From install, to cleaning, to warranty, these are our most frequently asked questions. Check out our YouTube video where we address these same questions! Are your covers trailerable? Our covers are not meant to be trailered. They are for storage purposes only. Trailering with your cover will void your warranty. What are […]
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How To Clean Your Sunbrella Cover
Our new Sunbrella covers have quickly become popular amongst our customers! With added durability and great color options, you’re sure to love this fabric option. In order to keep your cover looking fresh all year, we recommend hosing it off on a monthly basis with clean water. This helps prevent dirt from becoming deeply […]
A Look Into LaPorte: The People- Marketing
By now, we’ve given you a look into sales, design, and all of production. We figured it’s time to give you a peek behind the team that gets the LaPorte name out to people all over the world— the marketing team. Ever wonder who’s behind blogs like these, our social media channels, and websites? Allow […]
A Look Into LaPorte: The People- Support
By now you’ve seen most of the departments behind LaPorte. We’ve introduced you to the people who sell our product, who design our product, and who produce our product. Next, we’re going to cover the individuals that assist our customers in the unlikely event that they’re having issues with fit or have damage to their […]
A Look Into LaPorte- Shipping
Welcome back to another round of A Look Into LaPorte where we introduce you to our shipping team! Cindy runs a great one-man-show over in shipping and does a fantastic job! Once our quality control team has finished folding each cover, they then take the folded cover over to our shipping station– […]
A Look Into LaPorte- The People: Production Pt. 3
By now, we’ve covered several of our departments including sales, design, and some of our production team. To finish out production, we have our CNC team which are the individuals that cut all of the material for your product. It’s up to them to cut the right pattern to ensure proper fit. Our CNC […]
A Look Into LaPorte- The People: Production Pt. 2: Hemming
We hope you all have enjoyed this series so far and have liked getting to know our team members! In our last blog, you were able to meet part of our production crew: our blanks and webbing and binding team. For this next one, we will be covering our next production sector, hemming. After […]
A Look Into LaPorte- The People: Production Pt. 1
For this next installment of A Look Into LaPorte, we will be covering our production department. Our production team includes all of the seamstresses and tailors that craft your covers, shades, and curtains. On our production floor, there are three different tables that all contribute to your finished product, each having its own […]
A Look Into LaPorte- The People: Design
For part 2 of A Look Into LaPorte, we’re featuring our design team. Our design team are the ones that acquire all of the boat patterns we have in our system which allows us to create our covers. This all starts with the digitization process. Before your order makes its way into production, it […]
A Look Into LaPorte- The People: Sales
If you know LaPorte, you know we pride ourselves on our people. We firmly believe that a place is only as good as its people. You know we manufacture boat covers and shades– what does that entail? Who does that entail? You know we have seamstresses and tailors that physically make your cover, but what […]