Category: HowTos

  • HowTo – Staining Your Deck

    With proper maintenance your deck can last years longer so taking a half a day to paint it should not be looked at as a nasty chore but a protection of your investment. Penetration into the wood is the main difference between Paints and Stains. Paints can be thought of as a thick outer shell…

  • Planning your Deck Project

    Every good project starts with a good plan and although Decks are a pretty simple project you will probably need to submit plans to your Building Official to get a permit for construction. For specifications of how detailed your plans need to be you should call your local permit office and ask them what they…

  • Flooring Manufacturers

    Flooring Manufacturers Laminate Floors Abet Laminati Alloc, Inc. Armstrong World Industries BHK of America Bruce Laminate Floors Classen USA Columbia Forest Products Duramar Faus Group, USA Faus Floor Kaindl Flooring Kronotex Mannington Mills Mohawk Laminate Flooring Pergo QuickStyle Industries Quick Step Laminate Floors Roysol Shaw Laminates Uniboard of Canada Hardwood Floors Anderson Wood Floors Authentic…

  • Lumber Manufacturers

    Elk Building Products (composite lumber) www.elkcorp.com Georgia Pacific  www.GP.com Louisiana-Pacific  www.lpcorp.com TimberTech (composite lumber) www.timbertech.com Weyerhaeuser  www.weyerhaeuser.com

  • Paint Manufacturers

    Behr  www.behrpaint.com Benjamin Moore  www.benjaminmoore.com DuPont www.dupontrefinish.com Dutch Boy  www.dutchboy.com Glidden  www.glidden.com Martin Senour  www.martinsenour.com Olympic www.ppg.com Ralph Lauren http://rlhome.polo.com/rlhome/products/paint/default.asp Sherwin Williams www.sherwin-williams.com