Elizabethton, TN service area
White's Roofing Co is the roofing company in Elizabethton, TN that the White family has run since 1973. We put on shingle and metal roofs, fix leaks, and tear off worn roofs for homes from downtown out to Hampton and up toward the mountains.
Since 1973
Elizabethton sits right up against the high country, and the roofs here take more snow, more ice and more wind than they do down in Bristol. A roofing company in Elizabethton has to build for that, not just nail shingles down and leave.
When a cold front comes over the mountains, Carter County usually gets it first. Snow sits on shaded north slopes for days, and freeze-thaw works at every seam in a shingle roof.
A standing-seam metal roof lets snow slide off and gives water nowhere to sit. That's why so many houses out this way have gone to metal. It costs more up front and lasts a long time.
The neighborhoods near downtown and the old covered bridge over the Doe River have houses that went up when the rayon plants were running. Plenty of them are on their third or fourth roof, sometimes with two of those still on the house.
We take everything down to the deck, replace the bad boards, and build it back right. Here's how a full roof replacement works, step by step.
Out the valley roads toward Hampton and Stoney Creek it's mostly ranch houses and farmhouses with straightforward gable roofs. Asphalt shingle is the usual pick, and most of those jobs take a day or two.
New underlayment, drip edge and flashing go down before a single shingle does. Read more about roofing houses around the Tri-Cities.
When snow melts on the warm part of a roof and refreezes at the cold eave, it backs water up under the shingles. Come spring, folks find stains on the ceiling near the outside walls and wonder where they came from.
We fix the roof side of that, replace what's damaged, and tell you what we saw in the attic. See what goes into fixing a leaking roof.
Cabins and lake houses out toward Watauga Lake tend to have steep pitches, odd angles and long gravel drives. That's slow, careful work, and metal is usually the right roof for it.
A big custom roof like that can take four days or more. We'll tell you plainly how long and why before we start, and we'll ask about the drive before the trailer heads up it.
We re-roof and repair shops, offices and other commercial buildings that are already up. New construction and subcontract work for builders aren't part of what we do.
If you own a building in town with a roof that leaks every heavy rain, look at what we do on commercial roofs.
Most leaks aren't in the middle of the roof. They're where the roof meets something else: a chimney, a dormer, a wall, a skylight. Older homes around here have plenty of all four.
We bend and fit flashing on site so it matches the house instead of forcing a stock piece to work. It's the slowest part of the job, and the part that keeps your ceiling dry.
Bobby's dad started the business in 1973, and at 82 he still goes out to look at roofs most days. Bobby has been roofing since 1991, and his son runs the crew with him.
If you've ever tried to park downtown during Covered Bridge Days, you know how this town turns out for its own. Word of mouth works the same way, and it's where most of our work comes from. We're licensed and insured in Tennessee and Virginia. See the kinds of homes we roof.
Not every old roof needs to come off. We'll get up there, check the attic, and tell you what's really going on.
If a fix will hold, we'll do a straightforward roof repair and leave it at that. If it's worn out, we'll price replacing it with shingle or metal and let you choose.
Around Elizabethton
From Elizabethton we work out to Hampton, Milligan and Watauga, and up the road toward Roan Mountain. A roofing company in Elizabethton should know how much the weather changes in those few miles.
Heading west, see our Johnson City roofing work, or north on 19E to roofs in Bluff City. If you searched roofing company near me from a hollow that isn't on any map, call anyway.
FAQ
Often, yes. Elizabethton is closer to the mountains, and shaded north-facing slopes can hold snow and ice for days. That's hard on shingles and a good reason folks pick metal.
Yes. Steep and custom metal roofs are work we're glad to take on. Expect a job like that to run four days or more.
Heat from the house melts snow on the upper roof, and it refreezes at the colder eave. Water backs up behind that ice and gets under the shingles.
Call with your address and we'll tell you straight. We cover a lot of country between the towns we list, and plenty of people find us looking for roofers near me from out that way.
Yes. Expect plank decking instead of plywood on homes that old, and expect us to show you any boards that need replacing.
Because a new layer over an old one hides rot and bad flashing, adds weight, and wears out faster. Every roof we replace goes down to the deck.
Re-roofs and repairs on buildings that already exist, yes. We don't do new commercial construction.
It depends on size, pitch, how many layers come off, the decking and whether you choose shingle or metal. We give you a real number after we've been on the roof.
Talk to the White family
Call, or use the form and tell us what's going on up there. When you need a roofing company in Elizabethton, you'll get one of the Whites on the phone.
