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A Day in the Life of a Skilled Apprentice
By Cara Corridoni, CertainTeed. Hear from four students in the International Masonry Institute’s tile apprenticeship program what it's really like be be in a trade school. Over the years, our country’s trade infrastructure has broken down, and the sense of pride in working with your hands has been eroded. A disparity between ...
Our Contractors Top the List of Most Popular Blogs This April
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. April followed the trend of crazy weather patterns with much of the country underwater and experiencing storms and heavy rains. Many of you took those down days to catch up on the latest news in the industry through ...
A Little FaceTime Goes a Long Way—And I Don’t Mean the App!
By Jay Butch, CertainTeed. Share this article with your potential customers about the importance of them taking the time to meet with you in person prior to selecting a contractor. Granted, we live in a technology-driven, fast-paced world. “Send me a text, email me this, I’ll DM you later with the details.” ...
Rebuilding Lives One Roof at a Time
By Vicky Gallagher. CertainTeed was honored with the distinguished Crystal Vision Award for their support of World Vision. For the past 19 years during the International Builders’ Show, World Vision has invited their current and potential business partners to join them for their Crystal Vision Awards Breakfast. There is always an industry-leader who ...
Historic Wisconsin Church Gets A New Crown With Matterhorn® Slate From Certainteed
By CertainTeed. Until recently, the roof of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, had seen better days. After about 30 years of wear and exposure to high winds, the church’s asphalt roof had started to fail. “The building itself was built in 1956, though the congregation was established in 1885,” said ...
New Year, New CertainTeed Shake and Shingle Siding Colors
Popular Cedar Impressions® and Northwoods® profiles add bold new solid color selections. Bold, solid colors are one of the top home exterior trends in 2019, and CertainTeed’s two most popular shake and shingle siding lines are leading the way: Cedar Impressions® Polymer and Northwoods® Vinyl siding. The new colors extend CertainTeed’s ...
One Tradesman’s Plan to Finance an Early Retirement
By Cara Coridonni, CertainTeed. Meet Jerry Hillenburg, owner Jerry Hillenburg & Co. who retired from his business at the young age of 50, My school teacher dad had five boys with me being the fourth. To supplement his income, Dad always built a “spec” house during summer break – my brothers and ...
Extreme DIY Leads to an Untapped Passion for the Trades
By Cara D'Angelo, CertainTeed. Meet Joel Dalacker, Extreme DIY'er. A Cold Start I went to school for three years for business but I realized I didn’t want to sit at a desk. It just wasn’t for me. I had a buddy who was in the trades. He mentioned that the guy he ...
A Look at the Other Side of Storm Damage
By: Cara D'Angelo, CertainTeed. As part of CertainTeed's efforts to help Keep Craft Alive, they are talking to skilled-workers across the U.S. and Canada about how they got started in the field. Name: Danny Suster, CIMA Contractors LLC, a CertainTeed Gold Star Commercial Contractor Industry: Roofing Danny (right) and his brother Sam (left), began ...
CertainTeed Expands Matterhorn Line into Canada
Canadian builders and contractors will soon be able to offer their customers a superior impact-, fire- and wind-resistant metal roofing option. CertainTeed’s luxury metal roofing line, Matterhorn® Metal Roofing, will be available throughout Canada in the first quarter of 2019. Matterhorn Metal Roofing utilizes mottling, chiseling and other techniques to replicate the ...
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