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Effective April 3, 2012, Central States received approval FL14026-R1 – 2010 by the Florida Bulding Code for:
For Installation guidelines that meet this approval, please click here. To learn more about the approval, click here and enter the approval code where indicated.
Effective March 1, 2012, Central States completed certification by the Texas Department of Insurance for their Windstorm Inspection Program for:
To visit the TDI Windstorm Inspection Program website, click here.
Central States is now offering Central-Snap, a vertical 1 3/4″ snap-lock standing seam panel system that is ideal for architectural and commercial applications. Available in 24 gauge in 15 standard colors using a Kynar (polyvinylidene fluoride) coating system, Central-Snap is initially available in markets serviced by our Lowell, AR and Cedar Hill, TX locations. To find out more about this great new offering, please click here.
The 2012 Frame Building Expo will be held February 29 – March 2, 2012 in St. Louis, MO at the America’s Center. The Expo is the premiere post-frame building industry event of the year. Over a thousand professionals including builders, manufacturers, suppliers, building material dealers, distributors, code and design professionals, architects, engineers, and industry academics attend the Expo each year.
Make plans to attend; and, if you do, stop by and see us at Booth #215. Click here for more information on this event.
Central States has finalized the steps needed to have our product offerings be MCA-Certified Roofing Panels. Profiles officially certified include Panel-Loc, Panel-Loc Plus, R-Loc, M-Loc, Horizon-Loc, Central-Loc and Central Seam Plus in both Kynar and Prime paint coatings.
Benefits of Metal Roofing Certification:
For a complete list of our certification numbers by profile, click here.
MetalCon International is the one event that helps you pioneer new frontiers in the metal industry. Its focus is on innovation. Its message is the application of metal in roofing, commercial, industrial, institutional and municipal construction.
This year’s event will be held October 11-13, 2011 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. Make plans to attend and to stop by our booth (#901) to see what’s new. For more information on this year’s event, click here.
The 3rd Qtr. 2011 Customer Newsletters have been published. The quarterly newsletters are created by the employee owners at Central States Manufacturing to provide information, insight and ideas to help build our customers’ business. There is a location-specific version for each of our manufacturing facility locations:
2011 Q3 Newsletter for Lowell, Arkansas
2011 Q3 Newsletter for Michigan City, Indiana
2011 Q3 Newsletter for Cedar Hill, Texas
2011 Q3 Newsletter for Jasper, Alabama
2011 Q3 Newsletter for Mount Airy, North Carolina
In the past few weeks, the majority of steel mills in the U.S. announced price increases. High raw material costs, improving demand and low inventory availability were the most consistent reasons cited for the increase announcements. We have also received notification that our paint suppliers are raising prices as soon as October.
While the final impact to our costs is unknown, we feel it necessary to communicate the pricing pressures that we are receiving in order for you to successfully plan your late fall quotes. While we are always vigilant in keeping our costs as low as possible, our suppliers have been persistent in passing higher commodity costs directly to our material costs. We will communicate more regarding percentages and a timeline as details become clearer.
Congress has extended this provision for 2011 with some modifications to eligibility requirements, and reductions in the cap to $500 per home. The credit covers 10% of the material cost, up to $500, for qualifying metal roofs placed in service between January 1-December 31, 2011.
Home improvement tax credits are available for home improvements “placed in service” from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010. Credits are available for insulation, replacement windows, non-solar water heaters, and certain high efficiency heating and cooling equipment [metal roofing is also included in the list]. The maximum amount that a taxpayer may claim from all of these tax credits combined is $1500 or 30% of the cost of materials over the lifetime of the tax credit (2009 and 2010).
On October 3, 2008, the U.S. President signed into law the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.” This bill extended tax credits for energy efficient home improvements. Tax credits for these residential products, which had expired at the end of 2007, were available for improvements made during 2009. However, improvements made during 2008 are not eligible for a tax credit.
Unfortunately, labor is not covered in the ENERGY STAR credit. For roofs, the material cost is all the tax credit applies to.
There are three documents that you will need to keep on file to support the tax credit. They are:
To apply for the incentive, use IRS form 5695.
Visit energystar.gov for more information on the tax credit and how you can benefit from it.
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