Rampathon Volunteers: Potter Construction Builds Wheelchair Ramps

In this series, we're learning about the various products sold by Screw Products Inc., from their president and CEO, Jim Miller. Today, we’ll be focusing on the function and practical use for cement board screws.

In this video, Daniel and Mark chat about how your home’s environment may be reducing your air quality. You’ll learn why it's important to be careful when you're masking smells, and the easiest way to identify an air quality problem.

The story of the Joe Rantz Boathouse (and the documentary we made about its legacy) involved Dunn Lumber customers who were involved in constructing the building, quality materials supplied by our Everett lumberyard, and a surprising Dunn Lumber connection from 1936. 

In the first installment of our appearance-grade pressure-treated lumber series, we walked through the basics of working with appearance-grade treated lumber. In this post, we get a little more specific and share how we used appearance-grade pressure-treated lumber for a deck project.

When changes involve moving walls, the question often comes up: “Are these load-bearing or partition walls?” Instinctively, most people know it’s more complex to work with load-bearing walls than partition walls. But how can you tell if a wall is load-bearing when you can’t see the framing? There are quite a few signs to help you answer this question.  

When lumber is treated, it’s more resistant to water, fungal, and insect damage. This extends the life of the lumber and reduces the amount of trees that would need to be cut down to replace wood structures that experience rot.