Paul Deffenbaugh

Paul Deffenbaugh is a former contractor and an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the construction industry for more than 25 years. In the commercial construction market, he served as editorial director for Metal Construction News and Metal Architecture, the leading publications in the metal construction industry. On the residential side, he has been the editorial director for Professional Builder, Professional Remodeler, Custom Builder, Housing Giants, and HousingZone.com. He began his writing career at Remodeling magazine, where he was editor in chief. 

​Prior to that Paul worked as a carpenter, learning the fundamentals of construction and briefly ran his own contracting company. He can be reached at [email protected].