Despite the obvious difficulties, most insulation contractors are remaining fairly optimistic about the future of their market.
Tom Hayes of Hayes Insulation in Kansas City, Mo., has an especially bright outlook for the future. “I can only speak for my business,” he clarifies, “but I think my second half of the year is going to end up better than the first half of the year. I think that 2002, in spite of what we read, will be an OK year. I’m certainly not dooming and glooming it.”