CENTRAL COAST WATERPROOFING Teams With All Seasons Restoration to Apply Desert Crete at Carpenteria HOA

Central Coast Waterproofing has signed a contract with All-Seasons Restoration of Oxnard to provide and install Desert Crete decking to decks at an HOA in Carpenteria.

"ASR recognizes the superior durability and quality that Desert Crete offers; and appreciates that Central Coast Waterproofing is a team player and a superior contractor,

dedicated to proper installation, support and warranties of the product." said Bill Leys, owner of Central Coast Waterproofing.

The HOA in Carpenteria is an older complex with deteriorating decks that recognized they needed to be repaired and waterproofed with a high quality product. Located off the 101, the second floor entry decks are apx 100 square feet each, and are the only entry into the second floors. The fast drying Desert Crete materials allow resident access at the end of each day, and save money by not forcing residents relocations while the work progresses.

For your HOA decking needs, consider Desert Crete, the superior alternative to other decking systems. Call Bill Leys for your free estimate at 805-801-2380.

YouTube Video of Door/Deck Leaks in Taipei

Here's a video I found on YouTube; it shows that it's not only in America that there are door to deck flashing and leak problems...this apartment in Taipei has major problems!

Maybe a lack of door pans and head flashings? Without destructive testing we won't know...

Watch and pity this poor bugger who has these leak problems!

PCBC Opens on Wednesday!

PCBC opens on Wednesday at Moscone Center!

San Francisco will be the host city yet again for the largest homebuilder show.

Stop on in, the industry is regenerating for the next wave of building...the realy players will be there. Will you be there?

Click here for more info on the show.

Deck Expert will be walking the show on Thursday, look for me in our new logo t Shirt!

From Lawn & Landscape Comes This Interesting Article On "Relationship Selling"

"I think lowballers are not getting the big picture," Begley says. "They are in it for the short-term – six months, a year. We are building relationships with our customers, which in turn will lead to loyalty." from the article THE RELATIONSHIP SELL in this months Lawn & Landscape Magazine

I've been saying that hungry for work lowball contractors are hurting the deck coating industry and their clients ultimately, case in point, a bid a competitor gave to an HOA I'm bidding on is about 30k less than I.

The manager asked me WTF? So we sat and compared bids...and sure for 30k less they would have gotten something for their money, but after our meeting was over, I walked out with a contract for 40k on the job, having sold the job on a "relationship, knowledge and as the expert" rather than price. I could have dropped everything out of my bid to bring down the price, but that wasn't what the HOA really wanted...they were just getting their purse strings tugged at by a scammer who talked the talk...and after we discussed what they were after, the HOA relized that the other bidder wasn't thinking of them, he was thinking of himself.

It also came out in this meeting that we (Central Coast Waterproofing) carried full auto, workers comp and liability insurance. The other guy...he had no employees so he was going to "sub-contract" to get around that. Liability Insurance was minimal coverage at 100k/200k unlike our policy with 1 million/2 million in coverage. Auto? Hah, the competitor didn't have it.

The manger knew me from 3 jobs that we did in the past for her. She knew that we would do a better job, the "right job" that would address and solve the HOA's problems, rather than apply a pretty field dresssing like my competitor was proposing.

But it was the personal relationship and comfort level that ultimately sold the job for us.

Read this article on "Relationship Selling" by clicking the link. Maybe you'll figure out how to beat your low ball uninsured/unlicensed competitors...

New Blog "So Cal Building Insider" is Up on the Web

This is what they say about themselves so check it out and see if they are something you want to follow...

" Our mission with the So Cal Building Insider is to provide you with some of the dirt on how to play the game, what's going on in the industry, and some of the gossip going around. It is always our intention to post accurate and verified information. But as mentioned, there will be some gossip. However, we will make it clear in the posts what is gossip, what is fact and what is conjecture. If we can not verify the validity of something, or feel that even the gossip does not seem to hold water, we will refrain from posting it."

So there ya go...click here to read their Blog

Long Time Orange County Contractor DeckMasters, Inc. Appears to Have Closed?

The address to their website, www.deckmastersinc.com is dead, and at the CSLB, the license says suspended for workers comp...

Reliable sources tell DeckExpert that Deck Masters Inc. of Lake Forest/Irvine has closed it's doors.

Deck Masters, Inc was the first company that I worked for years ago, when I first came into the business. Mark Sigman was the owner.

Sources say that Prestige Decking has taken over Deck Masters accounts. They are a newly licensed entity in Orange County whose owner worked for Deck Masters.

Good luck to Mark Sigman and Prestige Decking