Walls & Ceilings: What are some of the past strengths of CLAPCA?
Floyd Gordon Jr: One past accomplishment is that CLAPCA was able to keep EIFS from being outlawed in South Carolina, which would have taken away quite a few jobs. This happened in 1998. A member brought it to our attention and through a member we were able to convince the senator bringing it up to scrap it. He introduced legislation to add flashing and license EIFS contractors, get inspections on flashing installation before the inspectors would allow the job to be continued. No one else has tried to bring the industry down per se thru legislation and we are building a coalition with legislators to get our applicators licensed. One stipulation is that they have to go through some type of training and pass a written exam. Not just a $20 fee and you’re an applicator.