Interior additions and replacements

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000975",
  "term": "Interior additions and replacements",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "According to the American Housing Survey, these are jobs that were major alterations or improvements in the last two years, such as insulation, installation of wall to wall carpeting, other floorings, paneling, ceiling tiles, or drywall.\n\nInsulation. Includes fiberglass batts and other loose materials, or foam or other materials blown into the walls, ceilings or attics. Excludes plastic film seasonally installed over windows or doors as insulation. Includes caulking and weather stripping only if all or most of the homes doors or windows were treated otherwise caulking and weather stripping is considered routine maintenance.\n\nWall-to-wall carpeting. Carpeting that is cut to fit a specific room, and goes completely to the walls of that room. It generally is also fixed in place.\n\nOther floorings. Examples include hardwood, tile, marble, or vinyl flooring. Includes only the addion or replacement of flooring that is considered a finished floor. Excludes refinishing hardwood floors, or cleaning existing floors.\n\nPaneling, ceiling tiles, or drywall. \"Paneling\" refers to large sheets of material that are put on existing walls. Paneling may be made of wood, gypsum board, wood byproducts, etc. Ceiling tiles are suspended from or attached to the existing ceiling. Drywall consists of large, rigid sheets of finishing material used to create the interior walls of dwellings.",
  "see_also": [
    "Home improvement"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/interior-additions-and-replacements/"
}