the pro-cess uses fewer materials, creates less waste and is faster to produce than older “analog” methods.

“They can print images onto porcelain and get really cool shapes and patterns that have never been possible,” says Stephanie Brown, sales manager for kitchens and baths at CanSave.

Making use of the new printing techniques, tiles that closely match hardwood are becoming more popular in kitchens and bathrooms, Brown says, because real wood is contraindicated due to heavy traffic, spills and moisture. On the other hand, porcelain, vinyl or ceramic tiles are a viable alternative.

Of course, always popular is the look of real stone such as mar-ble on the floor or wall, but maintenance can be similarly daunting when compared with tiles.

“When you look at a real stone, it is very expensive to maintain and you have to be more careful, especially in a residence,” says Ross Keltie, vice-president of sales and marketing at Centura Tile in Toronto. “You are going to be spilling milk or juice on the floor, and they have a tendency to eat away at the surfaces of polished stones.”

With tiles, of course, one need not cry over such spilled milk. “You have no issues with water, with scratching; you have a floor that is pretty much indestructible,” Keltie notes.

The newer digitally-printed tiles became available in the last five years, but have really found their place in the market in the last three, he says, and have spawned countless design options.

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They originated in Italy, which is known for its leader-ship in porcelain tile fashion and production, says Cam-eron Overacker, president of floor-covering distributor Primco Ltd. of Calgary.

Across the Atlantic it is partly driven by a demand for natural hardwood, which Overacker admits is much easier to find in forest-rich Canada. “It is a man-made product, but with the visuals Mother Nature would bring, without being cut from a mountain or forest,” he says.

Hardwood-looking porcelain tiles might not currently be quite as trendy in lumber-abundant Canada as over-seas, but they are an elegant option popular with some due to lower cost and the consistency of the material, Over-acker says.

Material improvementsAdvancements are not limited to digitally-printed por-celain or ceramics. Luxury vinyl tiles are becoming the fastest growing category in the flooring industry, accord-ing to Jeanette McCuaig, principal designer for residential product design at Armstrong World Industries.

“It is not just the peel-and-stick product of the past,”

McCuaig says. “I cannot tell you how many times I meet people and they do not even know luxury vinyl tiles exist.”

Like porcelain alternatives, she says products such as Armstrong’s Alterna Premium Tile look like quarried stone, but afford comfort and easy care. In fact, Canada’s climate is one place where people are really warming up to luxury vinyl flooring, she says. “Ceramic is great in the southwest of the United States where it is warm,” she suggests. “In colder climates, it is warmer to the feet, it is easier to care for and more durable than ceramic tiles.”

Although called luxury vinyl, very little of Armstrong’s Alterna flooring is, in fact, vinyl. It is actually an engi-neered stone made from 75% crushed limestone, but easier on the feet than stone, warmer and better at absorb-ing impact.

“Luxury vinyl tile is a very hot product,” Keltie concurs, adding that it can even go over old floor as long as the floor is properly prepped, and because it is thinner it can help with room height issues.

Transitions from floors to walls, and between spaces, are key elements of design worth considering when build-ing your dream space.

Overacker notes that tiles produced today have options of a highly-polished look that “makes the colour pop.” This can be especially useful in a bathroom, where the same basic pattern can be run throughout, but with a “natural” finish on the floor and high-shine on the tub, shower or surrounding wall. The effect will blend and tie the room together.

Similarly, different profiles of tile can create transitions between living spaces in open-concept homes, Overacker suggests. The number of available options allows seamless,

but interesting, transitions to create visual breaks between rooms without walls separating them.

Sizing up optionsShape and size also have a huge impact. Continuous technology improvements, once again coming out of Italy, have allowed porcelain planks to grow longer, which is especially important when trying to emulate wood. Originally a 4” by 24” visual, hardwood or petrified wood-

emulating tiles have grown to a standard of no shorter than 36”, but commonly 48” (and 6-7” wide). This goes a long way to creating a real wood look, where planks are commonly 6’ or 7’ long.

Even when not looking for wood knock-offs, bigger is better tends to be the design of the day. “Larger format tiles are much more designable,” Brown says. “As such, they continue to be popular. You do not see many 4”x4” tiles going into kitchens anymore.”

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actually, reemerging) in kitchens and bathrooms, such as hexagon or octagon tiles. This shape variety allows homeowners to create unique, never-before-seen rooms, adds Keltie.

Of course, larger tiles take less time to install, but the aesthetics you want should take top priority. The Canadian market is slightly slower to adopt the larger sizes that have grown in popularity and fashion in Europe, Overacker says, adding that they create a more stunning and authen-tic-looking aesthetic.

Installation and maintenance tipsKeltie offers some expert tips for homeowners looking to install their own tile flooring. While some are simple enough, he is amazed at how often they are overlooked:

• Do all necessary prep. The prep before installing tiles is just as important as the tiles themselves. Make sure the subfloor is in solid condition, and use a good underlay-ment. “These are the parts of the installation you do not

see, but they make sure it goes smoothly.”• Buy a good grout. Keltie recommends selecting grout

that has some flexibility or give, but also one that is stain proof.

• Read the instructions. You may have installed tiles years ago, but mortars and grouts have improved over the years and they are not mixed the same. In particular, they tend to use less water and dry faster.

• Abide by the basics. Measure and lay your lines pre-cisely and follow the pattern.

The work behind the tile is where DIYers too often cut corners, he says. “Laying down the tiles is the easy part; floor prep and following the instructions are probably the most important and yet where most people screw up.”

Keltie also dismisses an age-old maintenance myth: clean ceramic tiles with vinegar and water. “This actually eats away at the grout and glaze.” Instead, use hot water and, if needed, a mild detergent, and always rinse the floor properly after cleaning.

Also, remember one of tile’s major advantages is around minor repairs. Where a crack in stone can be impossible to repair, a single broken tile can, and should, be replaced quickly. It almost goes without saying, do not leave a ceramic or porcelain tile chipped or cracked; it is basically a broken glass surface on which to snag socks or, worse, cut feet.

• Have extra tiles on hand for repairs. A good rule of thumb is to have at least a carton of tiles left over after the installation.

“It is very cheap insurance on your floor,” says Keltie. “Whether it is porcelain or ceramic or whatever, when little Johnny comes around and drops a hammer on the floor, where do you go to find that exact tile?”

Like all fashion, tile patterns have a lifecycle; expect a maximum of five years.

That fashion lifecycle along with new technologies, old shapes, new sizes and a plethora of patterns mean that when it comes to tiles there will never be a shortage of options.

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AND STONE!Bold Colours, Big ImpactOur darker vinyl sidings are fortified with ChromaTrue® technology to ensure the luxurious colour stays true and are backed by a lifetime limited warranty against fading. See printed warranty for complete details.

Designer Colours

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Achieve the custom appeal of traditional stone masonry but without the extra cost and installation time. Versetta Stone replicates the beauty of natural stone in a non-structural, cement-based, panelized stone veneer that’s easy to install.

• Cast in molds and hand-coloured with iron oxide pigments to replicate natural stone shapes, textures and patterns

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A rich mix of colour and texture can transform any home from basic to beautiful.

It’s all about the details. Create your signature look with a full complement of siding and accessories from Gentek. From a sophisticated modern home, to a traditional colonial or modest ranch, Gentek products will impart a superb finished look with impeccable craftsmanship.

Our extensive product offering has everything you need, including versatile profile designs and textures, as well as colour palettes in classic hues, dark designer colours and earthy variegated shades. Decorative accents and trim complete the picture – perfectly.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

WITH COLOUR

AND STONE!Bold Colours, Big ImpactOur darker vinyl sidings are fortified with ChromaTrue® technology to ensure the luxurious colour stays true and are backed by a lifetime limited warranty against fading. See printed warranty for complete details.

Designer Colours

Venetian Red Harvest Wheat Dark Drift Saddle Brown Mountain Arbor

Moonlit Moss Midnight Surf Windswept Smoke

Coastal BlueRockwell Blue Iron Ore

Espresso

NEW!

NEW!

NEW!

Add Dimension with Versetta Stone®

Achieve the custom appeal of traditional stone masonry but without the extra cost and installation time. Versetta Stone replicates the beauty of natural stone in a non-structural, cement-based, panelized stone veneer that’s easy to install.

• Cast in molds and hand-coloured with iron oxide pigments to replicate natural stone shapes, textures and patterns

• Panels install just like siding with interlocking tongue and groove

• Ideal for exteriors, interiors, new construction and remodel projects

• Backed by a 50 year limited warranty – see printed warranty for details

The beauty of stone, the simplicity of siding™

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Y E A R SPart of The Designed Exterior™ by Ply Gem

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All you need. All working together beautifully.

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Y E A R SPart of The Designed Exterior™ by Ply Gem

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Crowne Slate, Armourshake & Royal Estate P R E M I U M R O O F I N G P R O D U C T S

See for yourself the beautiful colour blends available for Crowne Slate, Armourshake and Royal Estate architectural laminated shingles. Crowne Slate and Royal Estate resemble natural slate tiles and Armourshake

mimics the interlaced look, deep cut and contoured profile of thick natural wood shakes.

For additional information on our full line of premium roofing products please call: 1-855-IKO-ROOF (1-855-456-7663) or visit our website at www.iko.com

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Royal Estate

Offers the luxurious look of natural slate without the maintenance worries and expense.

Colour featured is Armourshake Weathered Stone

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Experience the warmth, not the worry, of real wood shakes.

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Crowne Slate

Total confidence, for unparalleled curb appeal and quality that lasts for years, even in the worst weather.

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Cambridge HD is the latest offering in IKO’s Cambridge Collection.

The new high-definition (HD) profile offered in 5 breathtaking colour blends of the Nature’s Accents Collection gives the shake-like appearance of the Cambridge shingle more contrast than ever before. Like Cambridge, these architectural laminated shingles come in IKO’s Advantage size.

Advantage: 3 bundles of Cambridge shingles = 1 true square.

For additional information on our full line of premium roofing products please call: 1-855-IKO-ROOF (1-855-456-7663) or visit our website at www.iko.com

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AR1See Limited Warranty for complete terms, conditions, restrictions and application requirements. 2This impact rating for Cambridge IR Shingles is solely for the purpose of enabling residential property owners to obtain a reduction in their residential insurance premium, if available. It is not to be construed as any type of expressed or implied warranty by the manufacturer, supplier or installer. 3All Cambridge products contain a preservative to prevent discoloration by algae.

Cambridge IR

Offers superior weather and impact resistance. Suited to areas that are prone to temperature

extremes, severe storms and hail.

Choose from a huge array of colours to coordinate perfectly with your home’s style.

Stand out or blend in, the choice is yours.

Cambridge

Colour featured is Cambridge HD: Appalachian

Cambridge HD

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BP shingles are backed by more than 100 years of expertise and a commitment to protect your home with the most advance

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WE’VE GOT A world of protection FOR YOU

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BP shingles are backed by more than 100 years of expertise and a commitment to protect your home with the most advance

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