Lumbermen’s & Therma-Tru Launch Social Media Campaign Aimed to Drive Leads to Dealer

June 3rd, 2024 by Caleb Krugman

Lumbermen’s and Therma-Tru have recently initiated a dynamic social media campaign with the goal of enhancing customer engagement and increasing sales leads for dealers. This approach uses digital marketing strategies to emphasize the distinctive qualities and benefits of their products. The campaign cleverly combines engaging content with targeted advertising to improve dealer visibility and stimulate customer interactions. Additionally, it encourages prospective buyers to easily connect with local dealers, streamlining the transition from online exploration to in-person transactions.

Managing Client Expectations in the Fall: A Guide for Residential Contractors

As temperatures drop and the days grow shorter, fall often becomes one of the busiest seasons for residential builders and contractors. Homeowners are eager to complete projects before winter weather arrives, and many want everything wrapped up before the holidays. While this seasonal rush can create valuable opportunities, it also brings challenges when it comes to managing client expectations.

Shaping the Future: Recruiting and Developing Emerging Leaders in the Building Materials Industry

We asked our young Employee Owners and interns what it will take to attract top talent and shape the future of building materials.

6 Benefits of Stock and Semi-Custom Cabinets vs. Fully Custom Cabinetry

Whether you’re a designer helping clients bring their vision to life or a homeowner thinking about your own renovation, stock and semi-custom cabinets offer a smart alternative to fully custom cabinetry—providing the look, functionality, and durability you want, often with less stress and at a more accessible price.

Don’t Let Customers Pass You By: Keep Your Google Business Profile Fresh

An estimated 92% of all online search traffic happens via Google, which is why it is so important to make sure that your business is easy to find with robust and correct information.

Why Do Entry Doors Leak—And What Can Be Done About It?

Few things are more frustrating for a homeowner—or for the Dealer or installer involved—than discovering that an entry door is leaking. It’s especially concerning during heavy rainstorms, which are common in the hot summer months.

Snap, Store, Share: A Simple Marketing Habit for Builders

For builders and contractors, the busy season often leaves little time for anything beyond the work at hand. But while your crews are pounding deck boards, raising frames, and wrapping up beautiful transformations, you’re also surrounded by a powerful marketing asset: your jobsite.


Unlocking Innovation: Door Industry Highlights from the International Builders Show 2024

March 12th, 2024 by Caleb Krugman
IBS entrance

Every year, Las Vegas welcomes members of the building industry to the International Builders Show, and Lumbermen’s was there, along with thousands of other folks from around the world! There is so much to see and do, it is hard to take it all in, so here are some highlights from our friends in the Door industry and what they are excited about in 2024.

Simpson Door Company

One of the first booths we visited was Simpson Door Company, producers of some of the best wood doors in North America. The display that immediately caught our eye was the pivot door system, featuring a Monster XL-sized door for the entry or special space in a customer’s home. In addition to the impressive size, the door opened and shut smoothly and easily. Simpson also offers plenty of customizable options when it comes to style or operations of these pivot doors. Exciting stuff to see from a wood door and truly a differentiating feature!

Neuma Doors

The next stop on the floor were our friends from Neuma Doors, makers of high quality fiberglass entry doors. These guys are known for the style and energy efficiency when it comes to their gliding door systems, and that portion of their display was a big focus of visitors during our time there. A popular topic was Neuma’s Full Lite Gliding Panel door system, as natural light and a maximum viewing area continue to be top priorities for customers in the market.

Therma-Tru & LARSON Doors

Certainly one of the most impressive and comprehensive designs for a booth at all of IBS this year was the one that featured Therma-Tru, Larson Doors, and other products. The massive display offered examples of different Therma-Tru products, with the highlight for most attendees being the massive Veris door display that featured the product’s ability to fold and slide, creating an epic entry option for porches or backyard. Another big hit was the English-style garden display, with its impressive entry door and panel of windows. A big theme for Therma-Tru and Larson in 2024 is connecting the indoors to the outdoors, and they certainly showed off their capabilities to do so!

IBS has us excited for what is to come this year in terms of styles and functionality in the door category. For more information on any of these products, connect with a Lumbermen’s door sales representative.

Managing Client Expectations in the Fall: A Guide for Residential Contractors

As temperatures drop and the days grow shorter, fall often becomes one of the busiest seasons for residential builders and contractors. Homeowners are eager to complete projects before winter weather arrives, and many want everything wrapped up before the holidays. While this seasonal rush can create valuable opportunities, it also brings challenges when it comes to managing client expectations.

Shaping the Future: Recruiting and Developing Emerging Leaders in the Building Materials Industry

We asked our young Employee Owners and interns what it will take to attract top talent and shape the future of building materials.

6 Benefits of Stock and Semi-Custom Cabinets vs. Fully Custom Cabinetry

Whether you’re a designer helping clients bring their vision to life or a homeowner thinking about your own renovation, stock and semi-custom cabinets offer a smart alternative to fully custom cabinetry—providing the look, functionality, and durability you want, often with less stress and at a more accessible price.

Don’t Let Customers Pass You By: Keep Your Google Business Profile Fresh

An estimated 92% of all online search traffic happens via Google, which is why it is so important to make sure that your business is easy to find with robust and correct information.

Why Do Entry Doors Leak—And What Can Be Done About It?

Few things are more frustrating for a homeowner—or for the Dealer or installer involved—than discovering that an entry door is leaking. It’s especially concerning during heavy rainstorms, which are common in the hot summer months.

Snap, Store, Share: A Simple Marketing Habit for Builders

For builders and contractors, the busy season often leaves little time for anything beyond the work at hand. But while your crews are pounding deck boards, raising frames, and wrapping up beautiful transformations, you’re also surrounded by a powerful marketing asset: your jobsite.


Taking Door Frames To The Next Level

January 19th, 2024 by Ryan Terpstra

Recently, Lumbermen’s took a group of dealer partners on a tour of GM Wood Products, a manufacturer that specializes in high performing door frame components. The group was impressed by what they saw from GM in terms of the company’s capabilities and offerings for 2024.

GM Wood Products has a state of art facility with proven products that cover all areas of the door millwork industry. They have a precise mill process with multiple custom profiles to meet customer’s needs. Their inventory consists of many different wood species, including rot resistant Alaskan Yellow Cypress as a value-add option. GM employs a patented system that allows their machines to finger-joint the cypress block to a door jamb and offer a rot proof primed jamb.

The tour was able to observe GM’s machining equipment, which runs on a highly automated continuous circuit, creating efficiency and speed to market. High pressure cleaning and sharpening tools ensure the best profiled product, and the company offers many color matching products for jambs and mull posts.

When it comes to products that Lumbermen’s carries from GM Wood Products, here is a list of door jambs and their descriptions. If you have a question about a product, reach out to a Lumbermen’s sales rep for more information:

DuraFrame – This is a primed wood frame with Alaskan Yellow Cypress finger jointed to the bottom of the unit. Alaskan Yellow Cypress is one of the most durable and rot resistant woods in the world. This jamb has a lifetime warranty against rot, decay and insect damage.

DuraTech – This is a DuraFrame jamb that is laminated with a high-performance PVC film. It is available in white, which can be installed with no further finishing needed. The stainable frame needs to be stained to match the door.  This jamb is low maintenance, easy to paint, and will last for years. There is a 15 year finish warranty on the jamb.

DuraTech FX50 – This option is a DuraTech jamb that is available in black, clay, graphite, and bronze that can be installed as is. The jamb is wrapped in the colored PVC with a UV resistant layer applied to make it a beautiful prefinished jamb that is low maintenance. There is a 15 year finish warranty on this product.

Timbers Collection – These are solid wood jambs that are a clear stain grade product. Lumbermen’s stocks this collection in fir, pine, oak, and mahogany, but many other species are available on request. All these jambs are milled, pre-sanded, and can be finished to give the beautiful look of real wood.