When choosing a contractor to complete your roofing project, the choice typically comes down to groups: Locally-owned “mom and pop” companies or large national/out-of-town companies.

Locally owned roofing companies offer the opportunity to get the best value for your roofing project, from a quality, customer service and financial standpoint. 

Without the huge overhead, travel and advertising budgets, local companies are often able to offer the best roofing solution at a fraction of the cost as a large national company. Not only can local companies offer a better price-point, your opinion matters to them. When dealing with locally owned companies reputation is everything and customer service is at the forefront of the company’s culture. Often locally owned companies employ your neighbors, which means not only are they typically tenured employees, they also know local building codes which ensures a smooth completion to your project. Finally and most importantly, when you do business with a local company, the money stays in the community and supports other local organizations. 

Storm Chasers or larger regional companies typically take the “Big-Box” approach to customer service (you are a number), and unfortunately that typically comes with a “boutique” price. What’s that mean? Big price-tags with little to no customer service. This becomes a huge issue when you have problems with your newly installed roof, the guy that sold you the roof lives 3 states away (probably quit a month ago), and they have already pulled out of town with your hard-earned money! Are you willing to gamble that they will come back? 

SHOP LOCAL. 

More Personalized Service

Working with locally Evansville owned businesses demonstrates that you care about your community, along with the businesses and people that comprise it. We continually strive to be better than our large, corporate, franchised, competitors. We recognize that our customers have good options for the services we provide. Consequently, we endeavor to be the best option for our customers each day. Our goal is to adopt the best practices of the larger counterparts, while providing a superior and more personalized service to you.

In the cleaning and restoration industry, large corporations are neither villains nor automatically made more capable or competent. Smaller community-based companies tend to be more agile and consumer oriented. For example, our carpet cleaning company is not restricted in how we can do good work. We enjoy an autonomy that our corporate counterparts don’t. We can spend as much time as necessary at each job. As the pace of technological advancement accelerates, we can purchase better equipment and products long before cumbersome rivals can adapt them. With the advantages of scale for the large companies come bureaucracy and other dissociations from the customer. While it’s more profitable to provide a remote call center, I doubt it will yield positive customer service. Customer satisfaction is our primary concern.

Money Stays In The Community

Each dollar you spend at independent businesses is likely to return 3 times more money to your local economy than one spent at a chain. When you shop at local small businesses, tax money is staying in your town. Additionally, with each small local business comes an opportunity for growth and advancement for a bigger business. Think about corporations like Nike or Ben and Jerry’s, they each started with one locally owned store which eventually turned into a bigger economic development. Small businesses that grow into large businesses often remain in the community in which the business was first established. (smallbusiness.chron.com).

Local business owners live and invest in their community. This makes them less likely to leave and more likely to be invested in how their business decisions affect the community. Small, locally-owned businesses provide the largest share of net new jobs generated each year and also provide the most stable employment opportunities in a community. Locally owned businesses tend to do business with other locally owned businesses. They bank with local banks, advertise in local newspapers and purchase local services such as accounting and printing. Each time a dollar is re-spent in the local economy, it’s like new income – creating a “multiplier effect”.

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Normally, indoor mold is not problematic until mold spores begin growing in moisture-rich environments. Throughout the Midwestern United States, crawlspaces tend to provide the ideal conditions and environment for mold to proliferate. This mold can then spread to other home areas via spores, eventually becoming visible.  The following are the most common causes of mold in a crawlspace:

• Faulty or missing Vapor Barrier
• Improper, faulty, missing, or insufficient drainage
• Missing or malfunctioning sump pump

If you discover mold in your crawlspace, make certain to contact a professional contractor that specializes in mold remediation. The wrong approach can do more harm than good. Ideally, the accredited professional should remove the mold and provide a remedy to the main cause(s.) After all, getting rid of the mold is pointless, without properly addressing the cause(s.)

Truly removing the mold is an involved and laborious process as well. Spraying some chemicals and doing nothing else will not, “fix” a mold problem. The mold remediation professional should be willing to undergo third party air quality testing to ensure that the air is safe.

Professionals at Upright Cleaning and Restoration have undergone extensive training to properly advise and remediate customers on mold issues. We will work with you to do the best job possible.

Call 812-629-3775 Today to talk with our specialist and schedule your Estimate or Cleaning.