Research shows that remodeling and outdoor living projects are on the rise as homeowners feel more confident investing in their primary residence. Since many people view the outdoors as an extension of their living space, Simpson Strong-Tie offers Outdoor Living software to help them design their dream backyard.
After giving an unlicensed residential contractor more than $16,000 to build a new deck with a covered porch, a metro Atlanta homeowner has been left with a small pile of lumber, a messy demolition site, and four raised beams that are propped up and barely secured.
A raised deck overlooking a pond and golf course is what convinced Koroush Khandehroo, a 47-year-old professor at the University of Regina, and his wife, Mahshad Khaniki, to buy a new townhouse in northwest Regina in 2015. For nearly five years, the couple considered the second-storey deck to be a peaceful oasis from which they could watch birds and golfers. Then, on June 22, 2020, the deck collapsed underneath them and turned their lives upside down.
Digger Specialties, Inc. an industry leading manufacturer of Outdoor Living Products has expanded their Design Assist program for Architects, Builders, Developers, Contractors, and Design Professionals. Project Estimating Take-Off Service In August of 2017 DSI established an Estimating Program to assist customers by providing Take-Offs for prospective jobs. When the service was originally [...]
After dropping quite a bit in recent weeks, many softwood lumber prices levelled off in mid-June as a modicum of supply-demand balance seemed to have been reached. Over the past two years as the lumber market reacted to big changes in external conditions, there was never-before-seen high price levels and volatility. It looks like the remarkable highs and attendant corrections down might be getting worked out, as these swings are less extreme each time.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is urging Congress to work on legislation that would result in more women entering the residential construction industry and overall workforce. Testifying on behalf of NAHB before the House Ways and Means Committee on June 15, NAHB First Vice Chairman Alicia Huey, a custom home builder, remodeler and developer from Birmingham, Ala., told lawmakers that increasing female participation in the construction trades is one key to solving the industry’s labor shortages.
An adult and a child were taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after the deck on the back of a Lancaster County home collapsed, police said. The deck caved in around 1:48 p.m. Wednesday on Hopeland Road in Clay Township, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department.
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Trex Company, Inc. (NYSE:TREX), the world’s #1 brand of high-performance, low-maintenance and eco-friendly composite decking, railing and outdoor living products and a leading national provider of custom-engineered commercial railing systems, today published its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report.
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