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PRO INSTALLER AUGUST 2016
PRO NEWS
@proinstaller1
A WORTHY WINNER
Freefoam Building Products has announced
that Simon Cresswell,
owner of The Gutter
Company in Bournemouth, is the winner
of its recent cladding
competition.
The competition was run
to celebrate the launch of
Freefoam’s new consumer
focussed lead generation
website mycladding.com.
Simon submitted a photo
of an installation job on
a property in Ferndown,
Dorset, featuring Fortex
Weatherboard cladding in
Argyl Brown.
Simon said: “I’m really
pleased to win. We pride
ourselves on doing a good
job for our customers so
it’s nice to get recognised
by the manufacturer too.
I’ve been fitting Freefoam
fascia, soffit, rainwater and
cladding products for a few
years and this time used
the Fortex cladding range
to replace cracked and discoloured render.”
The new lead generation website mycladdding.
com is part of Freefoam’s
wider commitment to local
installers through its well respected Registered Installer
Scheme.
Being part of the scheme
gives installers access to a
full package of support and
L to R, Phil Hodge, Freefoam Area Sales
Manager South West, Simon Cresswell
Buff Builders Scared
To Go To The Doctor
Tradesmen are still reluctant to go to the doctor,
despite making more of an effort to look after
themselves, new research has found.
significant commercial advantages – the ability to offer a market leading 50-year
guarantee, a wide range of
marketing materials and the
opportunity to receive leads
from this new site and the
more established roofline
site, myrooflinemattters.
co.uk.
A study of 1,000 tradespeople* by
IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest
online and mail order supplier of
ironmongery products to the trade,
found that tradesmen are making
more of an effort to lead a healthier
lifestyle with 32% regularly hitting
the gym and 50% watching their
weight.
If you could like to
become a Freefoam
Registered Installer
apply online at www.
myfreefoam.com
However, despite 39% saying they strive
to lead a very healthy lifestyle, when
tradesmen get ill, 46% admit they don’t
go to the doctors, with 29% choosing to
self-medicate and 17% preferri