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Article: Need It or Want It?; Many Home Parts That Are Built to Last Get Replaced for Taste
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 5, 2007
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Thank goodness for fickle consumers and their changing tastes.
Their constant itch to refresh and remodel their homes keeps the
makers of toilets, cabinets, countertops and more in business, which
in turn helps keep the economy humming.
Never mind if many of these things do not need replacing. In a
recent study, the National Association of Home Builders detailed the
life expectancy of roofs, floors and everything in between and found
that some components, such as doors, can last decades, or a
lifetime, if cared for properly.
The study's goal: inform people about how many years they can
reasonably expect from those parts so they can better preserve their
homes' value. Behavioral experts ...