INTERIOR DOORS: JELD-WEN door takes advantage of juniper wood

“(Western juniper) now occupies about 10 times more territory across eastern Oregon, northern California, and southwest Idaho than it did in the 1880s and has muscled out native shrubs, flowers and grasses to achieve a dominance that may last for hundreds of years.” – “Oregon’s Agriculture Progress,” Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station, 1995- 2005.

JELD-WEN windows and doors has just announded availability of interior and exterior doors made with Western juniper as part of the authentic rustic style JELD-WEN® IWP® Estate collection.

The company is calling these doors an eco-friendly green option for homeowners because juniper is considered a “water hog,” and the overgrowth of juniper especially in the Western states has been linked to the disappearance of critical water springs in high desert regions, as a single tree can consume 30 to 50 gallons of water per day.

JELD-WEN goes on to say that since invasive juniper outcompetes several native plant species, this leads to a loss of forests and wildlife habitat. So much so, state and local governments have offered programs to help support juniper removal in areas where it is quite literally a growing problem…now this “throwaway” wood, which might otherwise be burned down to clear land, can be put to productive use.

The company says its Juniper doors deliver unique knots and splits in addition to Read more

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WINDOWS: JELD-WEN AuraLast tells a greener window story

Straight from the International Builders Show in Orlando this week, JELD-WEN emerges to tell a green story about their windows…

Reinventing an Industry Gives JELD-WEN a Growing and Green Advantage

February 13, 2008 — ORLANDO, Fla. (IBS booth W-1701) – JELD-WEN’s efforts to revolutionize the wood window and door industry by inventing technology that creates longer lasting, more reliable products is a major hit with today’s growing market looking for green and sustainable solutions.

Called AuraLast The Worry-Free Wood®, JELD-WEN’s secret to longer-lasting wood windows and doors is due to an exclusive manufacturing process that forces protection against moisture saturation, wood decay and insect infestation all the way through to the core of the wood. This allows the company to offer an industry-leading 20-year warranty for its pine wood windows and Read more

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