Rub a dub dub! Polyurethane’s in the tub!
It’s Bubble Bath Day and polyurethane couldn’t be happier. Where exactly can you find polyurethane in your bathroom? Polyurethane foam is also in contoured bath pillows, as well as bath mats and some exfoliating body sponges.
So much polyurethane, so little time.
Category: Home Builders
Do you snuggle up in a blanket next to a warm, crackling fire on cold winter nights?
More than the blanket may be keeping you warm inside your home.
Polyurethane can keep you and your family warm this winter and help reduce the energy usage in your home.
Check out some of the ways polyurethane helps keep you warm and cozy:
Spray polyurethane foam can play a major role in insulating and air-sealing homes and buildings – helping to reduce air leakage, which can result in lower utility bills,* and to improve indoor air quality by eliminating drafty air...
Category: Appliances, Home Builders
Spice it up!
While you’re being bold and having fun in the kitchen, things can get a little messy.
Luckily, many kitchen cabinets and surfaces are coated with a polyurethane finish that helps them look bright, shiny and new – even after the boldest of cooking.
Polyurethane also helps keep leftovers fresh. Polyurethane foam is used to insulate many refrigerators – help to keep our spicy food cool and fresh.
Category: Appliances, Furniture, Home Builders
Whether we listen for today’s hit music, the most up-to-date news coverage or to make our commutes more bearable, many of us spend time each day tuning into our favorite radio stations.
Mighty House Radio listeners recently heard about the many benefits of polyurethane and spray polyurethane foam.
Lee Salamone, senior director of the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry, and Justin Koscher, director of the Spray Foam Coalition, spoke with the Mighty House Radio hosts about how polyurethane is present in many of the products that make our homes comfortable and stylish, including furniture, mattresses, appliances, carpet underlay and...
Category: Home Builders
Spray polyurethane foam can have BIG benefits for even the smallest of houses.
Spray polyurethane foam insulation can be used to help fill gaps and stop air leaks in many areas of a home or building – whether they are big or small. In fact, the construction and use of tiny houses is sweeping the country. Plastics Makes It Possible takes you step-by-step through the overall construction and design of the exterior and interior for one of these mobile and tiny houses.
Along with vinyl plastic sliding and trim, solar power plastic roof shingles, and plastic interior...
Category: 2015 Polyurethane Technical Conference, Home Builders
Will Meyer, an architect and interior designer, has created a home with every feature and emotion in mind. Mr. Meyer faced with many design challenges, but found polyurethane is often a worthy and effective solution for a lot of architects. Polyurethane coatings can enhance and lengthen a product’s lifespan. Polyurethane coatings help any floor stand up to the wear and tear of kids running around. Adhesives can provide durable bonding solutions, and polyurethane sealants provide tight seals. Furthermore, polyurethane foam, like spray foam, is one of the world’s most energy efficient and versatile insulation and air-sealing products....
Category: Architecture, Home Builders
Spring, Texas, January 14, 2015 — The New American Home® demonstrates builder best practices at work in what is considered one of America’s premier show homes. Bayer MaterialScience LLC (http://www.polyurethanes.bayer.com/) is a proud sponsor of The New American Home 2015, being built near Las Vegas. The home is produced and presented by the National Association of Home Builders Leading Suppliers Council and Builder magazine.
Since its inception in 1984, The New American Home has been designed and built to demonstrate concepts, materials, designs and construction techniques that can be replicated in housing built anywhere and in any price range. The mission of...
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A new breed of architects, designers, urban planners and other creative types are reimagining the shared spaces we encounter each day – everything from offices and schools to restaurants and transit stations – to make them more welcoming. Polyurethane plays a major role in several of these designs. Enjoy the video and look for polyurethane used in furniture and bedding, workspaces that are created using surfboard materials. and outdoor “living room” spaces.
Category: Architecture, Home Builders
While Pinterest is full of ideas on how to recycle wooden shipping pallets into all kinds of crafty home furnishings, many used wood pallets end up as waste. The new BLOCKPal pallet is pultruded from polyurethane resin from Bayer Material Science. This pallet can stand up to repeated use with the added benefit of minimizing bacteria and insect accumulation and splintering. For more on this new innovation, read the article in Plastics Today.
Category: Home Builders
Bayer’s lightweight polyurethane composite panels hold the promise to help Malaysia offset an affordable housing crisis.
The panels help enable sturdy, energy efficient homes to be built quickly. The material may be able to reduce the cost of construction by 40% due to reduced labor. The home components can be pre-fabricated, resulting in one unit being completed in five days.
The houses will have the added benefit of greater energy efficiency, with polyurethane providing a durable barrier to air and moisture leakage. This efficiency will reduce cost of ownership while improving the environmental impacts of the homes.
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