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L.J. Smith has been sending out electronic newsletters about every 6-8 weeks since June 2006. Each newsletter is quick-reading and includes a featured product, new product announcements or industry information. If you have missed any issues, below is a summary of the information included in each. By clicking on the newsletter issue, you can view the actual newsletter.
March 2008
- Specified Length Landing Tread
- Available in oak 3 ½” and 5 ¼” landing tread
- 8’, 10’, 12’, 14’ 16’ lengths
- Quick and Accurate Materials Lists
- L.J. Smith has included easy Ordering Guides right in their catalog
- L.J. Smith Has the Complete Package!
- Marketing Tools
- Product and Sales Training
- Stairway Manufacturers’ Illustrated Stair-Code Guide
January 2008
- Lead Time Improvement
- Explains that L.J. has made a significant improvement on lead times starting February 4, 2008.
- Call to learn more
- New Showroom Balustrade Display
- Customize your showroom with any combination of 1 to 19 balustrades
October 2007
- New Iron Products and Finishes
- Hollow balusters now available in selected profiles
- Satin Nickel and Oil Rubbed Copper finishes now available
- Newel Mounting Kits
- Shows all 8 newel mounting kits
- L.J. Smith’s “No Fear” Catalogue
- 4 Simple Steps for Ordering a Beautiful Stairway
- Ordering Guidelines page in back of catalogue
September 2007
- Dress Up Your Box Newel
- Top Plates
- Finials
- Rosette Blocks and Embossed Carvings
- L.J. Smith Bending Rail
- Features and Benefits of our Bending Rail vs. the industry standard
- Success or Confidence! Which Comes First?
July 2007
- New Displays to Help You Promote L.J. Smith Products
- Iron and Wood Wall Display
- Wall Display Legs
- Iron and Wood Carousel
- Carousel Display Stand
- Spanish Installation Guides
- Ask about our Balustrade Installation Guides En Espanol!!!
- There’s no substitute for making more sales calls
May 2007
- Not All Handrail Brackets Are Created Equal
- All L.J. Smith handrail brackets will comply with 1 ½” hand clearance codes when used with L.J. 6010 handrail
- Iron Sample Chips
- Sample Chips now available to show the texture and color of all finishes
- L.J. Smith can help you get that new account NOW!
March 2007
- Box Newel Sleeves
- Adjustable sleeves for the L.J. 4075
- Available as individual sleeves and packaged with an L.J. 4075
- Woodsmiths
- L.J.’s sister company has the ability to offer custom built stairs
- Wall Rail Brackets
- Full line of finishes inspired by trendy hardware finishes
January 2007
- Continued Growth of Iron
- Discusses L.J. Smith’s iron line and the continuing trend of iron popularity
- Shows four of our popular iron finishes
December 2006
- L.J. Smith Counter Mats available
- The Conect-A-Kit Advantage
- Description of benefits
- Picture of exploded L.J. 7012 and L.J. 7021
- How to “Up-Sell” L.J. Smith Stair Systems
October 2006
- Pin Newel Applications
- Long Rake Runs
- Starting Newels
- Stair School Information
- Stair style considerations for tight areas
September 2006
- Wall Rail Bracket Display
- Sell more brackets with a new Wall Rail Bracket Display!
- Inlaid Box Newels
July 2006
- Ultra Rail
- Description, drawing, comparison to Solid Cap
- Baluster Runners
- Announcing the availability of the new Baluster Runners
- Accustair 3.0
- Informing everyone that we have hit a snag, and the release date is still unknown
- How the Stairway Manufacturers’ Association represents the stair industry
June 2006
- Pro Dealer: Results of Brand Surveys
- 66% of Pro Dealers said that they perceived L.J. Smith as driving their Stair Systems business
L.J. Smith offers several epoxy kits and accessories for installing our ornamental iron collection of balusters and newels. These kits feature handy adhesive cartridges to easily and neatly secure our iron balusters and newels to wooden surfaces. Choose from the contractor options for larger projects or the job-lot kits for those that are smaller.
Our iron baluster and newel installation instructions provide step-by-step details for using these epoxy kits for professional results every time!
Did you know that L.J. Smith has been quoting custom stairway components for decades? Aside from our standard wood species of red oak, poplar, beech, cherry, maple, hemlock, walnut, mahogany, hickory and white oak, we also quote specialty woods such as Brazilian cherry, African mahogany, knotty pine, heart pine, yellow pine, clear pine, bamboo, fir, lyptus, Australian cypress, Brazilian walnut, Brazilian teak, cedar, white birch, ash, quartersawn red or white oak and rift sawn red oak. Custom quote requests have come in for nearly all of our offered product categories: newels, balusters, handrail, handrail fittings, starting steps, treads & risers and other miscellaneous items.
Here are some of our custom capabilities:
- Different square sizes for turning
- Rope style turned newels and balusters
- Custom fitting angles
- Unique handrail and fitting profiles
- Winder treads
- Custom treads, risers & landing tread
- Stacked starting steps
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Building a Conect-A-Kit® Landing Fitting Assembly (gooseneck) requires a Rail Drop (LJ-7_RD). Our Rail Drops are already mitered and drilled, but if you don’t have a Rail Drop or don’t want to spend the money on one, straight lineal rail can be used.
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Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
J.C. WATTS, JR. |
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The L.J. Smith Systems Catalog contains a very simple chart on 2 pages (77-78) to show which 7 patented Conect-A-Kit® fittings are used to make 26 different goosenecks.
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