Author: Rural Builder Staff

When it comes to kitchen countertops,the most important consideration for you is what your client is expecting from a countertop.

The Pro Tips On series of online and print option books is designed to make the relationship you build with customers solid.

In the last few years, Simpson Strong-Tie has heard from a number of structural engineers expressing frustration with the lack of performance data for shallowly embedded anchors (shallow anchors).

But while it’s easy for the metal panels to pull off this kind of longevity, it’s not always so easy for the sealant keeping them in place while providing an attractive, water-tight seal.

The Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA®) recently announced the publication of revisions to nine product standards. All of the revisions have been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). 

Steel and lumber supplies seem sure to become a lot shorter than they are now. Some economists say the world will face a critical steel shortage by 1980.