US Home Systems and Home Depot Open New Markets

Dallas, TX, February 13, 2006--U.S. Home Systems said it has signed an agreement with Home Depot that will see the company offer kitchen and bathroom refacing products and installation services to the home improvement giant. The company said it has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission and that new markets for this venture will include New York, Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri. U.S. Home Systems said it currently offers its kitchen and bathroom products in about 535 Home Depot stores primarily in the western and midwest U.S. This expansion will increase by roughly 350 the number of stores in which the company's kitchen refacing products are available to Home Depot customers, according to the filing. U.S. Home Systems said it will begin offering its products and services in certain New York and Florida markets during the first quarter of 2006 and will continue to roll out the remaining markets through the third quarter. Once the rollout is completed, the company's kitchen refacing products and services will be available in nearly 900 Home Depot stores, with 615 of those stores also carrying its bathroom refacing products. In addition, U.S. Home Systems plans to open 11 regional sales and installation service centers to support the additional markets, the filing said.