Wil-Mar Products, Inc.
Women Positively Influence the Roofing Industry
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Wil-Mar’s Marianne Sumter encourages women to support each other in the industry and stay current with trends in technology. The roofing industry continues to be male-dominated with women making up only 0.5 percent of roofing professionals in the industry. With that being said, women are pushing ...
S2:E32 Roofing Road Trips with Heidi - Innovative Products and Future of the Industry
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. RCS Partner Heidi J. Ellsworth is joined by Marianne Sumter of Wil-Mar Products to discuss their innovative products and where the roofing industry is heading. Marianne Sumter, owner of Wil-Mar Products sat down with RoofersCoffeeShop’s own Heidi J. Ellsworth on her podcast, Roofing Road Trips ...
Try it Before You Buy It
RCS Influencer Mandy McIntyre says that complimentary samples go a long way when introducing contractors to new products. Ever walk into Costco and become magically allured by the sweet smell of a free sample? A Bagel Bite never tasted so good, right? Let’s be real, if something is free most of ...
Why These Service Crews Use Wil-Mar Pipe Collars on Every Job
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. They are fast, efficient and provide a permanent repair. At RoofersCoffeeShop, we count on our contractor community to provide honest feedback on the products and services that our partners are providing. From time to time, we will ask a contractor to try a product for awhile ...
Roofing Road Trip with Heidi- Marianne Sumter- PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an interview with Marianne Sumter, owner of Wil-Mar Products. You can read the interview below or listen to the podcast here. Heidi Ellsworth: Hello and welcome to another Roofing Road Trips with Heidi. Marianne Sumter: Hi, Heidi. Heidi Ellsworth: Hi, Marianne. I am so excited ...
A Leading Cause of Residential Roof Leaks
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Pipe collar failures are one of the first suspects when it comes to water infiltration. Asphalt shingles are designed to last 25 – 30 years, protecting a roof. Unfortunately, the typical pipe collar does not last quite so long. Deterioration over time and in some cases, ...
Women who Support Women are More Successful
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The roofing industry is a place where more women are doing just that – supporting each other. Traditionally, women have tended to compete with each other for career advancement and for attaining leadership roles. Perhaps this was due to the notion that there are only so ...
What to do When Roof Pipe Collars Go Bad
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Wil-Mar suggests three solutions to repair roof pipe collars. Roof vent pipes are an important element on a roof. They provide ventilation for a building’s plumbing system and carry gases out of the building. And the pipe collars that go around them are just as ...
What are You Doing the Day After Thanksgiving?
By Heidi J. Ellsworth Why not stock up your inventory with some cool winter deals? This is the time of year for holiday shopping for friends and family. In the roofing world, there are a lot of great deals, events and information that are also available as the year comes to ...
How One Man with an Idea Changed the Way Pipes are Flashed
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Anytime a roofing contractor creates a product, there’s usually no doubt it’s going to work. Most contractor-developed products are a result of that contractor’s search for a better way to tackle an issue on the roof. That was exactly the case for W.R. “Bill” Merrin as ...
