Senior editor Tim Healey roamed the EXPO floor shooting quick, informal product and tool videos—guerilla style.
Founder and CEO Jim Newenhouse demonstrates his invention, the “Door Stud,” for JLC. Sold in sets of two, the Door Stud allows for a hands-free door installation for both pre-hung and slab doors.
Matt Tyson of Spyder Products demonstrates its Spyder Hole Saw and Arbor for JLC. It’s designed to cut holes faster, at an angle, and enlarge holes drilled too small. No screwdriver is needed to drop out the drilled cores.
Scott Robinson of Starrett demonstrates its Dual Cut jig saw blade for JLC. With teeth that cut in both directions, Starrett’s Dual Cut blades eliminate burrs from both sides of the cut.
Patrick Kidd of Simpson Strong-Tie Company reviews Simpson’s Strong-Wall Site-Built Portal Frame System with JLC. For prescriptive design (not high-wind zones), its site-built portal frame kit provides a cost-effective, ‘retrofittable’ solution for installing braced wall panels. It can turn narrow 10-inch or 12-inch nominal width walls into equivalent 4-foot site-built braced wall panels.
President and CFO Laurie Spencer of Copper Cat Algae Terminator reviews her rooftop algae mitigation system with JLC. For both asphalt and cedar shingles, the Copper Cat strips use the interaction between water and copper to prevent the growth of moss, mold, and algae.
Michael Duval of Huber Engineered Woods reviews new additions to Zip System Flashing Tapes with JLC. The tapes can now be installed at 0°F (down from 20°F) and they are available in a greater variety of widths and lengths. Michael also demonstrates the Zip System’s “Z” tape roller.
Brian Canavan of Mastic Siding & Accessories reviews the company’s new Solar Defense Siding with JLC. Geared towards darker colored vinyl siding, its new “Solar Defense technology” reportedly helps disperse heat and resist fading.
Owner and C.E.O. Keith Coleman of Duration Moulding & Millwork discusses an array of siding and trim products milled from Boral stock. Currently, Duration is the sole supplier of fly-ash-composite clapboard siding. Approved for use in many of the nation’s Historic Districts, Duration can mill custom shapes and sizes—large and small.
Jeff O’Rourke of Goliath Tech reviews the Goliath Tech Screw Pile System and installation services with JLC. Goliath Tech’s piers are hot-dipped galvanized with insulated cores and come with locking head connections and wider helix plates.
George Caruso of Benjamin Obdyke reviews its new InvisiWrap UV Black Housewrap with JLC. Designed for use with exteriors that incorporate open joint cladding, this black polyester nonwoven membrane allows for gaps up to 2 inches wide. Combined with its HydroFlash UV sealing tape and its UV-rated battens (Batten UV), the system is designed to provide bulk water drainage, vapor permeability, and durability