Team Training & Support: Closing the Gap Between a New Hire and a Crew You Can Trust on Any Job
The callback isn’t always about the product. Sometimes it’s about the new hire who installed it the way he’d seen it done somewhere else, on something else. Here’s how to build a training system that scales with your crews instead of against them.
Managing Inventory & Lead Times: Why Your Stock Room Is a Bidding Tool, Not Just a Warehouse
A crew that shows up short one box of fasteners doesn’t lose an hour. They lose the day, and sometimes the client. Here’s how to turn inventory and lead-time planning into part of the estimate, not an afterthought.
How to Write Accurate Estimates Using Supplier Data
The bid was right. The material list was wrong. Most estimating losses in metal roofing trace back to outdated data, not bad labor math. Here’s how supplier data turns a guess into a number you can actually trust.
Brand Spotlight: Malco
Malco has been a trusted name for high-quality tools in the sheet metal industry for over 60 years. They…
Brand Spotlight: IRWIN TOOLS
If you’ve been following our blog, then you know that we only spotlight the top quality tool brands in…
Brand Spotlight: Tajima Tools
Tajima is a brand that metal roofers trust for high-quality and competitively-priced tools. Keep reading for some background on…
Brand Spotlight: Stubai Metal Roofing Seamers
Seaming metal roof panels is one of the most important steps in a standing seam metal roof installation. Roofing…
Dektite High-Quality Pipe Boots for Metal Roof Longevity
It can be hard to determine which type of pipe boot is right for your standing seam metal roof…
Best Metal Roof Solar Mounts
It’s no secret that solar energy has become one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sources over the past few…
Top 5 Reasons Why Roofing Companies Fail
Problem #2: Neglecting the Customer You’ve heard the old saying, “the customer is always right.” While that may not…
How to Avoid Oil Canning on Metal Roofing
Building a home or commercial building is a huge financial undertaking. Naturally, you’ll want to be sure to make…
How to Grow & Scale Your Roofing Business
Off-seasonPicture this: you’ve hired between one and five employees, and have several more subcontractors. You’re accepting around five jobs…