2007-02-02
NO-COAT's SLAM™ corner offers builders the ability to ensure quality, cut costs and win business in today’s competitive market.
SLAM TECHNOLOGY™ Offers Builders Competitive Advantage
Structus™ Building Technologies, the creator of NO-COAT® drywall corners, has developed a Structural Laminate (SLAM™) corner that offers builders the ability to ensure quality, cut costs and win business in today’s increasingly competitive market.
“Of the thousands of building products that go into constructing a new home, drywall corners get overlooked, “ says CEO Tim Smythe. “Most builders leave it up to the sub to decide what corners to use, but you’re playing Russian roulette with your reputation and your bottom line. 90% of the time, corner bead is the default choice and it’s the worst product out there in terms of performance.”
According to a NAHB survey, drywall corner cracks and dents remain the number one reason for callbacks in the industry. Smythe asserts that corner bead is the culprit. “Drywallers have been using bead for 60 years because it’s been the only option, not because it’s the best product,” he explains. “The truth is that it creates more problems than it solves and ends up costing the builder time and money.”
Bead is notorious in the industry for causing edge cracks, denting, rusting, chipping, and peeling. In response to these issues, Structus has spent years perfecting the SLAM design for its NO-COAT corners. SLAM Technology abandons corner bead entirely. Instead, Structus started at square one and integrated new technologies and materials like dimensionally extruded copolymer plastic and formulated saturated paper to build a corner solution that could outperform all others in the market. And builders are noticing the difference.
“A recent 6.7 earthquake here in Hawaii proved NO-COAT’s durability and superiority,” says David Mulligan, President of White Sands Construction. “As a builder, reputation is everything. And frankly, in a down market, you want every competitive advantage. NO-COAT is all we will use and what we demand of our subs.”
Contact:
Jennifer Houston
541.330.0668
jhouston@structus.com
Structus Building Technologies, Inc.™ designs and manufactures innovative building products for the drywall industry. The company’s brands include HYDROTRIM Water-Activated Drywall Corners, the AUTOSLAM Automated Drywall Corner Trim System, NO-COAT Structural Laminate Drywall Corners (ULTRAFLEX, ULTRATRIM, ULTRA ARCH), ULTRATOOL Drywall Finishing Tools and Accessories, and LEVELLINE Drywall Corner Trim.
