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New Products
Woodharbor Fire Rated Door
We are proud to announce that Woodharbor now has 45/60 minute and 90 minute Fire Rated Doors!
Now you can buy the quality and precise design of stile and rail construction in fire rated doors, with many of the same extensive selections as Woodharbor interior and exterior doors. The fire doors also have the Woodharbor furniture quality pre-finishing.
The full offering of fire rated doors give you a chance to bid commercial and residential projects with both rated and non-rated doors from Woodharbor.
Woodharbor fire-rated doors are available in 1-3/4" and 2-1/4" widths. Glass light panels or lite kits are available with a maximum exposed glass area of 1216 sq. inches.
If you have any questions or would like more information, samples or pricing, please stop into Evanston Lumber Design Center (directions), give us a call at (847) 440-8700, or e-mail us!
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Develop your Business "Sweet Spot" to Achieve Lasting Success
"Stay within your capabilities, but make sure your capabilities are growing," Hunt cautioned.
Hunt, who recently merged his company with Brothers Strong of Houston, said remodelers should analyze their company's performance to find that "sweet spot" by tracking job costs and revenues and comparing their estimates for the jobs with actuals.
Nine other key business qualities that can help remodelers succeed:
Be Loyal to Suppliers and Trade Partners
Hunt said that loyalty to suppliers and trade partners is crucial to the success of a remodeling job. Respecting their time, using written schedules and paying them on time will lead to a healthier and more productive relationship, he said.
Don't Be Afraid to Work Hard
Remodeling is not a 40-hours-a-week job and requires personal dedication and discipline to succeed. "Don't be afraid to work hard," Hunt said, while noting that remodelers should celebrate their success.
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Resources Help Builders Start Energy-Efficient Construction
Many excellent, objective technical resources are available to support builders who are just getting started on energy-efficient construction, according to the NAHB Research Center, and many of them are free and easily accessible online.
When 2009 EnergyValue Housing Award winner Urbane Homes of Louisville, Ky., was starting out, partners Abe Gilbert and Zane Underwood did a lot of research on the Internet and found technical Web sites like www.buildingamerica.gov, www.toolbase.org and www.buildingscience.com very helpful.
The following are several online resources that can help builders get started in energy-efficient home construction:
Building America Climate-Specific Best Practices Guides (www.buildingamerica.gov). This series of guides covers five climate regions and each delivers sound advice for building energy-efficient homes. Best practices developed from years of research and practical implementation under the Building America program are presented for home owners, corporate managers, marketers, site planners and developers, designers, site supervisors and trade contractors. Most of the technical information - including clear graphics and photographs - can be found in the designer and trade sections. Included in the guides' appendices are tear-out pages featuring code references for uncommon energy-efficiency details that can be handed directly to code officials to help ease the code approval process.
EEBA Builder Guides. The Energy and Environmental Building Association's climate-specific builder guides are considered a preeminent resource for energy-efficient construction. Each of the four guides - cold, hot-humid, hot-dry/mixed-dry and mixed-humid - provides hundreds of pages of clearly-illustrated details for framing, air sealing, insulating and mechanical systems with respect to energy efficiency and moisture control. The guides can be purchased at EEBA's bookstore for $45 each.
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Closeout Lumber Items
2 x 2 x 12'
Trex Woodland Brown
Price: $1.05/L.F.
Qty - 10
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4 x 6 x 16'
Smooth Cedar with top bevel
Price: $3.00/L.F
Qty - 1
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4 x 6 x 14'
Smooth Cedar with top bevel
Price: $3.00/L.F.
Qty - 2
To view our entire list of closeout items, visit our web site
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Employee Spotlight
Name: Lori Paus
Years of Service: 4
Position: Accounts Payable
Q: What do you like best about working at Evanston Lumber Company?
A: I really like working with everyone here - we are all very close.
Q: What do you enjoy doing when you aren't working?
A: Baking, walking my dogs, bike riding and spending time with my family
Q: Tell us about your family
A: I've been married to my husband Don for 24 years, and we have 3 kids - Donald is 19, David is 17 and Lauren is 15.
Q: What is a little known fact about you?
A: I am good at repairing things around the house - which seems to never end with 3 teenagers!
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