Phenol-Formaldehyde! Only The First of 5 Reasons We Don’t Use StoneWool On Any Of Our Projects

The most important thing for us as homebuilders is to make homes that last, are comfortable and healthy, durable, don’t contain toxic chemicals and provide a safe and secure home for our clients and their families.

Over the many years that we have been building, through careful research, we have found that many, many building materials companies use toxic compounds in their products, don’t tell their buyers or suppliers about the toxic chemicals and some even hide the fact that their products contain these toxic chemicals. Many also make claims about their products that just are not true.

We think it is important to shine a light in these dark places, to get manufacturers to change their behavior, be transparent about their products and start producing only products that are good for homeowners, good for workers and communities and good for the planet.

This video is one of the most startling revelations that we have discovered over the last year, leading us to dramatically change our specifications for our company and to strongly suggest to our clients and architects that they do not use or specify these materials for the reasons that we describe in this video.

This video is the start of our video series that dives deep into the toxicity or lack of toxicity of products found throughout the construction industry, from both the good players, who promote transparency and endeavor to use only non-toxic chemicals in their products and the many bad players who don’t or just don’t seem to care. Whether you are homeowner, architect or builder, we hope this video and subsequent videos, gives you some insight into this category of materials so you can make better choices for yourselves, your workers collaborators, subcontractors or your clients.