We are happy to welcome back Gary Katz and Mike Sloggatt to the 2010 Riverhead Building Supply Trade Show. Descriptions of their presentations are listed below. For demo times, please click here

*** Guests attending building clinics will earn one (1) East Hampton Town continuing education credit per clinic attended.

RBS Construction Zones - From Frame to Finish

Trouble Free Carpentry Techniques with Gary Katz

Replacement Windows and Architectural Trim

Develop a real profit center from high-quality insert replacement windows. Learn the ins-and-outs of measuring, ordering, and installation. Protect yourself from liability and water damage claims while Caring about Your Customer so they will Care about YOU. Improve the design of your architectural trim to reflect quality craftsmanship using historically authentic styles, proportions, and details. Sponsored by: Andersen Windows, WindsorONE, DuPont Tyvek, Stanley Bostitch Power Tools.

Solving Porch Problems

The connection to the house is one of the most critical aspects of deck building, and the most prone to failure. Learn proper ledger placement & mounting techniques that ensure durability and strength. Take the worry out of working with treated lumber with a crash course on the latest ACQ-compatible fasteners and hardware. Start your porch stair with a story pole so you'll always pass inspection, and pick up a simple technique for hanging stringers and aligning handrail that will save your hair from head scratching. Sponsored by: Simpson Strong-Tie, Swan Secure Fasteners, TimberTech.

High-end Exterior Trim

Finish the day with the finish. First, see TimberTech's rail kit installed on a raked balustrade. Review choices for skirt board and rimjoist aprons; cover techniques for installing Versatex trim and techniques for improved WindsorONE+ trim. Get a better understanding of moisture content, wood movement and thermal expansion issues before building a durably designed Arts & Crafts newel post. Sponsored by: TimberTech, WindsorONE, Versatex.

Hanging a New Door in an Old Jamb

From scribing to planing to mortising for hinges and boring for locksets—pick up techniques that enable carpenters to hang doors properly the FIRST TIME and turn door hanging into an enjoyable and profitable job. Stop removing good jambs in order to hang new doors. Develop a new profit center for your business. Sponsored by TruStile Doors.
 
Top to Bottom Tips from Mike Sloggatt

Squeak-Free Floors

Engineered lumber opens up new dimensions in residential framing, from longer spans to taller walls, ensuring dead straight walls, floors, and ceilings. From I-Joists to laminated lumber, this seminar focuses on specialized installation techniques that will accelerate your jobs and improve your profits. To protect those profits, learn how to control subfloor moisture content--a critical component toward ensuring long-term performance of final finish flooring--by using AdvanTech sheathing material. Sponsored by I-Level by Weyerhaeuser, Simpson Strong-Tie, Swan Secure Fasteners, AdvanTech, Heritage Wide Plank Flooring.

Production Roof Framing Techniques

Follow the progression from framing squares, to speed squares to calculators and learn how each has a place in cutting rafters and laying out gable ends. Pick up simple yet effective techniques for cutting wall frame packages that speed up production. And explore a new system for sheathing that also provides an energy efficient air barrier. Sponsored by Huber Engineered Woods.

Waterproof Windows & Doors

One of the most important issues facing construction crews today is the proper installation of windows and exterior doors while maintaining a weather resistive barrier system.  Learn the latest techniques for correct flashing and housewrap coordination; ensure that your windows and doors NEVER leak with the proper use of sill pans, self-adhesive membranes, and site-made metal flashings. End the session with a review of pre-assembled trim techniques, when to use Versatex and when to use WindsorONE (miters vs butt joints, sloped sills, pocket-screw joinery), and weatherproof caulking procedures. Sponsored by: Marvin Windows, Huber Engineered Woods, Versatex.

Radius Exterior Trim

Round out the day with a session on curved trim. Starting with Circle top trim, learn techniques to efficiently calculate and master the cutting of curved trim, and understanding the mathematics of the circle. Learn techniques to plot an elliptical entry trim, as well as a simple jig to cut the perfect ellipse. These techniques can be transferred to Rough carpentry for framing coved ceilings and curved hips once the basics are mastered. Finish off the day with the Splayed elliptical head for an elegent entry trim detail. Sponsored by Versatex PVC.