NAHB Joins Lawsuit Challenging New Overtime Rules

The builders group has joined other organizations opposing the Department of Labor’s changes in overtime rules. The National Association of Home Builders has joined a group that includes the Associated Builders and Contractors and the National Association of Wholesale Distributors in a suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas […]

Turbinex Newest Dust Removal System from Wirutex

The Italian company’s latest turbine will debut at the International Woodworking Fair this summer. Wirutex’s latest new product is designed for the removal and suction of the dust and chips generated during nesting and routing operations on CNC machines. The company says “dust is captured and conveyed towards the machine’s suction system (which) not only […]

Tradespeople Say They Can Get Satisfaction

A new study reports that nearly nine out of ten skilled tradespeople say they are satisfied with their jobs. Job dissatisfaction may be a big factor in many lines of work but apparently not for skilled tradespeople. Nearly 90 percent of them say they are happy with what they do for a living. And unlike […]

Spring/Summer DIY Projects Include “Great Undoing”

Fixing decorating and remodeling mistakes ranks high for homeowners’ “To-Do” lists, says new Thumbtack study.  Homeowners are getting busy this spring and summer with all kinds of repair and remodeling projects, many of which involve bringing in tradespeople to do the dirty work. A big job for many will be undoing previous design choices they […]

Here Are the Seven Chairs That Changed the World

Noted design writer Witold Rybczynski looks at the most important chairs in the history of seating. Spoiler alert: six of them are made of wood. It may not be the most chart topping ranking out there but to those who make and sell them—not to mention the people and companies that supply the raw materials […]

Hymmen to Feature Digital Lacquer Embossing Presentation at IWF

A live talk by flooring expert Sebastian Bazyk on Digital Lacquer Embossing (DLEplus) for SPC flooring highlights Hymmen’s IWF presentations. Hymmen, the technology provider for flooring, other high-end surfaces and engineered wood, is presenting a special educational conference session at this summer’s International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta on the role digital printing will play in […]

Renovate Rather than Buy: American Homeowners

A new study offers encouraging news for the building trade when it comes to home repairs and remodeling. The steep decline in new home starts is a well-known fact that is creating issues for the construction and building sector, but U.S. homeowners may be offering some good news for the trade: they are planning to […]

New Energy Star NextGen Program Debuts

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has just launched its EnergyStar NextGen Certification Program designed to increase energy savings. A new voluntary certification program for the residential new construction sector is now up and running from the EPA, designed to increase national energy and emissions savings. It addresses a multitude of construction areas, including heat pumps, […]

Saving One Trillion Trees Isn’t as Easy as It Sounds

Billionaire Mark Benioff, who runs the giant software company Salesforce, is having trouble meeting his goal of saving one trillion trees by the end of the decade. In 2020, Benioff was sitting in his office in the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco—the tallest building in the city—when the smoke and haze from northern wildfires clouded […]

Home Depot Quarter Financials Show Business Still Tough

Even as there are encouraging signs in the housing economy bottoming out, the big DIY chain is still showing a sales slowdown. If you subscribe to the theory that Home Depot is the canary in the home improvement coal mine – granted a very big canary – then its financial results earlier this month indicate […]