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 non-incised pressure-treated lumber series, we walked through the basics of working with non-incised treated lumber. In this post, we get a little more specific and share how we used non-incisedpressure-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.