News updated August 2010
Custom Mouldings
Beisser Lumber can create custom mouldings out of virtually any species of wood to match your remodeling project or help add a touch of elegance to your new home. Click here to download our custom moulding brochure.
Students build affordable home with materials donated by Beisser Lumber
Hammers and saws echoed through an Ames neighborhood as about a dozen workers swarmed around the foundation of a new home under construction at 620 12th St.
Students from Des Moines Area Community College’s Career Academy, Hunziker Center, were busy nailing up stud walls in the basement and cutting and measuring floor joists.
Chuck Abbott stated “We’ve worked with DMACC before, but not for the last three or four years,”. He said the students would build the home, including the framing, interior work and roofing.“The city will require us to use licensed trades for the utilities — electrical, plumbing and heating — but the students will do the rest,” Abbott said. “And they don’t get paid, except for the experience they get. It certainly helps our budget.”
Richard Webb, SCCHC executive director, said after the two-bedroom, single-bathroom home is finished next spring, it will be offered for sale to a family of three or four members who earn an annual income of between $45,000 and $55,000.
DMACC teacher Joe Berends said the students also work in two other shifts from 7 to 9:30 a.m. and from 10 a.m. to noon. “There’s classroom work, but this is 90 percent a hands-on experience,” he said.
Abbott said the home will cover 1,100 square feet on the main floor. Because it has a foam and concrete foundation that offers an R-20 rating and is equipped with “egress windows” to meet city code, the basement can be used as living space too.
Beisser Builds a tornado shelter with help from Dupont
The Beisser Installed Sales team along with a team from DuPont installed a DuPont Storm Room in an Ankey home. The 4x6 foot shelter is wrapped on all sides by Kevlar and has a 3 inch thick steel door to provide protection from winds up to250 mph. Click here for the full story covered by KCCI.
Tax Credit!
Ask us about windows and doors that may qualify for 30% Federal Stimulus Tax Credit up to $1500.00!
Changes at Beisser
The new cabinet display has been completed at the Grimes location. Thank you to Barb Hyde for the wonderful designs and to our installed sales team for a beautiful install. Pictures of the new displays can be found under the cabinets section under Grimes Gallery.
We have added several new kitchen and bathroom pics under the cabinet sections thanks to several of our builders and customers.
Our Design Department now has a plan of the month. These plans are at a discounted price. Look under the Design section to see this months plan.
We added a new section to the website called Employees. You can now put a face to the name of most of the office people at Beisser Lumber.
Going Green!
Beisser Lumber has obtained Chain of Custody Certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The FSC is a not for profit organization that was established to promote responsible management for the worlds forest.
Products carrying the FSC label are independently certified to assure consumers that they come from forests that are managed to meet the social, economic and ecological needs of present and future generations. Only building products bearing the FSC label are recognized by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for use in Leadership in Engineering and Environmental Design (LEED) program. The LEED program is a desirable way to construct projects that are far friendlier to our environment. Beisser Lumber is now able to purchase and sell FSC materials to our customers.
In conjunction with our FSC certification, Beisser Lumber was also accredited with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program. SFI is also dedicated to the wellbeing of the forests and is recognized by the National Association of Home Builders of the Untied States. The SFI is a well established organization with a large distribution of products that are harvested and manufactured is a fashion that is friendly to the environment.
Our commitment is to provide quality renewable resources and at the same time, replenish our environment. We are anxious to answer your questions and inquires and to assist you in your dealings.
Beisser Lumber Acquires D & D West Homes
Here is a copy of the fax that has been sent to several of our customers and vendors:
February 17, 2007
To Our Valued Customers, Vendors and Friends,
Beisser Lumber is pleased to announce that we have acquired D & D West Homes, Inc. of Grimes, Iowa. D & D West Homes is a manufacture of panelized wall components. We are proud to welcome Darrell and Carla West as shareholders of Beisser Lumber and their employees as part of the Beisser Lumber team.
Darrell and Carla will continue to manage the operations of the newly named D & D West Components + in the same way as before. Our goal will be to bring the quality product of D & D West Components + to builders, developers and general contactors throughout Iowa and surrounding states.
We are excited about this opportunity to serve you and look forward to continuing out relationship with you.
Signed by Kim Beisser, Darrell West and Carla West
Extreme Makeover
In December 2005 the Kibe family lost their home due to a fire. Since then the family had been living in a one-bedroom camper on their Tama County farm while trying to get an insurance settlement and a loan to rebuild their home.
On September 10, 2006, Ty Pennington of the hit ABC-TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition woke up Shawn and Amy Kibe and their three sons to inform them they had been selected as the next family to have a custom home built. The family spent a week on a Caribbean cruise while Pennington’s crew and thousands of corporate volunteers built their new home.
On September 17th, after only one week, Ty Pennington and the crew revealed a beautiful two story house to the Kibe family.
Several Iowa companies helped in rebuilding the Kibe home: Hubbell
Homes, McAninch Corp., Beisser Lumber Co., Adams Door Co., Atlas
Construction Services, Cessford Construction, Flooring Gallery, and
Soil-tek.
Beisser Lumber was proud to be a part of the ABC-TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
The episode "Kibe Family" aired on October 29th at 7:00PM CST.
For more details and a complete construction history of this project, go to www.hubbellextreme.com
Employment Opportunities
Currently we are not hiring any positions. However, we encourage those interested to submit their resume in the event an appropriate positions should become available in the future. Please contact Rob Lambertsen at 515-986-1706 with any questions you may have.
