Saturday Nov 23, 2019
Deck Expo Recap with Camo Fasteners and More Open Mic // Episode 53
The Ultimate Deck Podcast
The Ultimate Deck Podcast is your go-to show for everything backyard building — from decks and railings to patios, pergolas, and fences. Whether you’re a DIY homeowner planning your dream outdoor space or a contractor looking for smarter tools and materials, this podcast delivers expert advice, product insights, and real-world tips to help you build better. Hosted by Shane Chapman from The Ultimate Deck Shop, each episode tackles common questions, new trends, and industry know-how — with zero fluff and lots of practical value.
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Saturday Nov 16, 2019
Saturday Nov 16, 2019
Live from the Deckorators booth in Louisville, Kentucky at Deck Expo 2019. We sat down with some of the best in the industry, Deckorators Certified Pros: Sean from Premier Outdoor Living, Joe from All Decked Out, and Leif from Cascade Fence and Deck. There's a lot of awards hardware sitting at this table as we learn a little more about how they run their operations!
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Saturday Nov 09, 2019
Saturday Nov 09, 2019
Live from Louisville, Kentucky at Deck Expo 2019. Hosted by Deckorators at their booth, and during the Instagram Meetup, we held an OPEN MIC and gave the crowd of contractors an opportunity to sit down and chat it up on the podcast Listen to find out who!
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Thursday Nov 07, 2019
Thursday Nov 07, 2019
We are live from Louisville, Kentucky at Deck Expo 2019. Hosted by Deckorators at their booth, we sat down with Jase DeBoer to chat about what's new for 2020 from Deckorators. Exciting stuff!
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Saturday Nov 02, 2019
Saturday Nov 02, 2019
Being an entrepreneur is a lonely and stressful gig. And one of the most lonely and stressful lines of work is that of a contractor. Nobody ever teaches you how to manage employees, manage customers, manage your books, manage your finances, your purchasing, your taxes, your competitors, you market. It's a big job and quite often it lands all on your shoulders alone. And nobody teaches us how to deal with it all emotionally and physically.
Jim Demeray founded Understand Us; a non-profit whose mission is to increase awareness around mental health. And one t-shirt, one cookie, one keynote at a time, Jim is normalizing the conversation and removing the stigma around speaking up about our internal struggles.
This may be one of our most important episodes yet. Have a listen. Take action.
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Saturday Oct 26, 2019
Saturday Oct 26, 2019
Warranties are used as marketing tools by the whole decking industry. At face value, they all seem great! But what's really behind the number? How good is the warranty? And how does it compare to other brands?
This is Part 2: Deckorators, Wolf, and Clubhouse.
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Saturday Oct 19, 2019
Saturday Oct 19, 2019
Warranties are used as marketing tools by the whole decking industry. At face value, they all seem great! But what's really behind the number? How good is the warranty? And how does it compare to other brands?
We do a deep dive on decking warranties, and we start with the big three: Trex, TimberTech, and Fiberon.
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Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
In what is sure to be one of our favourite episodes ever, small business owner Sean Stefan of The Rusty Shovel Landscape Shop joins us in studio to talk about his journey, small business advice, and random foolishness with The Ultimate Deck Shop crew.
Sean is a smart dude, who has grown his business to a staple in the community of Regina, Saskatchewan. Give this a listen.
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Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Working for free might not be something you've put much thought into, but we think there's a ton of value in doing it. So we discuss that, and a bunch of other disorganized rambling on THIS episode!
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