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The Commercial Surfaces team Bottom L-R: Kurt Fielden, Emmy Walter and Rommy Cubillo. Top

L-R: Emily Robles, Milo Cubillo, RJ Cubillo, Bethann Walter, Raul Valadez and Tony Valadez.

In 2001, four flooring professionals put “We are known for quality installatheir expertise to work to form a floortion. Our installers have been with us. ing company of their own. Specializing They are all kind of getting up in age too in commercial flooring, they named their because there is no training or schools new company, Commercial Surfaces Inc. for installation. They’ve learned it from

Just a few short months after starttheir fathers and uncles. It is kind of a ing up their new company, the unforgettrade passed down from generation to table happened. It was 9/11. “Of course, generation,” adds Cubillo. we thought what a great time to start a “We get a lot of projects even if we new business. It’s kind of like everything are not low bidder because they want the right now with COVID. Everything just installation to be correct and don’t want stopped,” says Commercial Surfaces to worry about it,” Fielden adds. President, Kurt Fielden. Commercial Surfaces offers a wide

It was slow at first for the new comrange of materials for all types of commercial flooring company. They ran their mercial flooring needs. The company’s operation lean and warehoused out of vast knowledge base and expertise help the freight lines. Little by little the comtheir clients get the right product for the pany got bigger and bigger. right performance in the right applica

Today, two of the original four parttion, consulting with architects, general ners have retired leaving Fielden and contractors, interior designers, building Rommy Cubillo of the original team. owners and property managers from Raul Valadez has since joined the Comidea to installation. mercial Surfaces team and is in line to be “We assist clients in determining the the next partner and oversees the comright type of floorcovering for their applipany’s medical division. cation with regard to budget, perfor

“Being in business almost 20 years, mance and aesthetic issues,” says Fielden. we have a lot of loyal customers. That has Commercial Surfaces Inc. serves all kind of kept us going. The customers that of San Antonio and its surrounding areas we have, we have had for 30 years. These to include Boerne, Hondo, Seguin, Floresare businesses we served before we were ville, New Braunfels, San Marcos and on Commercial Surfaces,” Fielden says. occasion, Austin.

“All of us have been in the business “We try to stay in an area where we longer than the company’s 20 years. I can service our customers’ projects. Our think most of us are each at 35-40 years a target is a zero punch list. A lot of times piece. we will run a punch list before our clients

“We take a lot of pride in our labor,” run a punch list, so we are not on their says Valadez. “Everybody compares their punch list,” says Valadez. labor to ours. A lot of our guys are second Commercial Surfaces Inc. is a flooring and third generation installers.” supplier and contractor in San Antonio. -cmw

Hull Door Leadership L-R: Owners John & Valerie Hull and General Manager Jay Adams

Since 1996, Hull Door LLC has been serving San Antonio contractors. The commercial door, frame and hardware supplier strives to provide quick service for mostly finish-out and tenant finish-out projects. “We do hospitality projects and hospitals, but most of what we do is office finish-outs and highrise condominiums,” says Jay Adams, Hull Door General Manager.

According to Adams, who started with Hull Door in 2008, the door and hardware industry has changed some over the past 20 years. “99.9 percent of the time, packaged door frames and hardware are now supplied to the contractor. Before they would buy hardware from one supplier, doors from one, frames from another. Over the last 15 years it has really evolved with the contractors who are using one supplier for all Division 8 material for a particular project. This cuts down on a lot of problems

The team behind Hull Door LLC.

because you are only dealing with one person, rather than tracking down three different suppliers if there is a problem or issue with a project,” Adams adds.

Additionally, Adams says more electronic and electrified hardware is going on jobs. With the onset of COVID, more and more projects are adding automatic operators to reduce the amount of personal contact. “The doors are automatically opening. If they don’t want to go that route, they are going with other hardware in which you can use your foot to open. People are being more touchless. I think you are going to see a lot more of that right now to really cut down on germ transfer.”

Hull Door continues to service their core based customers, going where they need them to go. Providing the best customer service, the quickest response for fast-pace projects continues to be Hull’s main objective. “We strive every year to exceed what we did the year before and try to grow our customers. We have customers that have been with us for 25 years, since we opened. That’s a testament right there. When you have the same customers coming back for that long that means you are doing something right. We are looking for new customers as well. Hull Door LLC is a division 8 supplier in San Anto- nio. -cmw