Custom Building Products:
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County
(California, April 2004)

Custom Building Products donated installation materials and training to tile five Habitat for Humanity homes in Costa Mesa, California, in April 2004. The five houses included the 100th house built by Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. Industry partners donated materials to cover nearly 3,000 square feet of floor and wall space and trained Habitat crewleaders to install the tile in the homes.

Custom donated surface preparation materials, including Wonderboard and RedGard Waterproofing and Anti-Fracture Membrane, as well as setting materials, grout, tools, and sealers. Custom Technical Service Representatives Kory Jones and John Alldredge spent a day training 25 crewleaders to install tile so they could train volunteers for future projects. Custom is based in nearby Seal Beach, California.

Habitat volunteers set Orchid tile over Custom Building Product’s RedGard in Costa Mesa.		Custom's Kory Jones works with Habitat volunteers to spread thinset inside this Habitat home in Costa Mesa, California.
HFH of Orange County volunteers spread Custom thinset in this Habitat home in Costa Mesa in April 2004.		Habitat volunteers set Orchid tile with Custom setting materials in this home in Costa Mesa, California, in April 2005.
Habitat volunteers worked with both CTIOA and Custom Building Products representatives to learn to install tile in five Costa Mesa homes.		Habitat volunteers set Orchid tile with Custom setting materials over Custom’s RedGard.
Custom Building Products representatives volunteered their time to teach Habitat for Humanity volunteers to set tile in five homes in Costa Mesa, California.		This Habitat volunteer spreads Custom thinset inside a Habitat home in Costa Mesa.
Kory Jones and John Alldredge, both Custom representatives, show Habitat volunteers how to mix Custom thinset in Costa Mesa.		Kory Jones of Custom Building Products teaches Habitat volunteers the proper way to grout a tiled floor.
Custom's John Alldredge demonstrates grouting techniques for a Habitat volunteer in Costa Mesa.		Custom’s Kory Jones shows a Habitat volunteer how to hold a grout float donated by Custom as the volunteer grouts a newly-tiled floor.
Representatives of Orchid Ceramics, Custom Building Products, and HFHOC visit inside this newly-tiled home on Pomona Street in Costa Mesa, California.		Representatives of Orchid Ceramics, Custom Building Products, and HFHOC visit outside one of the Habitat homes tiled in April 2004. The family is visible in the window behind the group.
Raul Reyes and Sal Llamas of Orchid Ceramics meet with HFHOC Executive Director Pete Major at the dedication ceremony for the five homes tiled in Costa Mesa.		Representatives of Custom Building Products and Gray LaFortune of the Ceramic Tile Institute of America meet with HFHOC Executive Director Pete Major at the dedication ceremony for the five homes tiled in Costa Mesa.
Finsihed view of Orchid tile installed with Custom setting materials in this Habitat home.		Custom’s John Alldredge and Kory Jones worked with Habitat volunteers to show them how to spread thinset inside this Habitat home.
Kory Jones of Custom mixes thinset donated by his company in Costa Mesa in April 2004.		Pete Major, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, stands with new homeowner Kari Bernard and her son Elijah. The Bernards tiled their entire home with Orchid tile and Custom setting materials and tools because Elijah suffers from allergies.