Medium-weight, strong, southern and eastern hardwood, Yellow-poplar has been used for every use from fine musical instruments to pallets and construction 2x4s, from veneer to particleboard and OSB.
Adams Architectural recently completed historically accurate windows for an historic home renovation. The homeowner wanted to keep the same look as the original windows, but wanted the efficiency of insulated glass. To preserve the same look as the original, Adams had to fabricate a thicker window sash to maintain the same depth of the muntin bar. More than 40 windows were replaced by the Dubuque, Iowa, company.
Louisiana Pacific hired NASA to test wood siding, and found it is better than cement board siding on homes - at least when it comes to firing a baseball, golf ball, rocks and marbles at speeds up to 102 miles per hour.
Engineered wood building products manufacturer Luxor Industrial says it adopted Millennium Fire Advanced Framing Lumber coating to protects its architectural wood products from fire.
The Kennebec Co., a kitchen cabinetry company in Bath, Maine, has been acquired by its president, James Stewart, from it's co-founder, Dave Leonard. Stewart plans to modernize operations.
The saw station in this video is new, but it was not optimized, to provide an idea of what a rough setup looks like. TigerStop, which produced this video, says the performance of this station is typical of one that receives little maintenance, with the operator focused on volume of parts rather than quality.
Sacrificing quality to stay competitive isn’t an option for Jack Kellerman, a long-time kitchen and bath professional whose reputation is built on delivering the best. Partnered with his brother, Kurt, Jack Kellerman opened Kellerman Kitchen & Bath in 1995 after noticing a significant absence in high-quality kitchen and bath showrooms in Baton Rouge and its surrounding areas.