UNIVERSAL FIBERGLASS REPAIR, LLC
SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA

About Our Company With over fifty years of combined experience in the fiberglass repair world, we’ve done every type of repair imaginable and have made hundreds of thousands of dollars doing so. We have over 30 years of experience of hands on training of entrepreneurs and employees. We’ve worked with and for almost every major manufacturer in the country doing their warranty repairs and even teaching their own employees how to repair defects from the production line. We’ve worked for individual home owners along with major hotels, apartment complexes and home construction developers. Paul Griner started doing fiberglass boats and tub repairs back in 1978 as a partner of a small repair business in Indiana. After moving to Florida in 1982 he opened Sun Coast Fiberglass Co. focusing solely on the repair and refinish of fiberglass and acrylic tub, shower and whirlpool enclosures. Within a few years he became the number one independent manufactures warranty rep. in the state of Florida, contracting with well over 30 companies. He also did work for plumbers, building contractors and individual home owners along with the large plumbing wholesalers such as Hughes Supply (now HD Supply, owned by Home Depot) Parnell Martin, Ferguson Enterprises, Home Depot, Lowes and Home Expo. In 1985 after a few years of covering mid-southern Florida from Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa down to Miami and into the Keys it was time to expand and Robert Votaw came aboard. After only a couple of more years we expanded the business to having (4) four trucks on the road and even at that we were booking jobs out 4 weeks in advance. We then expanded the business into doing training classes for entrepreneurs wanting to get into the repair business. We trained people from all over the US including other manufactures reps already in the business because we had perfected ways to cut their repair times in half and TIME IS MONEY as far as they were concerned. Several manufactures contracted us to train their own in house repair teams. In 1989 we produced “The Complete Guide to Fiberglass and Acrylic Tub, Shower and Whirlpool Enclosures” along with an illustrated booklet which the manufactures endorsed and started selling nation wide. In 1990 Paul focused on the marketing of the training classes and instructional video while Robert handled the day to day running of the business. The repair end of the business was sold to one of our employees and is doing well to this day while we continued with the marketing and running of the repairs schools. We've Worked With The Biggest & Best In The Business About Our Company With over fifty years of combined experience in the fiberglass repair world, we’ve done every type of repair imaginable and have made hundreds of thousands of dollars doing so. We have over 30 years of experience of hands on training of entrepreneurs and employees. We’ve worked with and for almost every major manufacturer in the country doing their warranty repairs and even teaching their own employees how to repair defects from the production line. We’ve worked for individual home owners along with major hotels, apartment complexes and home construction developers. Paul Griner started doing fiberglass boats and tub repairs back in 1978 as a partner of a small repair business in Indiana. After moving to Florida in 1982 he opened Sun Coast Fiberglass Co. focusing solely on the repair and refinish of fiberglass and acrylic tub, shower and whirlpool enclosures. Within a few years he became the number one independent manufactures warranty rep. in the state of Florida, contracting with well over 30 companies. He also did work for plumbers, building contractors and individual home owners along with the large plumbing wholesalers such as Hughes Supply (now HD Supply, owned by Home Depot) Parnell Martin, Ferguson Enterprises, Home Depot, Lowes and Home Expo. In 1985 after a few years of covering mid-southern Florida from Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa down to Miami and into the Keys it was time to expand and Robert Votaw came aboard. After only a couple of more years we expanded the business to having (4) four trucks on the road and even at that we were booking jobs out 4 weeks in advance. We then expanded the business into doing training classes for entrepreneurs wanting to get into the repair business. We trained people from all over the US including other manufactures reps already in the business because we had perfected ways to cut their repair times in half and TIME IS MONEY as far as they were concerned. Several manufactures contracted us to train their own in house repair teams. In 1989 we produced “The Complete Guide to Fiberglass and Acrylic Tub, Shower and Whirlpool Enclosures” along with an illustrated booklet which the manufactures endorsed and started selling nation wide. In 1990 Paul focused on the marketing of the training classes and instructional video while Robert handled the day to day running of the business. The repair end of the business was sold to one of our employees and is doing well to this day while we continued with the marketing and running of the repairs schools. We've Worked With The Biggest & Best In The Business I have dealt with Paul and Robert for the last 25 years. Their company has always provided my companies with the best possible service, professionalism, and quality workmanship. Their standards of excellence have always met or exceeded the quality levels that we demand. Over this time period, I have also recommended numerous persons to attend the repair training school. Universal Fiberglass teaches all aspects of the business including step by step the proper procedures for obtaining quality like new repairs. They also go into how to deal with manufactures and which repairs are considered factory warranty and which are not, pricing and how to handle distributors, homeowners, builders and plumbers. I attended in 1989, and have been repairing bathtubs ever since. The classes gave me invaluable resources as far as hands on experience and the technical “know-how” to repair fiberglass and acrylic units. I was also informed where to purchase repair materials, tools, and other products necessary to complete repairs. I never dreamed that this would be my full time occupation, but after 24 years in the business the experience has been very rewarding. The personal touch, small classes, and in-depth teaching of both Paul and Robert is something that I will never forget.