SUMMARY:
For customers of BTB Construction, a Lynchburg, VA based exterior home services company, replacing older windows with modern, highly efficient windows is an extremely popular home improvement option. However, following the COVID-19 pandemic and the voluntary or mandatory factory shutdowns around the world, the availability of new windows dropped dramatically. In recent months, increased production has greatly reduced order lead times, and at present BTB Construction is happy to offer its local customers much improved service timeframes based on its ability to get new windows in stock quickly.
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One of the most challenging aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic for companies such as Lynchburg’s BTB Construction has been the reduced availability of the materials that it uses in customer projects. Siding, roofing materials, gutters, and windows are the most prominent examples of materials that BTB has encountered great difficulty in obtaining within reasonable timeframes, forcing managers to either delay projects for months or suggest alternative materials to the customer in order to get their job done sooner.
At the height of the material shortages and supply chain delays, the main window suppliers used by BTB Construction were predicting a lead time of 24 months for new windows. Clearly, placing an order that will not be filled for two years is unacceptable when launching a project for a customer, and BTB Construction put in much work finding US-based window manufacturers that could step in to provide windows with shorter lead times while maintaining the high quality that BTB’s customers expected. While those new partnerships helped to ease the pressure of supply chain delays, they could not resolve them completely.
As the pandemic’s aftermath continues to recede further into the past, BTB Construction has been relieved to see that the availability of new windows and other materials is also improving greatly. The most recent update is that windows from BTB’s primary suppliers are now shipping with a lead time of just four weeks, an enormous improvement over the peak of 24 months. In comparison, the lead time during normal circumstances is one to two weeks, as distributors are able to keep stock on hand and quickly ship it out to companies like BTB when they book a customer project. BTB Construction anticipates lead times shortening further to approach that normal one to two week timeframe, but the current four-week forecast is within acceptable parameters for most jobs and allows BTB to finish projects according to their customers’ expectations.
For Lynchburg area homeowners and commercial property managers who have been putting off projects such as window replacement due to long delays in materials shipping, now is a great time to book the expert crews at BTB Construction. From roofing repairs to installation of new gutters to replacing inefficient windows with modern alternatives, the professionals at BTB Construction look forward to helping folks in the Lynchburg region make their properties look better and function more efficiently and safely. You can learn more about BTB Construction and their dependable, affordable services at www.btbroofing.com.
