Pro Installer June 2015 - Issue 27 | Page 49

49 PRO INSTALLER JUNE 2015 PRO PRODUCTS @proinstaller1 Proving a Successful Venture Andrew Nichols, owner of Olympus Roofing was so intent on taking on what he believes to be the best tiled roofing system on the market; the Guardian Warm Roof system, he set up his own manufacturing facility in Newton Abbott, Devon to supplier the roofing system to installers in and around the local Somerset area. Previously, Andrew had been working for one of the country’s largest conservatory systems manufacturers and he couldn’t help noticing that a new breed of roofing systems was coming in to the market. Tiled roofing systems were becoming more popular and the Guardian Warm Roof system was, in his mind the one system which was coming out on top. Andrew convinced Guardian that he should be the company’s exclusive Devon based fabricator, commenting he recalls: “I managed to persuade Guardian that we had the enthusiasm, the knowledge, the experience and the facilities to be able ‘the majority of our business comes from installers fitting their first Guardian Warm Roof system’ to fabricate their roofing system and the ability to build a network of trade installers in Devon, Somerset and Cornwall regions.” Andrew added: “It worked and now the majority of our business comes from installers fitting their