Ashes to trim

摘要

On a recent framing project, I was asked to install a trim product that I had never seen or worked with before: Boral TruExterior Trim. This trim is a blend of bio-based polymers and coal-combustion by-products. I think it was designed to fill what many of us see as a glaring hole in the offerings for exterior trim: the lack of a reasonably priced, durable, dimensionally stable, low-maintenance product that looks and tools like wood. If we could have all of that without destroying our environment in the process, even better. From an installer's viewpoint, I have to say that, while not perfect, TruExterior Trim comes pretty close to satisfying that list of demands.