What if we told you that you could see a shed built in less than two minutes? Really, you can … with high-speed video. The folks at Byler Barns in Virginia made a video of their crew building a shed from the ground up. And then they sped up the[Read More…]
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Shed Commercial a Smashing Success?
Shed builders have to sell sheds. And they have many marketing options. One is TV advertising. However, sometimes the shoot doesn’t go quite as planned. A YouTuber found this footage from an old Tuff Shed commercial shoot. The concept, show how sturdy wood sheds are compared to metal sheds by[Read More…]
Winery Helps Food Bank Purchase Shed
Niner Wine Estates in Paso Robles, California, has awarded organizations in San Luis Obispo County with money to fund local projects. The company focuses on supporting organizations that directly support the local community and reflect its own business philosophies. In 2016 these organizations included GleanSLO and must! Charities, both of[Read More…]
U.S. Places Tariffs on Canadian Lumber
The Trump administration placed tariffs up to 24 percent on Canadian lumber shipped to the United States early this week. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of softwood lumber from Canada. “The Department of Commerce determined a need to impose[Read More…]
Protecting the Bottom of Shed Doors
Race Storage Sheds in West Seneca, New York, is providing aluminum splash guards along the bottom of doors for protection at no extra charge, the company reports. According to Race, fiberglass doors used on sheds haven’t had protection at the bottom. Over the years, the company says it has noticed[Read More…]
Chaotic Markets
Prices will move around a lot.” Did I really say that in the previous column? What an understatement! The catalyst for this volatility is the same—the failure to resolve the softwood lumber dispute and the uncertainty in the near future. Prices Lumber prices have been all over the map the[Read More…]
Updated Window Installation Instructions
More sheds than ever are including windows, providing natural lighting and, increasingly, a breath of fresh air into backyard structures serving as workshops, studios, and more. “When I started, we were selling the old awning-covered crank-out [windows],” says Shane Hartman of WEH Supply Inc. in Denver, Pennsylvania. “They’re still around[Read More…]
‘It’s Just Sticks and Slices’
He was born Homer Embree Overfelt. We called him Pop. He was married to his one-and-only love, Agnes, whom I never had the honor to meet due to her early passing when my dad was only 22. He always spoke of her with a gleam in his eye and a[Read More…]
Are You Providing Excellent Customer Service?
Sam Walton once said, “We only have one boss, and that is the customer. And he can fire us any time by simply deciding to spend his money somewhere else.” Newsflash! Providing excellent customer service in the shed industry is vital, if you want to sustain growth and gain market[Read More…]
For Want of an Air Conditioner, Part 2
If you’ll recall at the end of last issue, my crew leader—who shall remain unnamed—decided that we should bring our little F-150 the next day rather than the tool truck to a brutally hot build. Why? Air conditioning! After a stop by the hardware store for a pallet of blocks,[Read More…]
