Editorial standards

What every page has to do

A page exists here because someone has a specific question and we can genuinely help answer it. Pages that exist to occupy a search result rather than to resolve a problem do not get published, regardless of what the keyword data says about their potential traffic.

• —Address one clear user task
• —Provide a satisfying answer to that task rather than a preamble to one
• —Show a truthful reviewed date and editorial attribution
• —Distinguish nominal structure dimensions from usable clearance wherever dimensions are discussed
• —Link to the tools and guides that are the logical next step

Things we will not do

The category this site operates in is full of content that exists to capture commercial intent rather than to help. We have drawn some explicit lines.

• —We do not fabricate products, prices, inventory, ratings, reviews, or product images
• —We do not invent dealer listings or claim coverage in areas where we have no verified providers
• —We do not publish first-hand testing we have not performed
• —We do not claim affiliate or manufacturer relationships we do not have
• —We do not state that a permit is or is not required for a jurisdiction unless a current official source for that exact jurisdiction supports it
• —We do not publish wind, snow, or structural ratings — those come from a manufacturer’s engineered documentation, not from us
• —We do not pad pages to hit a word count, or add FAQs that repeat the body text

How we handle uncertainty

Where we do not have verified information, we say so rather than filling the gap with something plausible. This is why the cost guide contains no dollar figures and why there is currently no product directory: we would rather publish an obvious absence than a confident fabrication.

Where a number in a tool comes from a default rather than from something you measured, the tool labels it as an assumption. You should be able to tell at a glance which parts of an answer rest on your data and which rest on ours.

Sourcing

Consequential claims are sourced. Where a claim is general knowledge within the category, we present it as such rather than dressing it up with a citation that does not support the specific assertion.

Manufacturer specifications vary between makers and model years. Where we describe typical behaviour, we say typical, and we point you at the specific product documentation for the figure that actually binds your decision.