The doors in your home can make a lasting impression. Whether you realize it or not, your guest's first exposure to your home begins at the door. Ring's End offers a wide selection of high-quality doors that you will not find anywhere else. Whatever the job, Ring's End has the door that is "Just Right" to fill your fenestration needs (door and window openings). Whether your customers want a new entry door or new interior doors, you will be 'wowed' by the construction quality and the variety of styles and options we have available. Arch-top doors, curved transoms, custom sidelights, and multiple wood species are just a few of the possibilities. Here are some highlights from the handful of door companies we have carefully selected to serve your needs:

* HeartWood specializes in mahogany exterior doors that feature traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery. Industry-leading CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machining ensures exceptional tolerances and repeatable details, even on "one-of-a-kind" doors.

* Rogue Valley Doors offers a choice of 28 different glass treatments and 16 wood species, including different distressed wood treatments.

* Upstate Door makes the most beautiful fire-rated doors you have ever seen. They also offer custom-made screen doors and screen panels for the construction of traditional screen porches.

* Lemieux Doors specializes in laminating wood veneer over a core of edge-glued solid wood. This manufacturing technique offers the appearance of a solid wood door with excellent strength and dimensional stability.

Remember to replace your storm door. A custom-made exterior door deserves the protection provided by a storm door of equal quality. We carry both Larsen and Andersen doors, which feature beautiful expanses of glass, durable construction and top-quality hardware. Not too big, not too small- at Ring's End we have the selection of doors just right for your needs.

Check out what is new with our WINDOWS

At Ring's End, we have virtually every window possibility covered- thanks to the industry leading brands we carry (Andersen, Marvin, Kolbe & HeartWood). Our selection ranges from custom-designed mahogany windows and casements with retracting screens to no-maintenance vinyl and aluminum-clad units; we have it all. Urge your customers to come in and see the quality, shapes, and styles on display in the window section of our stores. At Ring's End, we are sure to have the right window for any opening and the expert staff to ensure you get what you need.

 OSHA Release:

Fall Protection in Residential Construction

For a complete listing & guide to official OSHA regulations and policy click here. 

The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced the withdrawal of the Interim Fall Protection Compliance Guidelines for Residential Construction (STD 03-00-001). Prior to this announcement, STD 03-00-001 allowed contractors to engage in certain residential construction activities by using specified alternative methods of fall protection (e.g., slide guards or safety monitor systems) rather than the conventional fall protection (guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems) required by the residential construction fall protection standard. This meant that you could use these alternative measures without first proving that the use of conventional fall protection was infeasible or created a greater hazard and without a written fall protection plan.

With the issuance of the new directive, all residential construction employers must comply with the duty to have fall protection regulation.

• Residential construction employers generally must ensure that employees working six feet or more above lower levels use guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems. A personal fall arrest system may consist of a full body harness, a deceleration device, a lanyard, and an anchor point. (See the definition of "personal fall arrest system" here).
  
  
  • Other fall protection measures may be used to the extent allowed under other provisions of OSHA regulation .501(b) addressing specific types of work. For example, OSHA permits the use of warning lines and safety monitoring systems during the performance of roofing work on low-sloped roofs. 
  • OSHA allows the use of an effective fall restraint system in place of a personal fall arrest system. To be effective, a fall restraint system must be rigged to prevent a worker from reaching a fall hazard and falling over the edge. A fall restraint system may consist of a full body harness or body belt that is connected to an anchor point at the center of a roof by a lanyard of a length that will not allow a worker to physically reach the edge of the roof.
• If the employer can demonstrate that use of conventional fall protection methods is infeasible or creates a greater hazard, it must ensure that a qualified person:
  
  
  • Creates a written, site-specific fall protection plan in compliance with OSHA 1926.502(k); and 
  
  
  • Documents, in that plan, the reasons why conventional fall protection systems are infeasible or why their use would create a greater hazard.

The new directive interprets "residential construction" as construction work that satisfies both of the following elements:

• The end-use of the structure being built must be as a home, i.e., a dwelling. 


• The structure being built must be constructed using traditional wood frame construction materials and methods. The limited use of structural steel in a predominantly wood-framed home, such as a steel I-beam to help support wood framing, does not disqualify a structure from being considered residential construction.
  
  
  • See link for  definition of traditional wood frame construction materials and methods

This is one in a series of informational fact sheets highlighting OSHA programs, policies or standards. It does not impose any new compliance requirements. For a comprehensive list of compliance requirements of OSHA standards or regulations, refer to Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations here.