 G.W. Smith Lumber Co.
... Since 1905
720 West Center St, Lexington, NC, 27292
ph 336.249.4941, fx 336.249.4913 Hours: M-F 7:00-4:00
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Dear Customer,
As we approach the holiday season many homeowners are
making last minute repairs and improvements to their properties.
Projects that have been put off all year find themselves being crammed
into the last few weeks before holiday guests arrive. The frenzy
of completing these projects in time for Thanksgiving turkey can be a
daunting task, even for the seasoned builder. Builders and
suppliers scrambling to meet these demands can beat our customers
expectations by helping to set expectations with the
customer during the initial planning stages. Get a
commitment from the customer with regards to product choices
on paper at the time of contract signing. Help customers to
select only timely, trustworthy vendors that have a history
of performance. Record from each vendor the expected
delivery date of each product. Another issue that often arises is
manufacturer or distributor holiday/year-end inventory closings.
Find out each product's additional lead time due to any
closings. Expect manufacturers to add one week to
normal delivery times if a holiday occurs during the shipping
schedule. Convey expected product delays up front with the
customer so they can make alternate product choices as needed.
Realize that subcontractors will be getting pressed to perform as
well. Schedule them well in advance to avoid delays. Give
yourself some wiggle room in establishing the expected completion
date. Cushion yourself a few days or a week to avoid the stress of
the deadline. Finally, communication is key. If the
target date for completion is out of reach notify the
customer promptly so they can make arrangements as
needed.
As the builder/remodeler responsible for
completing the home project there is a fine line between being
the hero or the villain of the holiday gathering. Set yourself up
to be the hero...and get referrals! "Under promise,
over deliver" this holiday season.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of Us!
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Market Update
SYP Lumber
The market is showing
some signs of continued life. Mills are able to increase prices on most
items especially in the west based on short supply. Mid-week printed
increases on all #2 dimension. This trend will continue short term. Most
buyers continue to replenish stock in small quantities. Mill order
files are 2 weeks or sooner. Prompt wood is hard to come by.
Southeastern Spruce
Strong sales activity
continued yesterday driving price levels higher. Mid-week print is up
across the board with 2x4 r/l and 2x4 stud items showing the larger
gains in value. Basis trades and sales to other markets are making a
strong impact on product availability and price levels. Most mills are
now quoting shipment for new inquiry to be out to the w/o 11/22
TREATED
At
mid week we can start to see a little weakness in the market. Mills are
trying to steady the market by keeping pricing close to print, while
taking small counteres as lead times vary from mill to mill.
Prices
of 2x4 finished higher again this week with 2x6 showing a mixed bag of
activity. 2x8-2x12 ended another week of slow demand. Premium decking
continued the sharp declines of the past few weeks, loosing $50/m on
most lengths. Prices of timbers held close to last week numbers.
Roofing
Roofing
activity and pricing are quiet for the time being, with no prices
increases posted at this time. Distributor inventories are ample
right now with product readily available.
Gypsum
The gypsum
market seems to be on the move again, as several suppliers have
announced twenty-five percent increases for this month. However,
local suppliers believe this to only be an effort to generate orders,
and that even if there is an increase, it will be minimal.
Fasteners & Metals
Suppliers of electrical and screen wire products have announced price
increases in the next couple of months, as well as suppliers of coil
stock. Some are in excess of 10%, but most are in the five to
seven percent range.
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Meet Your Service Partner
This month's service partner is
Randy Inman. Randy has been with GW Smith for thirty one
years, and has worked in many different capacities, but he is best known
for his current position as cabinet sales manager.
Randy stays busy away from work with
keeping up his home which he shares with wife Lisa and her mother
Jean. Randy loves to read (when he can find the time) and
supporting his church. He also is an avid Jeff Gordon fan and
memorobilia collector. Weather, and his back permitting, he
may be found on the golf course.
We congratulate Randy on his long tenure and faithful service.
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To whom it may concern:
G. W. Smith Lumber Company has
been a business acquaintance of ours for the past nine years. We have
been impressed with not only the quality of their products, but the
quality and quantity of time they invest to be sure we get the best
product for the job.
We
have found them to be fair in pricing of their products, and willing to
answer any questions we may have concerning any materials purchased
from them. They have always served us with integrity, including treating
warranty work with the same importance as new work.
We
feel confident that G. W. Smith Lumber Company would be an excellent
choice for getting quality service and products for other builders.
Sincerely,
Joseph Williams, President
LMI Builders, Inc. |
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Best of Energy Star Rating Coming in 2011
The DOE wants to expand its purview over fans, water coolers and other devices, too.
 Sacramento, Calif.--Think of it as a Top Ten list from the Department of Energy. The
Department of Energy will try to roll out a special label for Energy
Star-rated products -- the Most Efficient Energy Star label -- that rank
toward the top of their category, said Kathleen Hogan, the deputy
assistant secretary for energy efficiency in the Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) in the DOE, during a talk at the
Emerging Technologies Summit taking place this week in Sacramento. "There
is a lot of interest among consumers in finding out which products are
the most efficient," she said. The agency proposed the badge earlier
this year and has just completed the period for collecting comments from
the industry and the public. If all goes well, the Most Efficient label
will come out for some product categories next year, including,
possibly, water heaters, TVs and appliances. That's
not the only change afoot at the program. Despite the fact that the
Energy Star label is somewhat familiar to the public, it isn't
everywhere. The DOE does not require the badge on a number of product
categories: household fans, compressors, pumps, ovens, kilns. The
program has yet to establish jurisdiction over computers, cordless
phones, water coolers, air purifiers. It also doesn't rate set-top boxes
and cable boxes, which are sizeable energy hogs because of the spinning
hard drives inside. Cisco, the networking giant that has refashioned
itself into a green infrastructure company, makes a huge number of these
products. Hogan didn't promise that any of these products would have
Energy Star ratings, but the fact that she listed them out makes one
wonder. The EERE and the DOE also continue to conduct research to improve the performance of appliances that are already regulated by Energy Star.
The DOE, for instance, is working with Westinghouse on a refrigerator
that would use only 250 kilowatt-hours a year, or about half of the
power consumed by the efficient refrigerators on the market this year.
(Twenty-eight years ago, before California passed regulations on
appliance efficiency, refrigerators consumed close to 2,000 kilowatt hours a year, Art Rosenfeld, the California Energy Commission and the father of energy efficiency, told us during a meeting.) This
new fridge may only cost $100 more than a conventional fridge. The
power reductions in part are helped by a variable compressor. General
Electric and the DOE, meanwhile, are tinkering with a heat pump water
heater, which would heat water with help from the energy in the ambient
air. Purdue University, meanwhile, is examining a heat pump water heater
for cold climates. ________________________________ G.W. SMITH LUMBER CO.
THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 2010
CLOSED: NOVEMBER 25 & 26
REOPEN: 7:00 a.m. NOVEMBER 29
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