We Built This Fence in 1995. It’s Still Standing.
We recently passed by a wood trellis fence we built for a client back in 1995. Nearly thirty years later,...
Year: 2026
The Simple Trick That Adds Decades to a Fence Post’s Life
Fence posts fail from the ground up, almost always in the same place: within the first six inches below the...
Why Wood Fences Actually Fail (And How to Build One That Doesn’t)
If you search for information on building a wood fence, you'll find no shortage of advice — and most of...
Real Copper Post Caps vs. the $20 Imitations
It's basically impossible to make a genuine copper-clad post cap for around $20 — and if you've bought one at...
Composite Decking and Starting a Deck Company — 2012 Article Roundup
Two resources worth knowing about if you're weighing composite vs. wood decking, or thinking about starting your own deck company:...
How to Build Curved Decks — Lessons from a Kawarthas Project
This deck, built by one of our design-builders near North Kawartha (close to Peterborough, Ontario), is one of the better...
Lots of Noise About Composite Decks
Composite decking discourse tends to repeat itself every few years: new product generations launch, and the same failure modes resurface...
An Article on How to Design Decks in Deck Specialist Magazine!
Part 1 as it appears in Deck Specialist, May/June 2026. Click the spread to read the full article in the...