Hello!.... and my most sincere and heartfelt greetings to all of our NADRA members! Our Florida event was such a success…. Truly a thrill to attend. The NADRA Home Team did an outstanding job in planning this fantastic gathering! Our days together were filled with fellowship, meeting new friends, enjoying the [...]
Published March 2022 With our IRC proposals submitted in January, most of February was spent awaiting the publishing of the complete package of ICC Group B proposals, expected in the last week of the month. Prior to this, on Feb 14th, I attended an ICC Code Correlation Committee meeting. Two of [...]
Owner John Lea and his Decksouth team win First-Place at NADRA’s 2020 National+ Deck Competition with an impressive 1,000 square foot project.
Informa Markets, the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), and the North American Deck and Railing Association (NADRA), are pleased to host two keynote speakers for the International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo, co-located with Deck Expo (PSP/Deck Expo).
NADRA holds its first in-person regional meeting on August 17th, 2021, and it was a huge success! What a fantastic evening! Smiles and laughter filled the room, with everyone sharing stories of their best year ever! It was so wonderful to be back together again, face to face enjoying the camaraderie [...]
How much of a deposit should you get when writing up a contract? Is 10%, enough? Is 50% too much? Having a payment process that’s fair and minimizes risk for both the customer and contractor simplifies things.
How a tape ages is a big question in the deck building market as people look to confirm if it is worth spending the extra money to use flashing tape. To get to the bottom of this, our colleagues in our laboratory set out to find some data to help answer [...]
September 25th, 2019 By Glenn Mathewson Last year at the NADRA annual meeting, I asked the membership to step up and take the reigns of code development for their industry. Uncomfortable as it was, I was asking for financial support to NADRA so that I could do this work. Thankfully, many [...]
The team at NADRA Headquarters recently received an email from a member. We thought it was important enough, that we should send it to you for review. Please let us know what you think. You are welcome to comment publicly. "Dear NADRA: I hope this finds you well. I need to [...]
August 2019 The building and materials industry represents a number of categories that have determined life expectancy of different components; asphalt shingles, for instance, have a life expectancy of 20 years, aluminum and vinyl windows are expected to last 10 to 15 years. The exposed components that makeup decks are no [...]
