Friday, March 30, 2012

Saving the planet one truck at a time

Andersen windows, one of our great suppliers, has begun to convert its trucks to natural gas use from diesel. The conversion reduces both operating costs and carbon dioxide emissions. Andersen has been a partner to our environment for year and they continue to be a leader in working for our environment. We appreciate their efforts and applaud their leadership in this field.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Vinyl is a great product for your home

The facts about vinyl. With endless talk about vinyl in our industry I am going to over the truth.
Vinyl is composed of ingredients from nature; chlorine,(common salt) and ethylene from natural gas. Vinyl can be flexible, rigid or semi-rigid.It can be clear or colorful, thick or thin. Part of the beauty of affordable, energy efficient, versatile vinyl is that it can literally last a lifetime. With long life cycles and natural fire resistance. it's highly sustainable. No wonder vinyl is a major component of products used in residential and commercial construction.
Look around. You'll see that vinyl is very much a part of your world. Vinyl has a proud and rich history of providing solutions to society's needs.
Water pipes, water storage containers, siding, moldings, decking, windows, doors, skylights, instrument panels and door panels in cars, containers for blood and food packaging
Vinyl is a great part of our world. One material with virtually endless possibilities. Let enjoy vinyl. It is so good to us.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Serve your customer

A recent survey was done to see what the worst things that you can say to a customer. The winner was "thats our policy", don't we all hate that one. Now is the time to think about the things that you and your serve team say to customers every day. Are your people trained to say the right thing all the time. If not, how do you fix that? Some basic steps of reminding your team who actually gives us all jobs(the customers) is a place to start the training. We all have our lapses in great customer service but the more training that we have the better our service can be on a regular basis.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Consumer confidence rises

Many consumers feel better about the economy and the fact that it will continue to improve as the year goes on. We look forward to serving the area contractors as they get busier. We are ready to serve you.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

New Product

Plygem has introduced a beautiful new product. True Stack Stone.True Stack comes in 7 color blends and is easy to install. Check out this product at http://www.plygemstone.com/pdfs/TrueStack.pdf you will love it.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

US Remodeling Industry expects Growth

The growing trend among home owners to remain in their homes and remodel has provided a boost in the remodeling market. The NAHB predicts that residential remodeling will rise 8.9 percent in 2012.The strongest sectors of the remodeling market at present are aging-in-place retrofits, energy efficient upgrades, and reinvesting in distressed properties.

Great news is always fun.

Monday, February 13, 2012

New Window Features

Vinylmax has added a fiberglass reinforcing beam and foam filled frames to the options available on the Hyde Park window. The Hyde Park is the high end of the Vinylmax vinyl window selection. It is available in 10 exterior colors and 4 interior finishes. The new literature is just out. Let me know if can send you some literature or bring it to you.