Shepformation Monthly Newsletter
Information, resources, and news from Shepley for building professionals on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
Cold Stress
It is that time of year again, weather can often be unpredictable and extreme. Freezing temperatures can create serious health problems, collectively called cold stress. Cold Stress Factors Freezing or near-freezing weatherStrong...
The COVID Effect
This has been a year with enough ups and downs to make anyone’s head spin. COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll not only in human life, but also in its many spin off consequences. If you take a look at life during COVID from the balance sheet...
Electrical Strip Safety
There were several fires caused by plug strip on Cape Cod this year, two with fatal injuries. A power strip combines several sockets attached to the end of a flexible cable, allowing multiple devices to be plugged in. The biggest safety...
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
Albert Pike, American Lawyer
Step by Step
Step up your trim game with a modern square 1” x 1” back band now stocked at Shepley Wood Products. This back band is a great way to enhance the look of your typical casing by adding a 1⁄4“ step up and another visual line to your trim...
Lumber Update – November 2020
It’s been a long and grueling haul, but finally the lumber market is retreating. By mid-October, it became clear that the record run up (five months strong and with an unprecedented Random Length Framing Composite of $955) had crested and...
Cheers to Civic Rent!
This has been a year of extremes, from the tragedy and suspense of COVID-19 and its effects on the world to the shortages and accompanying price increases that started with toilet paper but also hit the lumber market, real estate, autos,...