Entrepreneur aims to restore rotted structures with new franchise

The model behind Preservan, an Oklahoma-based company debuting in Tampa Bay, is to repair, not replace, wooden parts of structures.

By Laura Lyon
| 5:00 a.m. January 15, 2025
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J.W. Ferguson is the owner and president of the first Preservan franchise in Tampa Bay.

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In a part of the country where salt and moisture, two components that expedite the rotting of wood, are ever present in the air, those with a stake in residential homes and historical buildings have a new solution at their disposal. Preservan, an Oklahoma City-based wood rot repair company recently opened its first franchise in Tampa Bay.

“We're firing on all cylinders here in Florida,” says franchise owner and president J.W. Ferguson.