Bracket Thickness: Perception vs Reality

Choosing the Right Bracket Thickness Part I: Perception vs Reality One question we hear a lot is, “What’s the best size bracket to order?”  While that is purely subjective and based on personal preferences and style, we can provide some guidelines to help in the decision-making process.  First, we suggest considering height and projection. From …

Ask the Expert: Woodpeckers are destroying my brackets. What do I do?

PROBLEM: Woodpeckers are destroying Extra Large Foam Corbels.A customer recently came to us with this issue. He's had 15-1/2" x 12" x 24" foam corbels on his house, but the woodpeckers are destroying them and it's getting costly replacing them. (This is a common problem with foam brackets-- destruction by woodpeckers, bees, burrowing insects, etc.) SOLUTION: Durabrac …

How Do You Do Vinyl?

We always love when customers send us pictures of our products in use. We especially love it when those pictures show our products being used in a not-so-ordinary way. Durabrac brackets, spandrel and balusters are not just for exterior beautification. They are perfect for indoor decorating as well! Hung any shelves lately? What did you …

Thinking Outside the Gingerbread Box

Often when many think of decorative brackets, the images of gingerbread porches and fancy exteriors of the Old South come to mind. Architectural components or gingerbread brackets aren't just for sprucing up porches, overhangs or gables anymore. Brackets (including vinyl brackets) have come a long way from the ornate and detailed designs of the past. …

A Gothic Renovation

Our blog today isn't necessarily a lesson on vinyl or even a how-to. We just wanted to share with you the process of turning one family's dream of preserving history into a reality. Now, before anyone gets upset about how the rules for the preservation of historical buildings weren't followed because a similar material wasn't …