Author: Mike Brennan

Shed Builder 2015 Report

After another long year, the shed-building industry can look back and appreciate its successes and learn from the challenges. But what worked, and what didn’t in 2015. Shed Builder Magazine reached out to shed builders across the country, in every region, to get an industry report for the year. With[Read More…]

Sheds vs. Self Storage

John Barry is chairman of the national Self Storage Association (SSA), which represents more than 50,000 self-storage operators nationwide. He’s also the president of All-Time Self Storage based in the heart of shed-building country in Lancaster County, in southeastern Pennsylvania. Barry says he does not know any Shed Builders, and[Read More…]

Nail Dumping

Roelif Loveland, the president of Maze Nails, one of a handful of domestic nail and fastener manufacturers, says as much as 75 percent of the nails used in America are made in China, which has once again this year been cited by the Department of Commerce for “dumping“ nails in[Read More…]

The Future of the Industry

Mel Fisher got into the shed-building business in 1973 when only a couple of his Amish brothers in Lancaster County in Southeastern Pennsylvania were building the wooden storage structures. He assembled a few hundred sheds each year outside his home in Leola. In 1979, stronger demand forced Fisher to move[Read More…]

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