The coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic continues to restrict movement and contact, impacting businesses throughout the country. That includes suppliers who provide the materials and services shed builders need. Still, say some suppliers, the industry is doing its best to adapt and serve its customers’ needs, despite the pandemic.
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Tuff Shed Builds Garage for Emergency Worker COVID-19 Testing
Tuff Shed’s Denver, Colorado, team recently helped out the local Children’s Hospital in the fight against COVID-19. The company says the hospital reached out with an urgent need for a building to help support drive-through testing for emergency workers. With the growing number of cases in the state, they wanted to put the new facility to use within two to three days.
Shed Paint Supplier Joins Fight Against COVID-19
A&L Paint, which sells coatings, exterior and interior paint to the shed industry, has joined the fight against COVID-19. In March, it began manufacturing hand sanitizer instead of the usual products it creates and sells.
Virtual Events Offered to Help Shed Businesses
Two marketing firms with ties to the shed-building industry, YDOP and Rosewood Marketing, are hosting webinars and online roundtables to help businesses get through the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
The Shed App’s Order Form Goes 3D
Ordering just got that much easier for customers of The Shed App, shed industry software that provides a single platform from sales through production and delivery. That’s because the company recently released a new 3D order form featuring a mobile-ready interface and improved order flow.
Shed-Building Industry and COVID-19
Nearly every state in the country has instituted “stay at home” policies and closed non-essential businesses due to the coronavirus/COVID-19 global pandemic. Fortunately for the shed-building industry, the outdoor construction nature of the business has allowed builders and dealers to continue selling and building structures.
Market Encouraged by Current Supply/Demand Environment
2020 continued its strong start with builder confidence at a decade’s-high level. Building on strong mill order files and historically favorable lumber prices in Southern Pine and SPF studs, the market has a much better outlook than a year ago.
A Message from Shed Builder Magazine
In this time of worry and fear of the unknown, it is important that we remember Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV) where Jesus said, Do Not Worry. 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.[Read More…]
Shed Haulers Bash 2020 Set to Ride
The 3rd annual Shed Haulers Bash will take place March 20-21 in New Holland, Pennsylvania, at Petra Church. The event will be Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. The cover charge will be $10 per person, per day. Drivers who bring a hauling rig with truck and trailer will get[Read More…]
identiGrow Releases Updated Catalog
Virginia-based identiGrow, a company focused on helping customers provide identification for sheds, gazebos, lawn furniture and other outdoor structures and equipment, recently released an updated catalog featuring an expanded array of product lines. According to identiGrow’s president, Jonathan Lee, whose son Wendell works alongside him, one of its newest items[Read More…]
