In This Issue... • Grand Rapids New Store Details! • Residential Roofing: Combat Midwestern Winters with Proper Ventilation, Check Out In-Stock Skylight Offerings • Commercial Roofing: Commercial Skylights Available, 2014 ISO R-Value Measurement Changes • Siding & Windows: Advantages to single-sourcing your exterior offering! PO Box 609 Wayne, MI 48184 800.497.9000 wimsadirect.com Electronic Service Requested Contact your Wimsa Territory Manager Today • 800.497.9000 • wimsadirect.com PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID WESTLAND, MI PERMIT NO.211 All Branches Open 7 AM - 5 PM M-F, 7 AM - 12 PM Sat. Residential & Commercial Roofing • Siding & Stone • Insulation • Windows & Doors • Composite Lumber Lansing 1615 E. Miller Rd. Lansing, MI 48911 P: 517.272.6900 F: 517.272.6933 Saginaw 3460 Bay Rd. Saginaw, MI 48603 P: 989.497.0100 F: 989.497.1991 Sterling Heights 33663 Mound Rd. Sterling Hts., MI 48310 P: 586.978.8740 F: 586.978.8910 Traverse City 7201 E. M-72 Williamsburg, MI 49690 P: 231.267.5700 F: 231.267.5742 Wayne 36340 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184 P: 734.722.3460 F: 734.722.0031 Waterford 1131 Sylvertis Waterford, MI 48328 P: 248.673.7435 F: 248.673.2830 800.497.9000 • wimsattdirect.com facebook.com/wimsadirect @wimsadirect Customer Newsletter January 2014 January 2014 Newsleer Contents • Announcing our New Grand Rapids Branch coming in 2014! See right, back page • Working Productively in the Cold and Wimsa U January Class: Ventilation and Midwestern Winters See inside left and overleaf • Mastic Home Exteriors Vinyl Siding & Windows • VELUX Skylights for Residential and Commercial Applications See inside right • Wimsa Rewards Double Points this Winter See inside right sidebar Toledo 26440 Southpoint Rd. Perrysburg, OH 43551 P: 419.873.9800 F: 419.873.9833 Wimsa’s Grand Rapids Salesmen at your service: Branch Manager Jeff Vander Hart, Territory Manager Wade Krebiehl, and Commercial Roofing Territory Manager Bob Jenkins 800.497.9000 • wimsadirect.com A Grand Entrance Wimsatt Building Materials comes to Grand Rapids, MI! Hello, West Michigan! We’re very pleased to announce details of our upcoming Grand Rapids Branch! Conveniently located in Wyoming, MI on 28th street off of 131, our new location will provide the builders, remodelers, and contractors of West Michigan with the reliable local service that the rest of the state has known for years! The facility was formerly a trucking center, and we’re hard at work remodeling it to become a state-of-the-art building materials distribution center and showroom. When finished, the new branch will boast over 60,000 sqft of warehouse and over 5,000 sqft of showroom. The new store is projected to open for business in late Spring or early Summer. The Wimsatt Difference Western Michigan contractors can expect the same level of service available at our other branches: • 3-tab, laminated, and even luxury shingles in stock from CertainTeed, GAF, IKO, Owens Corning, and TAMKO! • Unassisted rooftop delivery of roofing materials - you’ll appreciate that you don’t have to be present to catch or supervise! • Exterior cladding and composite decking in stock: Vinyl siding from CertainTeed, Mastic, Royal, and Exteria; fiber cement siding from James Hardie; manufactured stone from Boulder Creek, and composite decking from Trex - all delivered palletized and shrouded to multiple convenient locations on your jobsite via tail-mount forklift. • Wood and vinyl windows available from Andersen, Weather Shield, Paradigm, Atrium, and Mastic Home Exteriors. With our professionally prepared material estimates, you’ll receive a rough opening schedule by room and we’ll even perform a rough opening inspection to ensure accuracy! • Will-call ordering - call your order in, and we can have it staged and ready to load within 30 minutes to save you time when picking up material! • 5K seamless guer cut to your specifications with our in-house 5K roll-forming machine! • FREE rental of blowing equipment with qualifying purchase of fiberglass or cellulose blown-in insulation! Your GR Team Is Here to Help! The Grand Rapids sales team consists of Branch Manager Jeff Vander Hart, Territory Managers Wade Krebiehl, Shawn Austin, and Bob Jenkins, and Inside Sales Representatives Valerie Klaas, Kyle Eldred, and Pat Cisler. They’ve been working out of our Lansing branch for the last few months while the Grand Rapids location is prepped for operation. The Grand Rapids Team is excited to earn your business! Grand Rapids 1456 28th St SW Wyoming, MI 49509 P: 800.497.9000 January 2014 Proper aic ventilation can be a challenge with brutal Midwestern Winters. In this seminar, you will learn how to combat ice dams and other by- products of extreme winters with the proper ventilation. Presented by Bruce Migazzi, Lomanco Vents Ventilation and Midwestern Winters sponsored by Class runs 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Light Breakfast Provided Course highlights: • Understand causes of ice dams • Prevent and minimize ice dams • Learn the right ventilation products and applications to combat extreme Midwest winters Grand Rapids Weds. 1/8/14 HBA of Greater Grand Rapids 3959 Clay Ave SW Wyoming, MI 49548 Lansing Weds. 1/15/14 Wimsa Lansing 1615 E. Miller Rd. Lansing, MI 48911 Saginaw Tues. 1/14/14 Wimsa Saginaw 3460 Bay Rd Saginaw, MI 48603 Sterling Heights Thurs. 1/23/14 Wimsa Sterling Heights 33663 Mound Rd Sterling Hts, MI 48310 Toledo Thurs. 1/16/14 Wimsa Toledo 26440 Southpoint Rd Perrysburg, OH 43551 Traverse City Thurs. 1/9/14 Wimsa Traverse City 7201 E. M-72 Williamsburg, MI 49690 Waterford Weds. 1/22/14 Wimsa Waterford 1131 Sylvertis Rd Waterford, MI 48328 Wayne Tues. 1/21/14 Wimsa Wayne 36340 Van Born Rd Wayne, MI 48184 This event is FREE to Wimsa Customers but space is limited (limit 2 aendees/company) RSVP to 800.497.9000 today! Last month, we sat down with Jeff to get his thoughts on the upcoming store. What do you bring to Wimsa as a store manager? I think the value that I bring is simply an understanding and experience of doing business in West Michigan. I am very excited to pair our operational excellence and the combined experience of our team with the West Michigan marketplace. How are we taking care of GR customers from now until the physical store opens? We are taking care of them with the same level of consistency that all of our customers expect. Obviously, we have worked through some additional details in regards to returns and small pick up orders because our location is not operational yet for daily business. But, if you ask the folks who have been buying from us the last couple of years in anticipation of our location, they have said that our service level has met or exceeded their expectations. We are all excited to show what we can do and really raise the bar of our customers expectations of us - and our expectations of ourselves - in West Michigan. Why would a GR-area contractor want to buy from Wimsa? Our current customers tell us that they appreciate our consistency in all phases of what we do whether it be sales or operations. I think West Michigan will appreciate the value we bring in our product diversity, our operational efficiency and the fact that we are a family owned company based out of Michigan. Jeff has over 17 years of experience in the industry, including residential new construction, direct selling and distribution in Western Michigan. Meet Grand Rapids Branch Manager Jeff Vander Hart! Feb: Let Us Pay For Your Continuing Competency! Per the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Contractors with a Michigan builder’s license must earn three hours of continuing competency to maintain their license with the state. The current three- year license cycle ends on 5/31/14. We’ve partnered with IKO and MichiganBuildersLicense.com to put together a great program just for Wimsa customers! Step 1: Purchase two $1500+ roof jobs using IKO shingles from Wimsa between 1/1/14 and 2/28/14. Step 2: Aend a Wimsa University February ‘14 sales seminar featuring John DeRosa of IKO (FREE - available dates below). Step 3: Register for a Three-Hour Continuing Competency Class held by MichiganBuildersLicense.com by calling 800.456.4020. Provide the promo code “WIMSATT” when you register to get the $59.95 rate - $40 off regular price! In March, Wimsatt will credit your account $59.95 for the cost of your continuing competency class! For your convenience, MichiganBuildersLicense. com is hosting a class immediately following each Wimsa University event below at the same location, so you can bolster your sales skills AND complete your licensing requirements all at once! When you register for the continuing competency class, select from the dates below. Wimsatt University February ‘14 Dates: Flint: Wednesday, February 12 Grand Rapids: Tuesday, February 18 Livonia: Wednesday, February 19 Traverse City: Thursday, February 20 Wimsa University runs 9am-12pm; Continuing Competency runs 12pm-3pm Register for Wimsatt U Feb ‘14 800.497.9000 (FREE!) Register for Continuing Competency: 800.456.4020 ($59.95) Look for details in next month’s newsleer! Grand Rapids Branch Manager Jeff Vander Hart at last year’s Coffee with MIOSHA event GR Inside Sales Representatives Valerie Klaas and Kyle Eldred Grand rapids branch intro issue!