I started out doing smaller jobs for people like installing exterior doors, siding and roofing jobs. Then I landed a couple nice new garages to be built. A short period after completing the garages I started to receive estimates for restoring 19th Century homes in downtown Oneonta.
Madison Vinyl Started in 1993 in Madison, New York. For the first six months, we bought our windows from an extrusion company in knockdown form and assembled them in our garage. Business was much better than we had expected the first half year, so in the spring of 1994 we decided to buy the tools and equipment that we needed to manufacture our own windows. We started manufacturing in a 3-car garage. Our first installation truck was a Dodge D-50 with the tailgate so badly rusted that it was ready to fall off and the back windows broke out, which we had patched with a roll of duck tape. In the fall of 1994, we bought our first cube truck for our one man installation crew. What an improvement over the Dodge D-50! We thought we had it made. By 1995 we were pretty crowded and were thinking of building a bigger building, and through some unforeseen circumstances and the sovereignty of God, we ended up choosing Bainbridge, New York for our new building. We opened our manufacturing facility
The Powell Company in Oneonta is the largest family-owned and operated, full-service home improvement, residential and light commercial contracting company in upstate New York, and has been in business for over 40 years. Currently, we service customers in Otsego, Chenango, Delaware, Broome, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties. We offer our customers the best value and peace of mind that only a long-established and well-experienced company can offer.