Hope’s Pivot Doors Receive Hurricane, Impact Certification
Hope’s Windows, Inc. has announced that its Jamestown175TM Series hurricane pivot doors are certified for use within hurricane and impact zones.
Doors & Windows
How To Help Your Customers Select The Right Windows
As the builder you are a valuable resource to help the customer choose windows for their specific project. Here's what you need to know to help them choose wisely.
Schweiss Doors founder Mike Schweiss featured in news piece on Minneapolis television station
FAIRFAX, MN – Mike Schweiss, founder and owner of Schweiss Doors, was recently featured in a television news feature titled, “Small Town Minnesota Door Business Goes Galactic.” In the interview produced by WCCO-TV of Minneapolis, Schweiss explains how he got into the business and how it’s grown. During the three-minute feature, WCCO...
What you Should Know about Skylights and Polycarbonate Panels
POLYCARBONATE PANELS Some of you are old pros at installing and handling polycarbonate, but some of you may handle it so infrequently that sharing a few tips and tricks would be helpful to ensure a successful installation. Palram Americas offers the following: On the Job Site When storing the materials either...
How to handle vinyl windows properly
Vinyl windows continue to grow in popularity for buyers of noncommercial structures. They are less expensive than aluminum, yet have great thermal and energy-saving properties and they can be made in many profiles such as wood grains. But there are proper ways of handling vinyl that are very different than those...
Unique Schweiss Glass Bifold Doors Open New Kings Stadium Entrance
Schweiss Doors engineered and built five one-of-a-kind bifold strap latch doors that greet visitors at the entrance of the Sacramento Kings Stadium, Golden 1 Center, in downtown Sacramento, California. The $507 million multi-purpose indoor arena was officially opened Sept. 30, 2016. The 17,500-seat arena will host concerts, conventions and other sporting and entertainment events. Three...
Safe-Way Door Announces New Ambient Series
Safe-Way Door has added a new door to its lineup of high-density polyurethane insulated garage doors. Combining ruggedness and good looks with the benefit of an R-Value of 17.68, the new Ambient line is geared toward residential, commercial and industrial applications where superior insulating ability is desired. The high-density polyurethane core...
MFM Building Products issues WindowWrap instructional video
MFM Building Products, a manufacturer of a full envelope of waterproofing and weather barrier products for the building industry, has released a new WindowWrap® Instructional Video on the proper installation techniques for the company’s line of window flashing tapes. This step-by-step video illustrates the proper flashing steps and installation tips to...
Customized bifold hangar door from Schweiss Doors offers one-piece look
FAIRFAX, Minn. – A tip from a neighbor led J.T. Strange to Schweiss Doors for a customized bifold liftstrap/autolatch door for the hangar adjacent to his home at Obannon Creek Aerodrome Airpark in Goshen, Ohio. Strange says the neighbor was introduced to Schweiss Doors at the Oshkosh (Wis.) Air Show where...
Schweiss Doors helps manufacturing operation move indoors
Albert E-House manufactures electrical buildings for the petro-chemical industry and for 25 years, assembled modular buildings outdoors in occasionally less than ideal conditions. Schweiss Doors was able to help bring the work indoors by constructing bifold liftstrap doors large enough to extricate assembled portions of Albert E-House buildings. Albert E-House acquired...