Our business, Woodtex, has its roots in Himrod, New York, which is in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. As we gained experience and confidence, we started building bigger, more complex structures like garages and horse barns. Our ability to build a larger garage, and see it delivered in[Read More…]
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NY Army National Guard Train on Building Projects
Nearly 300 soldiers from the Binghamton, New York-based 204th Engineer Battalion used their summer annual training to prepare for overseas deployments and domestic operations while building lasting projects across three ranges and four construction sites in Fort Drum, New York, in July. “Not only are we training to deploy but[Read More…]
Cabin and Cottage Shop Tour in Vermont
Dominic Mangano started Jamaica Cottage Shop back in 1995 in Jamaica, Vermont. Hence, the name (just in case you were curious why a shop in Vermont used the name “Jamaica”). Today, the shop is located in South Londonderry, but the company still creates quality cabins, cottages, and sheds in prefab[Read More…]
Turning a Shed into A Backyard Pub
Mike Sheehan of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has a huge family that loves to get together for lots of parties. The problem with having a big family is that they overrun the house. Sheehan’s wife mentioned that it would be nice to get the family out of the house and keep[Read More…]
Amish Shed Company Launched in Missouri
Samuel Fisher, who learned the shed-building trade in the “Shed Capital of the World,” has launched a new Amish sheds company in Dunnegan, Missouri—Dunnegan Springs Structures. For nearly ten years, Fisher worked in the storage shed industry in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. During that time, he was tasked with doing about every[Read More…]
10 Shed ‘Fails’ That Have to be Seen
We try to keep things on the positive side around here, but, sometimes things happen. That includes “fails” when it comes to shed building. Check out the 10 shed building/moving fails in the following video. YouTuber Bill Berg put together some epic, and hilarious, fails, didn’t he? One of the[Read More…]
Just How Fast Can a Pro Build a Shed?
Last week’s speedy shed build video attracted a lot of interest. One builder decided to share his fast shed building video. Kauffman Builders in Eureka, Montana, wanted to see how fast they could build a shed. Now, they didn’t do it in 10 minutes. The footage is sped up, but[Read More…]
LP EXPANDS WARRANTY TO INCLUDE HAIL DAMAGE
LP has expanded its limited warranty coverage to include hail damage, the company reports. The recent update to the LP® SmartSide® 5/50 Limited Warranty covers numerous LP products that can be used on outdoor sheds, including SmartSide Strand and Fiber Substrate Lap Siding, Panel Siding, Shake, Trim & Fascia, Soffit[Read More…]
For Want of an Air Conditioner, Part 3
Our on-site job in Newalla was going terribly. The first day went great, until we discovered our trim was cut wrong and decided to come back and finish on the second day. The second day was going reasonably well, until I needed a couple things from the truck, only to[Read More…]
Minnesota Builder Makes Something Special for the Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny visits Miller Hill Mall in Duluth, Minnesota, every year. This spring, however, the mall added something special to his set for visiting with the children. A prop shed built by local builder, Duluth Shed. “We got the job to build that prop shed because we have a[Read More…]