bribery glass topped with a vinyl covering which requires no painting so new is this prefabricated sealing the contractors brought in manufactures representatives to teach workers how to install the sound conditioner it comes in the manufacturers have designed a special plastic to pry attacking in the edges of the vinyl covering to provide a straight meat theme the result assuming that as everything on a new material are the craftsman who build houses for a living and they are sold on after only a few hours carpenters or had never worked with the private grass panels were able to install a ceiling in a fraction of the time required for a standard gypsum board comfort is important but there are other reasons for investing in a quiet home dined as they're shown at the constant bombardment of noise in the modern city actually makes this edgy tired irritable but quiet child counts is intended to provide a buffer against the constant stream of noise that we must endure most of the day keep in mind as we look at the homes that these pictures were taken a few days before the houses were completed along with some time in bo unskillfully constructed fireplaces that you'll see in this pride or in any parade of home two car garage kitchen as well as the laundry room and extra bedroom and back on the lower level that's minerva center of the parade of homes the office of the birmingham association of home builders located at six twelve thirty seventh grade son that's modern office houses a full time staff that keeps its members primes up on the latest trends in the building industry a membership is composed of all types of individuals and companies that are involved in the design building and financing of the home advances in building research advances that affect the local builders overseeing the operation this year is the sixty five association president lester c ryan while visiting the home builders association we talked or grand prix as a past president of the birmingham association of home builders i know you have worked very hard about this time of year on a parade of homes but this year you have a special interest is that right yes harry  trustees of the national housing center in washington and it was in a housing center that we developed a quite half concept and we're using birmingham as a pilot city let's talk just a little bit about this quiet house concept  is this something that well maybe you thought up or is it something that is a pretty big program that's getting national attention this is a large program for and it will be getting national attention and fact about a year ago we started this program through our nice know association of home builders research laboratory they set the standards for quite homes that would reduce the noise a transformation of noise from one room to another and cut down on the at fact no eyes coming into the house this year we will have representatives from forty one home build and manufacturers throughout the country in attendance for this parade also we will have homebuilders from all over the nation that will be coming to birmingham to see the power parade of homes using the quite house concept it is expected that this will be used nationwide next year and homes well in this program we've attempted to show some of the advantages of the quiet home but what about people visiting the parade can you tell us a little bit about the demonstration house out there a demonstration house harry is a house divided into two  large rooms one room is let's say conventionally built using the they products that appliances that we would normally put into a hat the adjoining room is built with all the quiet half are sound condition techniques and materials you think this will demonstrate very graphically to the folks who come to see the parade of homes that are exactly the advantages you're building in right yet terry well because you were wrong from the out but there may be some folks who would like to have a few direction we believe that we have made it a zero dacia harry we have provided our parking lot at the intersection of us thirty one and green springs are colombia road from there you can take a shuttle bus ride to the private entrance very good while i look forward to seeing you out there i know we have just about a week to go and there are a few more things to be done but they always manage to make the deadline and i know this year you and everyone connected with the parade will be very proud of the one hundred sixty five parade of homes any final word you'd like to add we just want to say to everyone young come we want we will looking forward to th