ADVANCED ROOFING, INC. 311 E. Van Emmon Rd., Yorkville 630-553-2344 www.forroof.com
ADVANCED ROOFING INC. CELEBRATES 30 YEARS IN BUSINESS
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By Jamie Baker • Photos by Locked In Photography
hirty years ago, Larry Savage began Advanced Roofing Inc. from scratch with a backbone of steel and a solid foundation of values.
“The reason I started in the business was because it's third generation for me,” he says. “My grandpa started roofing in the ’50s. Dad joined in the ’60s and then, in the ’70s, I started working with my dad with my brother eventually taking over his business.” Larry quit working for another company in 1994 and started creating his own. “It was tough to have set income for years and years and go to something that may not have made anything,” he says. “But I was fortunate it just took off. It was only me at first and then, before long, we had a staff, building and vehicles.”
The Advanced Roofing Inc. building was built about 22 years ago and stands at around 10,000 square feet. “The first vehicle that I had to buy for the crew, when I finally got a crew that was established, would have been somewhere around 1998,” says Larry. “After that, we began purchasing trailers, trucks and vans.” Larry’s business philosophy begins with empathy, fueled by lessons learned from family members in law enforcement. “Everyone in the family has always wanted to be honest and do things right and help people, and I think it just kind of trickled down to me that just about everything we do and look at and fix is because somebody has a problem,” he says. Advanced Roofing Inc. keeps their clients’ needs at the forefront of everything they do. From nearly any residential roofing need to commercial roofing and maintenance, Advanced Roofing Inc. has you covered. “Anything to do with exterior: windows, doors, siding, gutters, skylights, roofs for commercial or residential,” says Larry. “We do churches, apartment buildings – things like that as well.” Excellent customer service is one of their strongest tenets as a business. “I feel it doesn't come down to money, when doing jobs, it comes down to your initial contact with the customer,” says Larry. “If you're going to doing something that's going to resolve their problem, and we have constant contact from the beginning
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through the end. It all starts in the sales process and making the customer feel like they're getting their money's worth through doing the job until it’s completed. We don’t ask for money up front. Customers like to talk to me directly and I have no issue with that. I like talking and explaining what we do and how we do it. It’s all honest and above board.” With altruism and care, Advanced Roofing Inc. has continued to grow over the past 30 years – a milestone the company will celebrate, together with their staff and longtime customers, this summer. “We're going to have a summer picnic for all the crews and their families – it will probably be at the Forest Preserve or something like that,” says Larry. “We're going to have a catered barbecue summer party and we're gonna ask certain customers along the way that've helped us and been with us a long time, to come and celebrate with us and their families, too.” In light of his company’s enduring success, Larry has always operated with sincerity and utmost respect for his clients. “I think it goes back to grandma and grandpa,” he says. “They always said to treat people the way that you want to be treated and you'll be fine, and I've kind of tried to stick to that, to be honest. When I’m talking to people, I want to make sure I also believe what I’m saying, that I’m resolving the problem like it is my own to solve.” Spring 2024
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