Does A Certificate Guarantee It Gets Done Correctly?

I will be the first to say that a certificate does not mean it gets done correctly. Unfortunately some certifications can be "bought", if there is enough return for the manufacturer. We will only partner with manufacturers that show integrity. In the Case of this Lomanco Certificate, it means that demonstrations were attended, classes were taken, and it also means a knowledge test was passed after the training was done. When we as a company attended our first seminar, I was truly dissapointed at the number of Contractors that cared enough to show up. It was the first one given locally, and only THREE companies were represented, including us. The one was a remodeler that very much does seem to care about doing things properly, but does a very limited quantity of roof installations. The other Roofing Contractor was a friend of mine that we have worked back and forth with on projects. This means Less than 10% of the local roofing community seemed to consider it a worthy attend. It's no wonder that 90% of houses in the U.S. have ventilation issues that to some extent cause them to suffer from slow structural heat degradation in the summer and mold from condensation in the cooler weather.

Prior to LOMANCO's demonstration I knew how to get the Ventilation properly done on about 75% of our projects. I was doing the best our previous vent supplier had instructions for. The installation instructions from the other vent manufactures don't seem to educate Installers on how air interacts with different ridge line levels, multiple types of vent, or box vents on multiple sides of a roof. Thank you LOMANCO for putting out the effort to educate the ROOFING Contractor community, by doing so you are really putting back into the community you truly serve, the Homeowner.

We were taking ventilation serious even before going to the seminar because in the field we saw the negative side effects of getting it wrong, and now more than ever do our best to get adequate venting even on those impossible houses. There are cases where because of the way the structures of old homes were sometimes built, that it is virtually impossible to get the ideal amount of ventilation. In some cases it may mean completely re-doing the ceiling insulation and drywall of the house, this would often cost much more than is affordable for the homeowner at the present time. In these cases we let the homeowner know the situation, how to remedy it, and how we got as much as is possible currently, while also preparing for potentially a future renovation that could remedy the issues entirely.