“Tis the Season” for Educational Opportunities

It’s seems like “Tis the Season” for Educational Opportunities here at Almar. In the last few weeks Craig, Mark & I have attended both the Harvey Building Products and Pella Pro Expo. They were both great opportunities in very different ways.

At the Harvey Building Products Event we had the opportunity to check out some new products and talk to the manufactures about existing products that we often recommend like:

· Certainteed’s new decking product EverNew Lt. EverNew is a cellular PVC decking with Lumenite technology.
· Azek PVC decking.
· Certainteed Siding & Roofing Products
· Velux Skylights.
· Mastic Siding products.


We also got a chance to see Better Grain by Harvey’s: Simulated wood grain Finish for Harvey Vinyl Windows. Harvey’s says that “No longer will you have to choose between the maintenance free performance of vinyl and the look of wood!..BetterGrain is a revolutionary dual-process painted wood grain finish that mimics the qualities of natural wood better than veneers, laminates, foils or other alternatives.”

We were especially excited to get more information about Masic Home Exteriors Homes for Our Troops Program. In 2010 mastic will donate over $100,000 in cash & building materials to Homes For Our Troops.

Not long after the Harvey show Craig & I headed to the Pro Expo presented by Pella, which offered us the opportunity to catch up with a whole other set of manufactures for products we commonly install.

The Pro Expo also offered several educational seminars for us to participate in. I like to tell our clients that we always learn something new on every job, well we also like to keep on top of the latest business practices in the industry and the presentations by Mark Richardson, CR about the Future of Remodeling and industry leaders was enlightening. And Best Practices to Strengthen Your Business hosted by Remodelers Advantage Members.

Craig & I are hard at work going over the new information we gathered, and deciding how best to apply it to our clients and projects here at Almar. All in all the time was well worth the information we gathered, and look forward to sharing these new and improved products with all our clients.