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Test Page

Drop-in layout for static pages — About, Privacy, Terms, Methodology, FAQ, Press, and anything else that needs a clean editorial body.

The simplest, most editorial page on the site.

This is the canonical page layout. Anything that isn't the homepage, a blog post, or the contact form should use this template so the whole site reads as one coherent magazine. The body is constrained to a comfortable reading measure for long-form static content.

Replace this copy with the real content of whatever page you're building. Headings stay in the display font and uppercase; body copy stays in the sans body font for readability at long lengths.

Independent, accountable, and very stubborn about pricing.

We track every quote we publish against a verified manufacturer database. No affiliate placements, no pay-to-rank lists, no ghost-written brand content. If a number lives on this site, it came from a real 2026 quote on a real project.

✓ 240+ manufacturers actively tracked

✓ Pricing refreshed every 30 days

✓ Zero manufacturer payments accepted

✓ Every review tied to a verified buyer

How we score, sort, and surface companies.

Pricing Signal

Real quotes, real specs — never sticker prices.

Engineering Audit

Stamped drawings + warranty paper review.

Buyer Outcomes

Verified post-install reviews tracked at 6 + 12 mo.

“The pad almost always costs more than the kit. That single sentence has saved more first-time buyers from over-budget builds than any spec sheet.”

— Mark Henderson, Lead Analyst

No manufacturer money. Ever.

The guide is funded by buyer-side referral fees from a small set of pre-qualified general contractors — never by the manufacturers themselves. Manufacturers cannot pay to be listed, cannot pay to be removed from a bad review, and cannot review their own ranking before publication.

MH · Mark Henderson

Lead Analyst

DW · Dana Whitfield

Engineering Review

SO · Sam Ortiz

Field Reporter

Questions, tips, corrections.

Found a number that's off? Want to pitch a teardown? We read everything, even the angry ones.