Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Designers Can Make Good Profit on Hoods

Meet Trevor.  That's me.  I started Valiant Sales to be the Modern-Aire Range Hood distributor in the Northeast US, offering designers a 25% discount on all Modern-Aire hoods.  Yes, this blog installment is completely self promotional, but I'm kind of a direct guy.  So bear with me on this one, and I'll go back to giving more designer resource tips for Modern-Aire products after I say my piece.  Ready?

If you are a member of the trade, you can get a whopping 25% on custom range hoods for your kitchen design.

I recently sold these particular models below to a designer at these net prices.

PS-1530       $3909.
PS-1018       $2499
PS-1630       $3299
PS-2930       $4386

If that designer was to pay retail, she would have paid $3523.25 more.  So essentially, she saved $3523.25 to use on her projects how she saw fit. 

If you were that  designer, you would have the option of keeping all the discount, keeping any amount of it or giving your customer a rebate. Possibly more important to you may be the fact that you can sit with your client and work on a collaborative design that involves them with the process.  We feel we are giving you the opportunity to  build a stronger working relationship at the same time as creating a beautiful, one of a kind custom hood.

What is your normal discount from an appliance store for hoods?  As someone who has been in the appliance industry for many years I would be amazed if it's more than 5%. So here we have an opportunity not only for relationship building but also for profit in times when profit is hard to come by.

If your business is in the following areas, you are eligible to sign up for our "Modern-Aire Designer Program" and we would love to hear from you:  NY NJ PA RI CT MA NH ME VT

If it's a stunning hood or a simple insert you are looking for, talk to us.  We can help you realize some real profit potential.

Are you going to the Architectural Digest Home Design Show?  Come meet us in booth 392.   I'm the big guy with the British accent and I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.  (And of course, I'm going to talk you into the FREE registration in our Modern-Aire Designer Hood Program.  Did I mention it's free?)

Thanks,

Trevor



Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Blower Options

Speaking in general terms blower options for hoods are as follows.

30", 36" (all burner)  Range, Range Top or Cooktop       600 cfm
36" with Grill or Griddle                                                  1200 cfm
48", 60" Range, Range Top or Cook top                          1200 cfm


600 cfm or 1200 cfm by ModernAire  

If you have a long duct run over 10' we highly recommend an in-line blower or remote blower

1) Fantech make excellent in-line blowers




2) Abbaka make probably the best remote blowers on the market today.






In-line or remote blowers are normally used for difficult duct runs or long duct runs.  Dramatically reduced noise levels are a key benefit of inline and remote blowers.
Abbaka Silencers are very effective if you want to reduce noise even more.


All options and components explained above are available from Valiant Sales Inc through our Modern-Aire Designer Program.

Friday, February 17, 2012

PS15 Range Hood .....Sizing

Here we have a PS1518-354 finished in Blackened Steel with Stainless trimmings.

The most important thing about hoods is, "the bigger the capture area you have the better it will work", so for this situation the customer had 4 options above the 48" Wolf Range Top.

From good to excellent are as follows.

48" Wide x 24" Deep
54" Wide x 24" Deep
48" Wide x 27" Deep
54" Wide x 27" Deep  

As you can see 54" x 27" give you extra width to deal with side smoke and grease but also extra depth to deal with the smoke and grease from the front of the range top. More smoke and grease is lost from the front of the range than from the sides so we always recommend going deeper first then go wider if you have the option.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Modern-Aire....... Hits New York City

Valiant Sales will be exhibiting Modern-Aire products at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show March 22 - 25 2012 in New York City.  Please come by the booth see our products on display and meet Trevor from Valiant Sales. 

For more information regarding the Architectural Digest Home Design Show please visit:



Designers + Modern-Aire = Profit

With the Valiant Sales "Modern-Aire Designer Program" Designers can make a real profit on hoods, we are talking 25% margin....... YES 25% margin is huge......



Just Imagine....

1) Imagine been able to sit with your client and design a hood together ....
2) Imagine been able to make 25% margin on a hood...
3) Imagine your clients pride that they had a real hand in the design of the hood...


Contact us via by

phone 855-232-0077
website www.valiantsales.com
Email trevor@valiantsales.com




Susan Serra

Susan Serra will be showing her cabinet line in the Modern-Aire booth at the "Architectural Digest Show" in NYC 22nd March - 25th March.

We are very happy to say Susan will also be designing the booth for us.

Come see what Valiant Sales can offer East Coast designers from a hood perspective and PROFIT perspective.


Contact us via by

phone 855-232-0077
website www.valiantsales.com
Email trevor@valiantsales.com

Stuning Island Hood From Modern-Aire

One of the nicest Island Hoods I have ever seen.

PS30 Island Hood finished in High Gloss White with Stainless Steel lip bands

How Too...... Powder Coat a Hood

In this video you can see how Modern-Aire powder coats a hood.


With over 200 color options everyone can find the perfect match.

Flexibility in Design is Endless ........

If flexibility is what you are looking for in a hood manufacture look no further than Modern-Aire. As you can see in these pictures we have 4 PS-15 hoods in completely different finishes. Flexibility for you the designer is endless.




Modern-Aire Special Order Hood

New Modern-Aire hood made to customer specs ready for boxing. This is going to look stunning...........

Modern-Aire Packaging Video

Check out this Modern-Aire video. Its shows the care and attention Modern-Aire pays to actually packaging hoods prior to shipping to customers. Expanding foam molds to the shape of the hood to protect it from accidental damage.

Andie Day's Blog

 Nice Blog from Andie Day .......... www.andieday.com

If you’ve never thought of a range hood as being sexy, think again. We’re sure your heart will beat a little faster once you get a look at Modern-Aire’s custom range hoods. Their ventilation systems merge high performance with expert craftsmanship for absolutely stunning results.

For the professional or the everyday gourmet, Valiant Sales.com Ventilating provides exceptional ventilation to meet specific cooking needs. For the kitchen designer and design enthusiast, Modern-Aire elevates ventilation to a focal point in the kitchen.

Modern-Aire hoods give the designer (they’re available to trade only) a blank canvas of shapes and finishes to work with. The possibilities are practically unlimited with 18 wall hoods, 7 island hoods, 4 insert models and over a whopping 200 choices of color and metal finishes to choose from.

We look forward to seeing some of those possibilities during Modenus-sposored BlogTour 2012 in NYC. Susan Serra, our fellow blogger and certified kitchen designer, is slated to design Modern-Aire’s booth at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show in March. It’s exciting to see what she comes up with.

Modern-Aire is a sponsor of BlogTour 2012 NYC. Be sure to visit them at the ADHDS March 22-25, 2012