Insulation company back in business one day after tornado

By 10 a.m. Monday, Taylor Insulation was up and running in the basement of River Valley Bank.

"They had a lot of space to set up everything we needed," Skic said. The business phone number was even transferred to the bank so they could receive customer calls.

"It's totaled," Skic said of his building on Champagne Street. "My first thought was 'wow.'"

Skic was too concerned with getting his business back on its feet to be emotionally impacted by the destruction, but he was touched by the outpouring of support he received.

"When people started calling and offering, that's when the tears come," he said.

His sister-in-law Michelle Skic, who works at River Valley Bank, made a request of her employer to give Mark a temporary place to work. Bank manager Joyce Wassel agreed.

Everything that could be salvaged from the Champagne Street building has been moved to the former Cornerstone Millwork building on Hwy. G. Everything, including thousands of small items, was moved within two days by Pioneer Transportation.

"We got knocked out by a tornado, but business doesn't stop," he said.

"Everybody was jumping through hoops to get what we needed done," he said. "That was probably the most heartwarming part of all of it."

Mark is hoping to have Taylor Insulation fully operational in the Cornerstone building by this Wednesday.

Taylor Insulation employs about a dozen people and all were back to work last week.

"The only ones that didn't were those that had damage of their own," Mark said.

Mark said Friday he wasn't sure yet if his building on Champagne Street can be repaired.