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In Depth: Windows & Doors

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Top-selling windows and doors optimize home owner privacy while staying on trend with craftsman styles that boost sound performance and energy efficiency.Forget ultramodern. With...
UltraLox

In Depth Extra: Deck Rail Lighting & Accessories

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UltraLox’s under-rail lighting provides a unique appearance by positioning the lighting where it’s needed most—down onto the deck surface. As an added bonus, the...
Deck Fasteners

In Depth Extra: Deck Fasteners

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Simpson Strong-Tie’s EB-TY Premium offers the same features as the EB-TY hidden fastener but with a stainless steel plate. The plate provides additional hold-down...

In Depth: Decks

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American homeowners are continuing their love affair with decks, but gone are the days when decks served as a simple lounging space or a...
Lumber & Structural Panels

IN DEPTH: Lumber and Structural Panels

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Innovation Abounds Among OSB, Plywood, and Lumber Though often seen as commodity products, the categories of wood structural panels (OSB and plywood) and lumber are...
Moulding & Trimboards

In Depth: Moulding & Trimboards

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The lines have been drawn as PVC, polyurethane, and fly-ash composite trim makers look to cut into wood’s behemoth market share over the next...
Housewrap and Insulation

IN DEPTH: Housewrap and Insulation

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IN DEPTHAs the green building movement has gained momentum over the past decade and energy efficiency has come to the forefront— due to homeowner...
Technology Tools

IN DEPTH: Technology Tools

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IN DEPTHIt’s hard to find an area of life where technology doesn’t have an influence and a presence, and the lumberyard is no exception....
As the market recovers, we need to be careful not to sell EWP as a commodity, Midgette says, which shortchanges the products’ benefits and opportunities. “We need more value-added selling and education,” he says. “If we look at EWP in general, its value proposition is speed of build, reduced callbacks, long-term performance, open floor plans, and design flexibility. We have to keep selling that, otherwise people aren’t going to pay for that.” “We have to go back to the time when product knowledge education was part of our daily routine in the industry,” affirms McCollum, noting that dealers need to take advantage of the staff at their distributors and manufacturers. Roseburg, for instance, offers local and regional training for specifiers, builders, distributors, and dealers through its network of field staff who can educate audiences on marketing, selling, and installing Roseburg products. “Veteran dealers and builders have become comfortable with the benefits of EWP, like no floor squeaks, sustainability, and long spans,” adds Boise’s Debelius. “But we need to remind dealers that there are all sorts of benefits that we take for granted.” Boise offers in-person product knowledge training via its area managers, along with online tools and focused literature. It also is furthering these efforts through education-based marketing programs, such as four-page trade ads that emphasize system-wide benefits. Weyerhaeuser Learning provides numerous webinars, self-guided online courses, and in-person/classroom opportunities on everything from products to technical training to dealer selling skills. “Our goal is to be the trusted adviser,” says Schweizer. “One of the things we find and try to instill in dealers is to rely on the tools and the information that the mills have to help them,” says Rosboro’s Smith. “Providing solutions is very important. We can help them re-educate the entire chain. We have a lot of tools to help them.” Software Adds Value Along with education, software programs are helping dealers add even more value to engineered wood sales. LP, as one example, has a brand new beam-sizer program called LP Solid- Start Design that allows for design of individual components. The company also offers a whole-house design program, LP SolidStart Solutions. For its onCenter engineered wood products, BlueLinx offers Doma Studio for drawing and designing 3-D models, analyzing engineering, and optimizing cutting patterns. “That continues to be a big area for dealers,” says Scot Bauer, general manager of engineered lumber.

IN DEPTH: Engineered Lumber

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IN DEPTHLike much of the industry, engineered wood producers are still navigating a fickle recovery in which builders are challenged by supply constraints, tight lending,...
Loctite 2 in 1

IN DEPTH: Caulking & Adhesives

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New material choices that provide benefits to contractors also create challenges for assuring that caulk and adhesive options will work successfully. Manufacturers are responding to those...
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