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Selling TheAdvantages of Post-Frame
• By Linda Schmid How do you go about selling a post-frame building to a prospective customer? Do you start talking about posts and trusses and all the technical details in post-frame building? Do you immediately address the specifics the customer is looking for in their building? Your answer probably depends on whether this is a client who you have worked with before and how much they know about post-frame construction. Let’s consider the client who is not well-acquainted with post-frame.
Post Protector Strives to Build a Better Post-Frame Industry
It’s been 25 years since Ken McDonnell conceived of the Post Protector. He was working in the single-family homes residential market, then he took a position as sales manager with a pole frame building company. McDonnell had long admired post-frame construction for its simplicity, speed, strength, and flexibility, but he recognized that the weak link was the posts in direct ground contact.
In-Ground Post Decay Protection
By Mark Robins Post-frame builders know they shouldn’t put a wood support column into the ground untreated or uncovered. Wood rots when it gets wet. Unfortunately, modern technology has not solved that problem. While you might assume we’d be getting better at creating long-lasting poles using modern techniques, in reality, poles coming out of the factories today are very often lower quality than what was being produced 10 years ago. Here’s what you need to know and what to do about it.
Glue Lam & Nail Lam: When To Use Each
In today’s building construction market, builders and customers are using timber more and more for its sustainability, environmental friendliness, and minimal carbon footprint. It’s lighter in weight than steel or concrete, and erection is faster. There are many different types of timber and engineered wood products currently available for frame building construction that perform well as structural elements. Durable and attractive, they offer a range of benefits over other building materials.
What Builders Should Know About Laminated Columns
By Sharon Thatcher The single most important element to a building’s foundation is its columns. They’re the legs that hold the building upright. As post frame has evolved, it’s only natural that methods to improve the strength of those legs would be part of its evolution. For a comprehensive explanation of laminated columns, the second edition of the NFBA Post Frame Building Design Manual contains a chapter by David R. Bohnhoff, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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