All Duro-Last Roofing Jobs as of 1/13/2012

JOB NAME	JOB CITY	JOB STATE	TOT. SQ.FT ORIGINAL&ADDS
EAT N PARK #60	CUYAHOGA FALLS	OH	150
NEW GALLIA ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL	GALLIPOLIS	OH	819
EAT N PARK #64	MEDINA	OH	100
EAT N PARK #68	SAINT CLAIRSVILLE	OH	100
EAT-N-PARK	SAINT CLAIRSVILLE	OH	7538
EAT N PARK #46	ALTOONA	PA	100
EAT-N-PARK	ALTOONA	PA	7570
UNIEWJEWSKI RESIDENCE	AMITY	PA	267
TOM MIMMIDIS	BELLE  VERNON	PA	2913
CHARMAINE HALL	BELLE VERNON	PA	2444
CLARK RESIDENCE	BELLE VERNON	PA	900
BLRA	BETHEL PARK	PA	3650
EAT-N-PARK	BRIDGEVILLE	PA	6814
EAT N PARK #17	BUTLER	PA	100
EAT-N-PARK #17	BUTLER	PA	8494
AUTO ZONE #4613	CANONSBURG	PA	6329
JAB JEWELRY	CANONSBURG	PA	3151
BURGER KING #2080	CARLISLE	PA	3484
KERESTON RESIDENCE	CHARLEROI	PA	729
LENZI RESIDENCE	CHARLEROI	PA	200
RT WALKER	CHARLEROI	PA	2678
EAT-N-PARK #66	CLARION	PA	400
DAN DINARDO	CORAOPOLIS	PA	7012
CARLEK RESIDENCE	FINLEYVILLE	PA	584
KENNEL RESIDENCE	FINLEYVILLE	PA	480
LIBRARY BAPTIST CHURCH	FINLEYVILLE	PA	4360
LIBRARY BAPTIST CHURCH	FINLEYVILLE	PA	6256
RINGGOLD MIDDLE SCHOOL	FINLEYVILLE	PA	105656
WALTER LONG	FINLEYVILLE	PA	2315
WILLIS ABEL PROPERTIES	FINLEYVILLE	PA	9139
PENN-PITT SCHOOL	GREENSBORO	PA	5564
ALLEGHENY ENERGY SERVICE CORPORATIO	GREENSBURG	PA	637
CHICK-FIL-A	GREENSBURG	PA	8292
DUNKIN DONUTS	GREENSBURG	PA	3296
NOONE RESIDENCE	GREENSBURG	PA	482
EAT N PARK #65	GROVE CITY	PA	150
GOGA RESIDENCE	HARRISON CITY	PA	856
EAT-N-PARK	HOMESTEAD	PA	150
EAT N PARK #58	INDIANA	PA	200
ARBYS #1875	IRWIN	PA	3345
ACCU-COPY	JOHNSTOWN	PA	3407
EAT-N-PARK #25	JOHNSTOWN	PA	3694
EAT-N-PARK #45	JOHNSTOWN	PA	9995
BLACKBOX	LAWRENCE	PA	11715
FUGH MECHANICAL	MANOR	PA	2837
CLASSIC SOFT TRIM	MC KEES ROCKS	PA	7084
EAT-N-PARK #33	MC KEES ROCKS	PA	7350
FEDEX NATIONAL LTL	MC KEES ROCKS	PA	17291
FINNEY RESIDENCE	MCKEESPORT	PA	179
EAT N PARK #62	MONACA	PA	150
EAT-N-PARK #16	MONONGAHELA	PA	7733
PITTSBURGH SOUTH DENTISTRY	MONONGAHELA	PA	430
RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	MONONGAHELA	PA	70593
SPAN & TAYLOR PHARMACY	MONONGAHELA	PA	2969
YMCA	MONONGAHELA	PA	1800
WEST POINT REALTY	MONROEVILLE	PA	15150
EXECUTIVE BUILDING	MOUNT PLEASANT	PA	13660
CARLSON RESIDENCE	MT LEBANON	PA	639
DAIRY QUEEN	MT PLEASANT	PA	4368
EAT-N-PARK #24	NATRONA HEIGHTS	PA	9163
EDDIE VOLKERS SHOP	NEW EAGLE	PA	1639
EAT N PARK #32	NEW KENSINGTON	PA	100
VILLELLA RESIDENCE	NEW KENSINGTON	PA	2619
EAT-N-PARK #37	NEW STANTON	PA	8930
CALVARY CHAPEL	PITTSBURGH	PA	2299
CARNEGIE LIBRARY	PITTSBURGH	PA	2960
CARNEGIE LIBRARY	PITTSBURGH	PA	884
CARNEGIE LIBRARY	PITTSBURGH	PA	3777
CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH	PITTSBURGH	PA	6414
CARNEGIE MUSEUM	PITTSBURGH	PA	1560
DUNBAR APARTMENTS	PITTSBURGH	PA	3635
EAT N PARK #53	PITTSBURGH	PA	100
EAT-N-PARK	PITTSBURGH	PA	5893
EAT-N-PARK	PITTSBURGH	PA	6717
EAT-N-PARK #11	PITTSBURGH	PA	8940
EAT-N-PARK #2	PITTSBURGH	PA	8224
EAT-N-PARK #30	PITTSBURGH	PA	7110
EAT-N-PARK #30 PENN HILLS	PITTSBURGH	PA	1396
EAT-N-PARK #44	PITTSBURGH	PA	15087
EAT-N-PARK #87	PITTSBURGH	PA	9231
EAT-N-PARK #9	PITTSBURGH	PA	12911
FORWOOD GROUP BUILDING	PITTSBURGH	PA	2285
FRANKO RESIDENCE	PITTSBURGH	PA	237
GLORIA CHILD	PITTSBURGH	PA	315
H SQUARED PROPERTIES	PITTSBURGH	PA	27174
H-SQUARED PROPERTIES	PITTSBURGH	PA	672
JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL	PITTSBURGH	PA	6304
LULUS NOODLES	PITTSBURGH	PA	4845
MITCHELLS CORNER	PITTSBURGH	PA	3372
MOUNT LEBANON SCHOOL DISTRICT	PITTSBURGH	PA	5850
MT LEBANON SCHOOL DISTRICT	PITTSBURGH	PA	1078
NUGAC DEVELOPMENT	PITTSBURGH	PA	600
PENN BREWERY	PITTSBURGH	PA	16085
PLEASANT HILLS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE	PITTSBURGH	PA	5736
REED STREET COFFEE SHOPPE	PITTSBURGH	PA	1150
SALVATL RESIDENCE	PITTSBURGH	PA	442
SIX PENN KITCHEN	PITTSBURGH	PA	4292
SOUTH HILLS VILLAGE – ENP	PITTSBURGH	PA	783
STEEL BRIDGE PROPERTIES LLC	PITTSBURGH	PA	3747
THE PORCH AT SCHENLEY PLAZA	PITTSBURGH	PA	8056
TRIKO ENTERPRISES INC	PITTSBURGH	PA	3465
UDEKWU RESIDENCE	PITTSBURGH	PA	2696
UNISON BOILER ROOM	PITTSBURGH	PA	2108
VICARY RESIDENCE	PITTSBURGH	PA	494
CANTONI RESIDENCE	PLEASANT HILLS	PA	722
BROADHURST RESIDENCE	RECTOR	PA	735
EAT-N-PARK	SEWICKLEY	PA	8359
EAT-N-PARK	SOMERSET	PA	2121
EAT-N-PARK #47	SOMERSET	PA	6448
EAT-N-PARK #47	SOMERSET	PA	0
BIDJOU RESIDENCE	TURTLE CREEK	PA	663
DAIRY QUEEN #18973	UNIONTOWN	PA	4902
YMCA	UNIONTOWN	PA	964
NORTHEAST ENERGY	VAN VOORHIS	PA	434
EAT N PARK #55	WASHINGTON	PA	100
EAT-N-PARK #15	WASHINGTON	PA	6039
EAT-N-PARK	WEIRTON	WV	9457

Slagle Roofing Helps a School in The Bahamas

Slagle Roofing Helps School in Bahamas

Mark Slagle, Luke Slagle, and Chris McDivitt of Slagle Roofing along with Don Oakes and Josh Watts, the youth pastor at Crossroads Ministries, together formed a team to help a school in the Bahamas.  Many people think of the Bahamas as a great vacation place, and there are indeed many beautiful spots on the island for tourist, however, the people of the Bahamas are in great need.  Several years ago Mark Slagle, president of Slagle Roofing and Construction, went on a mission’s trip to the Bahamas where he made a great connection with a local missionary.  This year he received an email calling for help to lay 2000 block to help a Christian school in Nassau, Bahamas.  Without question, when Mark saw the need, he began to recruit a team of men to go accomplish this great task.  They went down in May and spent 8 Days building the second story to a school that housed 180 students.  The school will now be able to double there outreach to the community.  The people of the Bahamas were very thankful for the work that Mark and his team did to improve their building.  Slagle Roofing and Crossroads Minsitries were happy to help meet the need for this school in the Bahamas.   Mark said “We are grateful that we were able to go down and help the Televos Christian School. We were just bodies, God made it all possible for us to go and serve him. God supplied our needs and the people of Televos Christian School needs thru us. Give him all the glory!”

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Great group of guys

The more I learn about how roofing works and how business works the more I appreciate the guys that work for Slagle Roofing and Construction.  The company has to operate as a team to be successful.  With out good leadership it would fall apart and with out a great group of guys installing the best roofs there wouldn’t be a company.  We have took on a lot of work over the past few months because of our quality of work and referrals because of it.  We would like to add a few guys to help everyone out but it really is hard to find someone who wants to work and who you can trust.  We have a solid nucleus of guys who have been with Mark for years and then there are some new guys who we have hired who we knew through church.  God is the number on priority at our company and we would like create an environment where everyone knows that something is different about this roofing company.  The guys we have on our team are hard workers and know how to get a job done right.  This is a great attribute, especially for our customers to see first hand.  I have had many positive comments about how are roofers aren’t swearing and are polite.  Its always nice to hear that our guys are doing a good job.  Sometimes I guess I just get used to it because I haven’t been around any other crews or worked for any other roofers before.  I have asked around and everyone has said that its hard to find a good solid roofing crew that doesn’t have a laundry list of issues.  Well we hope that we can find a few more to help lighten the load for everyone, but if not we know that we are in good hands with they guys we got.

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Is rain a roofers best friend or not?

There are many pros and cons with bad weather for roofers.  It is the perfect love hate relationship.  Weather is unpredictable and creates nightmares for scheduling work around mother nature.  Its been raining for three solid weeks in Pittsburgh and its hard to get much done.  The phone doesn’t stop ringing with people calling about their old roof leaking and everyone wants a new one put on now.  We have signed more contracts in the last three weeks then any other time during the year.  Production and customer service are the hard ones to juggle.  Once customers make the decision to spend thousands and sometimes tens of thousands to put a new roof, they want it done yesterday.  What about the customers that signed up a few weeks before who are still waiting because we are backed up due to non working conditions?  As Americans we are used to now, especially when it comes to spending money.  If we commit to it in our mind then we want it as fast as possible.  There is one good advantage out there by getting a new roof installed later then sooner.  The warranty starts after we finish, so if your roof can make it through one more rainy season that’s one more season the new one will make it through.  Rain obviously creates work for us but also impedes work at the same time.  It is a very interesting dynamic to have to constantly battle.  Roofers love rain days every once in a while because it gets them a day off but I know they don’t like 3 and 4 days off because then it starts to effect there pay and ability to provide for their families.

Some tips for customers:

1.) Have your roof inspected every few years and determine the life of your roof.

2.) If something does happen to your roof get it fixed in a timely manner so it doesn’t create more of a problem and it may buy you a few more years.

3.) Keep your gutters cleaned out.  Clogged gutters can cause an endless amount of problems to a roof.

4.) When deciding about the purchase of a new roof be more proactive rather then reactive.  Don’t wait til your roof is ready to cave in to pick up the phone.

5.) Keep in mind that any quality roofing contractor if you do decide to go with them will probably be 4-6 weeks from actually doing the work.  You don’t want John Doe roofing if they are sitting around doing nothing and just waiting to put your roof on.  Busy roofers are usually good roofers or they wouldn’t be getting work.

6.)  Spend a little extra money on the right kind of roof.  Most roofs last between 20-30 yrs.  So there is no sense of short cutting it.

7.) Extended warranties are always available but keep in mind the roofers still put the roof on the same way and usually if there is something wrong it will be found out in the first year or two which is automatically covered by any reputable roofer at no additional charge.  Use that extra money for leaf guard protection or roof maintenance program.

New Office

It has been so busy around here since the last time I posted.  For starters we have just finally moved into our new office space down in Monongahela, Pa.  We will be better able to service the valley customers better and are more centrally located for residential work.  We will still continue to have a big market share of the commercial roofing in Western Pa in all areas.  We have also joined up with our sister company Trinity Garage Door and Awning at our new location.  We have a store front window and they will be able to showcase the latest and greatest in the garage door and awning business.  Right through the back of their office will be Slagle Roofing and Construction Inc. corporate office.  Mark Slagle has his own suite which consists of an executive desk along with a custom built blueprint table and a small cable TV in the corner so he can stay up to date with the crazy weather.  Back a little further Ruthann has a desk and will be managing all the company’s day to day books and office duties.  Then my desk is there as well, decorated in Ohio St decor all around.  We have a conference room in the back and hope to have team meetings real soon.  Being down in Monongahela and right downtown gives the public a little more access to what we have to offer.  All of our real work takes place on the job but this gives us a place to call home and be in a position to let everyone know who we are and what we do.  We want to get more involved in the Mon Valley area as this is where we prefer to do more business.  We are excited about the upcoming summer and anxious to get some roofs on if it ever quits raining.  The list is getting long so we encourage everyone to get on it as soon as possible.  Well I will continue to blog a little more often now that I have a little more stability in the office and its 2 blocks from my apartment.

Its a little crazy around here

I just realized I haven’t blogged in a little while.  Time is flying around here as the weather goes from bad to good and then back to bad.  It seems like everyone that got prices in the winter is ready to sign contracts now and then everyone roofs that are leaking now want us out there immediately to give them an estimate.  I like to think its a very good problem to have, especially when “everyone” says we are in a bad economy.  Our major restaurant chain that we service is ready to get 6 new roofs and one of our real estate property managers has 3 or 4.  Not to mention we still have 2 schools we are working on and then there are all the residential customers to take care of.  This year has a lot of potential and we are excited about it.  Oh wait there is more, did I mention we will have a booth at the Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show from March 4-13.  10 days of non stop potential customers walking by our make shift store front.  I am really excited about it because we did a much smaller show in January and I received 30 leads and have gotten over $50,000 of work so far off it.

It takes a lot of time to build a good business but you can fast track your results by looking at every potential job no matter the size and treating customers the right way with fast response times.  The more good exposure we have the better and it will lead to big things down the road.

Big things such as our ability to help out on the mission field.  Mark Slagle is organizing two trips this year and I know he would like to do more.  Slagle Roofing keeps doing the right things and keeps the priorities in order and it seems like everything else comes into place.  God, family, and then work.  It seems like we have had a lot of each lately.

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Duro-Last Press Release

February 2011

To: Local & Trade Media – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

From: Frederick D. Sitter, Marketing Communications Director

Duro-Last Roofing, Inc.

525 Morley Drive

Saginaw, MI 48601

(800) 248-0280

fsitter@duro-last.com

Duro-Last^® Roofing, Inc. Honors Slagle Roofing & Construction With Admission To The Presidents Club

SAGINAW, MICHIGAN—Duro-Last Roofing, Inc. honored Slagle Roofing and Construction, Inc. of Finleyville, Pennsylvania, during Duro-Last’s National Sales Seminar held in Orlando, Florida, January 30 – February 1, 2011.

In recognition of outstanding achievement in quality workmanship, customer satisfaction, and 2010 sales in excess of $250,000, Duro-Last welcomed Slagle Roofing and Construction to the Presidents Club.

“We are extremely proud to be affiliated with Slagle Roofing,” said Duro-Last Chairman of the Board Jack Burt. “Since our beginning, Duro-Last has valued the relationships we have with independent roofing companies. Our sustained growth and success in the single-ply thermoplastic roofing market can be attributed to the high-quality workmanship, professionalism, and integrity of our dealer network. We are very fortunate to have Slagle Roofing and Construction as an authorized Duro-Last contractor.”

At the 2011 Sales Seminar Duro-Last recognized five contractors who have been active in making their communities healthier, safer, and stronger – a better place to live for everyone. Slagle Roofing and Construction was honored in the Partners in Goodwill program for their work with an orphanage in Quito, Ecuador.

With corporate headquarters and a manufacturing facility in Saginaw, Michigan as well as other locations in Grants Pass, Oregon; Jackson, Mississippi; and Sigourney, Iowa, Duro-Last® Roofing, Inc. is the manufacturer of the “World’s Best Roof”®. Since 1978, Duro-Last has produced a custom-fabricated, thermoplastic single-ply roofing system that is ideal for any flat or low-sloped commercial or industrial building. Energy-efficient and extremely durable, the Duro-Last roofing system is also leak-proof, virtually maintenance-free and resistant to chemicals, fire, punctures, and high winds. For more information, contact Fred Sitter at 800-248-0280 or visit www.duro-last.com.