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In this episode of the Strong Conversations Podcast – Building the Brand Series, host Sam Marcoux sits down with Rob and Travis Kerrick, the father-son team at the heart of United Production Framing. With nearly 70 years of combined experience, the Kerricks have helped shape thousands of homes across Southern California—and their story is as much about family as it is about construction.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
– How Rob and Travis’s personal bond translated into professional success
– Rob’s journey from loading lumber at 15 to being one of the first to install Simpson’s original Strong-Wall
– How Travis went from pursuing kinesiology to discovering his passion in construction management
– Why their family-like approach to business has helped create lasting industry relationships
– Their perspective on what’s next for framing and the growing role of innovation and technology
Whether they’re racing trophy trucks in Baja or managing multi-family builds, the Kerricks bring energy, trust, and respect to everything they do. This episode is a conversation about legacy—what it means to build homes, careers, and community together.
We’ve been working with Jen Woodhouse for nearly a decade. Over those years she’s built projects as small as this modern dog house to others as large as a floating deck. In the last two years, she’s built a backyard Pergola, DIY’d a workbench in under two hours and even designed and built a fence with our free Fence Planner Software. Jen is a fantastic DIYer who is a dream to work with and who isn’t afraid to tackle even the largest projects that can bring a backyard to life.