All paints and stains used in the wooden structures industry are not created equal. Which is better, paint or stain, when it comes to coating a storage barn? The answer is not as simple as you might think. It depends on what type of surface or substrate you are coating.[Read More…]
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Calculated Risk and Hard Work
They may not have realized it at the time, but in 1983 when Sanford and Barb Lapp moved from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Himrod, New York, to found a shed building business, they were setting a vision for the company that would last more than 30 years. Son Kent Lapp,[Read More…]
Why Rent-to-Own?
Is Rent-to-Own a sound sales tool for the shed builder? The answer is clearly, Yes! It is true that Rent-to-Own contracts require some extra time and effort, but it is also true that increased sales and customer satisfaction more than make up for the extra effort. Rent-to-Own provides the shed[Read More…]
Missouri Shed Builder Gives Back
To see more images from Miller’s trip, visit www.classicbuildingsales.com and look under the company blog. Kenneth Miller, CEO of Classic Buildings LLC in Missouri, is a humble, giving man. The folks on his staff now this and recently shared images from a recent trip Miller made to Honduras to help[Read More…]
A Brief History of Sheds
How times have changed for homeowners and shed builders. A shed in Salem, Massachusetts from Historic Sheds The fact of the matter is, since the nomads first settled into villages, people have accumulated stuff and, as a result, have needed a place to put that stuff. Thus was born the[Read More…]
Trendsetting Requests
Today’s unusual requests are tomorrow’s shed trends—just ask the first person to move their home office to the backyard. However, for shed builders who specialize in custom construction, some requests are a bit too niche to hit the mainstream just yet. Kent Lapp, CEO and principal of Wood-Tex Products, has[Read More…]
A&L Paint Distributor Set Up in Missouri
A&L Paint, a supplier of stain and paint for shed builders in Pennsylvania, is expanding its reach west of the Mississippi with the opening of a distributorship in Hartville, Missouri. “In the winter, sometimes it gets hard to ship out of Pennsylvania because of the cold weather,” said Amos Yoder,[Read More…]
Roseburg Corporate Headquarters to Relocate in 2016
Roseburg Forest Products will be relocating its corporate headquarters to Springfield, Oregon, in September 2016, announced Allyn Ford, president and CEO. The company’s headquarters are currently located in Roseburg, Oregon. Ford explained that several months ago, Roseburg purchased an office building in Springfield and that the Executive Team then spent[Read More…]
‘We Truly Love What We Do’
There seem to be two constants in the shed-building industry: quality and family. For W.E.H. Supply in Denver, Pennsylvania, both are true. The company strives to supply quality materials to the shed-building industry. It’s also very family oriented. The late William E. Hartman formed the company in 1979, and the[Read More…]
The Back Door: The Shed Shop
Tim Kight and Chad Noaeill from The Shed Shop, which serves Minnesota and Wisconsin, built this double-door, backyard shed. It’s an 8 by 12 structure with a 6-inch overhang. The double doors are 5 feet wide, and the window measures 22 by 30 inches. Other features include a window box,[Read More…]
