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 [...]
If there's one thing we are never short of here at NADRA HQ, it's work to be done. As you've been hammering away at the job site this summer, building masterpieces, selling innovative products, inspecting beautiful outdoor living spaces; we too have been hard at work. We've been planning for our members' and [...]
First of all, we would like to thank Trex for sponsoring the Northeast NADRA meeting at the Chimney Rock Inn in Flemington, NJ last Tuesday evening. We had a really great turnout and there were many new faces in the room. It was great to connect with all of our fellow [...]
February 2019 By Glenn Mathewson Thanks to the support of NADRA members we have shared our knowledge with others in the campfire discussions regarding deck code proposals for the 2021 International Residential Code. There were 9 proposals submitted with our assistance and approval. The Deck Code Coalition is an informal group [...]
NADRA's 2018 Annual Awards Celebration - Destination: Baltimore, MD The North American Deck and Railing Association (NADRA) recognizes and promotes excellence in the outdoor living & decking industry. The National+ Deck Competition represents many aspects of the outdoor living industry, with a main focus on decks. Each year we celebrate and [...]
