“We’re going to make backer rod,” his dad said. Steve’s follow-up question: What’s a backer rod? Steve’s dad told him backer rods are used in anything with expansion joints – high ...

Rod Sims and Alison Pert ... Alison is my strongest backer and my harshest critic, and I like that. If she thinks something I’ve done isn’t right, she won’t hesitate to let me know.