It’s a see-saw time when it comes to the lumber market. We have a growing economy. We’re still waiting for a decision on the U.S.-Canada lumber situation. And we have natural disasters, like Hurricane Harvey and the Western wildfires. All of these impact the lumber market, so let’s take a[Read More…]
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Shed Builders in Houston Waiting for Harvey’s Waters to Recede
Hurricane Harvey has been called a 1-in-1,000-year meteorological event because of the flooding it caused in the Houston, Texas, area. Over a four-day period, some areas received up to 40 inches of rain. Sadly, at least 70 people have lost their lives as a result of the storm. Officials[Read More…]
Tiny Homes Making Ownership Possible in Detroit
Detroit has highest rate of concentrated poverty in the 25 top metro areas in the United States. Many factors are making it difficult for residents to get out of poverty, let alone own a home. Tiny Homes Detroit is making a way for low-income folks to become homeowners. The[Read More…]
Georgia-Pacific Building New Lumber Production Facility
Georgia-Pacific plans to build a new lumber production facility in Talladega, Alabama, the company reports. Construction on the $100 million, 300,000-square-foot, technologically advanced plant is scheduled to begin immediately with an anticipated startup in late 2018. Once it is fully operational, the plant will employ more than 100 full-time employees[Read More…]
Video: The Case for Professional Shed Builders
As a shed builder, you work to provide your customers with reliable, quality storage. But did you know you might be protecting life and limb as well? Watch this video and see what happens when two non-professionals try their hand at building a shed. Some people would laugh at this[Read More…]
Two Weeks to The Big Shed Show
The Big Shed Show will take place in just over two weeks, September 28, at the James E. Bruce Convention Center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and those associated with the shed industry can still register to attend The Big Shed Show. This year, Capital Forest and Union Grove Lumber have combined[Read More…]
Big Sky Country Shed Build
There are certain things that have to be done in certain ways to build a shed. However, every builder has his own special techniques for some parts of a build. In the following video, Montana Shed Center, in Great Falls, Montana, shows how they do it. The structure in the[Read More…]
Celebrating 20 Years of LP® SmartSide® Siding
LP Outdoor Building Solutions, a manufacturer of shed-building materials, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its LP® SmartSide® engineered wood products brand. LP SmartSide siding is an engineered wood siding product and one of the fastest-growing brands in the United States, the company says. From sheds to single-family houses to[Read More…]
Tuff Shed Hosts 5 Grand Openings in July
Tuff Shed Inc., a supplier of storage buildings and garages, opened five new sales locations in July, the company reports. On Friday, July 14, the company held one grand opening celebration in Wichita, Kansas. July 15, opening celebrations took place in Aztec, New Mexico; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Pensacola, Florida; and[Read More…]
Benchmarks
“ Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning,” Benjamin Franklin wrote. How can an industry evolve to complement market trends and gauge its level of success without data to measure? Industry analysis is a much-needed tool that can drive a company’s understanding[Read More…]
