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03.15.2011 NEW SHOWROOM HOURS

In an effort to improve the service in the showroom, we are changing the hours of operation.  We are now open Monday to Friday from 12:30 to 4:30.  The mornings, evenings and weekends are available by appointment.  In doing this, the staff are better able to serve both our contractors who require our expertise on [...]

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03.14.2011 SPRING IS ALMOST HERE!

A friendly hello from Coast Expressions.
Now that Spring is just around the corner homeowners are starting to look forward to moving ahead with renovations and possibly some new builds.  Coast Expressions looks forward to joining your team and working with your clients in choosing their plumbing fixtures.  Remember, we have the widest selection of product [...]

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09.28.2010 Putting your renovation or build out for bids?

I’ve just had it happen again.  One of my contractors has given me a list from which to put a price together for him in order to place a bid on a new build.  Most of the time these lists are put together by the homeowner or a designer.  Other times, they are taken from [...]

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09.22.2010 DISCOUNTS!!

Be aware of showrooms offering discounts.  Not all discounts will give you the best bottom line. 
I did an exercise yesterday for a client.  Because I wasn’t offering her a discount, she wanted to check the pricing offered by other showrooms.  I phoned them and got their Retail and Selling (Discounted) prices.  They had inflated [...]

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09.14.2010 HANDSHOWER ADVICE

(Be sure to click on the links to see a variety of handshowers!)
I advise most of my clients to have a handshower, at the very minimum, for any shower installation.  There are a few reasons for this. 

The most important one is that using a handshower is the easiest way to clean the shower or [...]

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09.13.2010 Open Letter to our Clients

As many of our contractors and homeowners know, working with Coast Expressions has many advantages.  The staff is knowledgeable, proactive, and very professional.  Coast Expressions has the product knowledge to be able to read a list of product and to know what may be incorrect or missing on the given list.  Coast Expressions has access [...]

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09.08.2010 RUBINET FAUCETS!!

Coast Expressions is now a Rubinet dealer!  Rubinet is an exclusive line of Canadian made faucets that covers a wide assortment of styles and applications.  Rubinet has been in business for 25 years.  The faucets have inspiring design, the quality is impeccable and the company is very service oriented.  Their faucets can be found in [...]

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09.02.2010 CUSTOM SHOWERING – first steps

It is very important to know, very early in your planning, what you want in your shower or your tub/shower area.  The main item to consider is how many sources of water you want.  For example, do you want just one shower head?  Or do you want the full meal deal?  Including a handshower, a [...]

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09.01.2010 A Showroom with a Difference

Coast Expressions is the only showroom in North Vancouver that has Grohe, Rubinet, Paini, and Fluid faucets.  We also have American Standard, Sphinx, Blanco and Julien.  In fact we have an exclusive with some of these companies.    These are just some of our lines.  We are specialists in the plumbing industry, with a knowledge of [...]

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08.31.2010 FAUCETS – 1 hole, 4 inch and 8 inch drillings

Faucets, for bathroom sinks, come in three major categories, based on the number of holes and the spacing of the holes that the faucet will require in order to be installed.  There is a single hole faucet, a 4” drilling faucet and an 8” faucet.
The 1 hole faucet is a single hole, single post style [...]

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