How long can your garage door opener or refrigerator or medicine cabinet serve? It's amazing the things you can find a study to tell you!
By any reckoning, a home is expected to last many years and serve several successive generations. But what about the individual components that comprise the house? How many years of service can a home owner reasonably expect from a roof or a door, a window or a whirlpool tub?
A new NAHB study sponsored by Bank of America Home Equity takes some of the mystery out of the subject with the caveat that numerous factors, including use, maintenance, climate, advances in technology and simple consumer preferences can have a dramatic effect on product longevity.
For the full report: http://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?genericContentID=72539&print=false
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