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KIRKWOOD STAIR & MILLWORK - Continued from page 5 Kirkwood Stair & Millwork produces custom millwork products from its facility in Kirkwood, MO. Pictured here is a view of the Big Cedar Lodge’s entry and grand staircase, crafted by Kirkwood Stair & Millwork. The Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, MO, is an example of the breadth of products Kirkwood Stair & Millwork produces, including stairs and custom millwork. Berger purchased Kirkwood Stair in 1994 and expanded its offerings to include custom and architectural millwork and doors. In 2005, the company opened its Kirkwood Home Gallery in Brentwood and began selling Kolbe and Sierra Pacific windows. Its window specialists have a combined 200 years of experience, so perhaps it’s no surprise that the company was named Kolbe’s “Dealer of the Year” in 2016. Chris Frentzel, his business partner at The Home Gallery, is well respected in the architectural and designer community for his expertise in windows and doors. Berger said. The company has also added solid wood countertops to its repertoire. The eco-friendly countertops are hand sanded, then protected and finished with Waterlox® tung oil to create a lustrous and food-prep safe surface. “Wood is much cleaner than granite as far as not absorbing bacteria,” Berger noted. “It’s also easy to maintain and clean.” The Kirkwood Stair & Millwork website offers a robust estimating system for its wood countertops. It also offers a very user friendly, interactive, electronic mouldings catalog that users can download profiles from Kirkwood Stair, as can architects that may require CAD drawings. Doubletree Forest Products DARK GREEN: DOUBLETREE CMYK 87/40/99/41 FOREST PRODUCTS LTD. RGB: 22/84/43 Hex: 16532A PMS: 357C taupe: CMYK 23/14/46/0 RGB: 201/201/152 Hex: c8c899 PMS: 5797C CEDAR - PINE - DOUG FIR - SPRUCE - HEMLOCK - AYC - CLEARS - APPEARANCE - TIGHT KNOT - T&G PANELING - FLOORING - BEVEL - CHANNEL - BOARDS - TIMBERS - DIMENSIONAL - MSR - STUDS font: BEBAS NEUE, REGULAR “Specializing in the Specialties” Doubletree Forest Products Decking is the solid choice for your Roof Decking Project. Our diverse manufacturing process gives us the flexibility to match and custom create virtually any pattern required. Our “focus on the process,” from procurement, through quality manufacturing and balanced inventories ensures you will get the quality you want, when you need it, on budget. It’s what we do. 2X6 SELECT TONGUE & GROOVE ROOF DECKING Doubletree Forest Products manufactures SELECT decking from the very best kiln dried fibre available. Adhering to strict quality standards, every piece of SELECT decking is graded to meet or exceed the NLGA grading rules. DoubleTree&G Roof Decking 3X6 AND 4X6 DOUBLE TONGUE & GROOVE ROOF DECKING Manufactured from a Rough Sawn Premium - Free of Heart Centre - Kiln Dried product, each 3x6 and 4x6 SELECT DBL T&G Decking piece is graded in accordance with the NLGA grading rules. Doubletree SELECT Roof Decking comes standard with predrilled 9/32” pilot holes (30” o.c.) to receive 8” Hot Dipped Galvanized Spiral Pac-Deck spikes. Stainless steel splines are another preferred accessory item used during installation and applied to exposed butt joints. Splines reduce gaps in the butt joints after installation to provide a seamless look and professional finish. DOUBLETREEBC.COM 877-294-8262 2x6 Truck Decking Doubletree Forest Products also manufactures Truck Decking, used in new construction and repair of highway trailer decks. Fir is our wood of choice for its strength properties and manufacturing features. Page 44 Softwood Forest Products Buyer n July/August 2019
Kirkwood Stair sells mainly to highend builders and remodelers, “along with folks who want to do a custom renovation to their staircase,” Berger said. The cost of such renovations can start at ,000 and go up to 0,000 for a commercial project. One of the commercial projects of which Berger is most proud is the creation and installation of a massive staircase at Big Cedar Lodge in Branson, MO. The contractor’s plans called for steel and concrete stairs covered with a wood veneer, and the job was running over budget when he called Kirkwood Stair in 2013. Berger and his team of production engineers conferred with the contractor and proposed an alternative material that had not been considered by the client previously. “Wood was nearly half the price of the steel and concrete and, frankly, double that in beauty,” Berger said. In less than two months, the Kirkwood Stair team built and assembled the staircase at its 40,000-square-foot Pacific facility, then trucked it to Big Cedar Lodge and installed it via crane. The Big Cedar staircase was a special case, taking 12 men to load it onto a truck. For most other projects, the company uses proactive, custom-designed customer service programs that track and log construction schedules to accurately pinpoint manufacturing, delivery and installation requirements, thus alleviating delays and backlogs in the construction schedules. “This virtually eliminates any missed closings that would revolve around our work,” Berger said. A full-time company programmer constantly creates and reworks the software systems to ensure optimal performance. LEFT: A view of some of the company’s custom ceiling inlays is shown here. ABOVE: Kirkwood Stair & Millwork produced this solid wood countertop. Berger has been with Kirkwood Stair since 1978. His brother-in-law, Bryan Barr, is one of six sales people, while his wife, Nancy Berger, is the head of human resources and oversees payables and front office work at the showroom. The company’s over 45 employees include shop and installation personnel who belong to the Carpenters District Council. Kirkwood Stair is a member of the Home Builders of St. Louis & Eastern Missouri, and the Certified Builders Guild. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.kstair.com. Decking PVC Products Fiber Cement Railings Accessories Porch Flooring Knotty Boards A RELATIONSHIP YOU CAN BUILD ON YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. Since 1976, Mid-State Lumber Corp has earned a market-wide reputation as a trusted source of building material products for the retail lumber dealer. Over that time, we’ve built long-term relationships with only the top manufacturers in the building material industry, who provide the same standard of product quality and reliability that our customers have grown to expect from us. www.midstatelumber.com Find us near you: Branchburg, NJ, Kingston, PA, Warwick, NY, and Marlborough, MA. Call our wholesale distribution number at 800-942-7726 Clear Boards Wood Siding Stepping Fire-treated Materials Specialty Plywood’s Moisture Management Studs and Panels TM Softwood Forest Products Buyer n July/August 2019 Page 45
