Make This Memorial Day One to Remember -- Grab A Video Camera and Enter CertainTeed's Living Spaces™ Facebook® $75,000 Exterior Home Makeover Contest

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This Memorial Day weekend, CertainTeed Corporation -- North America's leading brand of building products -- is encouraging homeowners to grab their video camera and document their wish list for a dream outdoor oasis. Through the CertainTeed Exterior Living Spaces™ Home Makeover Video Facebook® Contest, one lucky winner will receive $75,000 worth of exterior building products, including installation. CertainTeed will also include landscaping and deck furniture.

"Memorial Day is the perfect backdrop for contest submissions since the weekend is often full of fun-filled get-togethers, and shooting a video is something everyone can really have a blast with," says Ken Warshaw, director of marketing communications for the CertainTeed Siding Products Group.  

To enter the contest, upload a 30- to 90-second video to CertainTeed's Living Spaces Facebook page (www.facebook.com/certainteedlivingspaces) explaining why your home needs a facelift using CertainTeed's expansive selection of vinyl and fiber cement siding, roofing, housewrap, decking, railing, fence and trim. CertainTeed will be accepting entries through June 15 and will announce the winner the following week.

"With 10 prizes available -- including the grand prize makeover -- the odds of winning are definitely in homeowners' favor," adds Maria McDonagh-Forde, director of marketing communications for the CertainTeed Roofing Group. "And, there is still plenty of time to enter."

Video entries will appear on the CertainTeed Living Spaces Facebook contest page where visitors can vote for their favorite. The top 10 videos, as selected by Facebook users, will be in competition for a best overall pick by CertainTeed judges. The winning homeowner will also star in a series of video webisodes featuring their home's remarkable transformation. The nine runner-ups will each receive $500 exterior living spaces prize packages. The makeover will occur during the summer by mutual agreement between the contractors and the homeowner. For more information and complete contest details, visit www.facebook.com/certainteedlivingspaces.  

CertainTeed has been on the forefront of manufacturing aesthetically pleasing, high performance building products for more than a century, expanding and evolving to reflect changing tastes and current design trends. Today, the exterior products line-up includes the industry's largest selection of vinyl and fiber cement siding, the popular Landmark® asphalt roofing shingles, Cedar Impressions® Polymer Shakes, Restoration Millwork® cellular PVC trim, EverNew® composite decking, Bufftech® fence and more. For more information about CertainTeed, visit www.certainteed.com.

About CertainTeed

Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed® is North America's leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation, gypsum, ceilings and access covers.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, the world's largest building products company, CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 6,000 employees and more than 65 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Recognized as a 2009 and 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, CertainTeed earned the 2011 and 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award, the highest level of recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through energy efficiency. The group had total sales of approximately $3.2 billion in 2011. www.certainteed.com

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