# Katz Roofing & Siding, Inc. > Roofing and siding in mid-Michigan for more than sixty years. Family owned. You’ll talk to an owner, not a call center. Most roofs go on in a day. - Phone: 517-485-9886 (call, or ask for an estimate at https://katzroofing.com/get-an-estimate); also 269-964-2895 (Battle Creek), which rings at the same office - Phone hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to noon - Email: katzroofing@gmail.com - Office: 124 S. Hartel Rd., Potterville, MI 48876 - Service area: Calhoun County (Battle Creek, Marshall, Albion, Springfield, Athens, Burlington, Homer, Tekonsha and Union City); Barry County (Hastings, Middleville, Woodland, and the farms around them); Ionia County (Lake Odessa, Clarksville, Portland and Ionia); Eaton County (Grand Ledge, Charlotte, Potterville, Sunfield and Mulliken); Ingham County (Lansing, Webberville, and the towns around them). And north into Kent County: Lowell, Alto and Caledonia. We work in Jackson County too. - CertainTeed ShingleMaster since 2002, ShingleMaster PREMIER since 2026. Accredited by the Better Business Bureau since 2001, A+ rated. - Our roofs carry a fifty-year manufacturer’s warranty: materials, labor, tear-off and disposal, not prorated. For the first fifteen years it covers our workmanship too. ## Pages - [Home](https://katzroofing.com/) - [Get an estimate](https://katzroofing.com/get-an-estimate) - [Roof replacement in mid-Michigan, usually in one day](https://katzroofing.com/roofing): Tear-off to the deck, the wood checked before we bid, most roofs done in one day. CertainTeed 50-year non-prorated warranty. Free estimates. - [Sometimes the answer is a repair](https://katzroofing.com/roof-repair): We do roof repairs, and sometimes we tell you the roof has years left. Photos of what we found, a straight answer, and time to decide. - [Storm damage and insurance claims](https://katzroofing.com/storm-damage-insurance-claims): We work with every insurance company. Our estimate and the adjuster’s line up item for item, and we’re on your side of the table. - [Fifty years, held by the manufacturer](https://katzroofing.com/fifty-year-warranty): CertainTeed’s SureStart PLUS 4-Star: 50 years on materials, labor, tear-off and disposal, not prorated, and 15 years on workmanship. - [New siding in mid-Michigan, most houses in about a week](https://katzroofing.com/siding): Siding from its own crew, run by the owners’ son. CertainTeed certified. Most houses take about a week, with the yard cleaned every day. - [We do windows too](https://katzroofing.com/windows): Replacement windows installed by the crews that do your roof and siding, with the manufacturer’s warranty and our own labor warranty. - [Gutters, usually with a roof](https://katzroofing.com/gutters): New gutters and downspouts, often installed alongside a new roof. From Katz Roofing & Siding, roofing mid-Michigan since 1959. - [The day we’re at your house](https://katzroofing.com/roof-day): There by eight, most roofs done in a day, dump trailers instead of dumpsters, and magnets over the lawn before we leave. Here’s the whole day. - [What a roof costs](https://katzroofing.com/what-a-roof-costs): No prices, just what goes into one: size, pitch, layers, decking and the warranty. How to compare roofing estimates, ours included. - [Work we’ve done](https://katzroofing.com/our-work): Finished roofs and siding across Barry, Ionia, Eaton and Ingham counties, with before-and-after photos. Every home kept private. - [Sixty-seven years, two families](https://katzroofing.com/our-story): Sixty-seven years, two families. How Katz was handed down, who you’ll work with, and the crews who’ve been with us more than twenty years. - [Where we work](https://katzroofing.com/where-we-work): Roofing and siding across mid-Michigan: Battle Creek, Marshall, Lansing, Hastings, Grand Ledge, Lake Odessa and the country between. - [Roofing and siding in Battle Creek and Calhoun County](https://katzroofing.com/calhoun-county): Roofing and siding in Battle Creek, Marshall, Albion and across Calhoun County, from the company that started in Marshall in 1959. - [Roofing and siding in Barry County](https://katzroofing.com/barry-county): Roofing and siding in Hastings, Middleville, Woodland and the farm country around them. Family owned since 1959. 50-year warranty. - [Roofing and siding in Ionia County](https://katzroofing.com/ionia-county): Roofing and siding in Lake Odessa, Clarksville, Portland and Ionia, from a family-owned company roofing Michigan since 1959. - [Roofing and siding in Eaton County](https://katzroofing.com/eaton-county): Roofing and siding in Grand Ledge, Charlotte, Sunfield and Mulliken, from our office in Potterville. Most roofs done in one day. - [Roofing and siding in Lansing and Ingham County](https://katzroofing.com/ingham-county): Residential roofing and siding, plus commercial shingle roofs, in Lansing, Webberville and across Ingham County. Since 1959. ## Roof replacement in mid-Michigan, usually in one day Page: [https://katzroofing.com/roofing](https://katzroofing.com/roofing) We tear your old roof off down to the wood, fix what’s under it, and put a new one on. On most houses that’s one day: we start in the morning and the yard is clean by evening. ### A Katz roof, in numbers - 1 day for most roofs, from a morning start to a clean yard - 4 layers: the most we’ve taken off one house - 50 years on CertainTeed’s warranty, not prorated - 15 years on our workmanship, covered by CertainTeed ### What a Katz roof includes Here’s what’s on the work order Andy writes for the crew. Nothing on this list is an upgrade. - The old roof comes off, every layer, down to the deck. Some houses have two or three layers underneath. We’ve taken off four. - The wood gets looked at before we bid. Andy goes into the attic during the estimate so the decking doesn’t surprise anybody once the shingles are off. If boards need replacing, you’ll know before we start, not after. - Ice and water shield and underlayment go down under the shingles. - Drip edge along the eaves and rakes, mitered at the corners. - Roof vents across the peak, or can vents where the house needs them, so the attic can breathe. - Flashing around the chimney and anything else that comes through the roof. - Shingles. CertainTeed is what we install most, and it’s what carries the fifty-year warranty. If you’d rather have another brand, we install those too. - Cleanup: debris into a dump trailer, not a dumpster, and magnets run across the lawn and through the gutters before we leave. ### The details you’ll never see Most of a roof is never looked at again once the crew leaves. These are the parts Mike checks anyway. The ridge vent runs right to the edge. The vent itself stops short, because you don’t vent over an overhang, but the cap keeps going so the line along the peak is clean from end to end. The metal around a chimney is trimmed so the corners meet. The drip edge is mitered at the corners, so there’s no loose flap of metal for the wind to catch. None of this changes the price. It’s the difference between a roof that’s done and one that’s done right, and Mike would rather do it right once. ### The warranty, briefly Most of our roofs go on with CertainTeed’s SureStart PLUS 4-Star warranty. If a manufacturing defect shows up in fifty years, it covers the materials, the labor, the tear-off and the disposal, and it isn’t prorated. Our workmanship is covered by CertainTeed for the first fifteen years. It’s held by the manufacturer, so it doesn’t depend on us still being here. If you want a different shingle, say so. Plenty of people have a brand they like, and we install those too. Those roofs carry the manufacturer’s own warranty plus our own twenty-year labor warranty. ### Roofs come around again We’ve been at this long enough to be putting second roofs on houses we roofed the first time. Mike will drive past one and say “we did that one, still looks good.” - Then: The roofs coming due now mostly went on twenty or twenty-five years ago, when shingles were sold as fifteen-, twenty-five- or thirty-year products and nobody offered an extended warranty. - Now: What goes on now is rated for fifty years, with a warranty to match. - Next: If we roofed your house the first time, the next one should be the last one you buy for it. ### Commercial roofs We roof commercial buildings with shingles: churches, offices and storefronts. If yours is flat, call anyway and we’ll tell you who to call. ### Finished roofs ### Common questions **How long does a roof take?** Most roofs go on in one day. A big roof, several old layers or a lot of rotten wood can make it two. You’ll know which before we start. **Do I need to be home?** No. If you want to be, you’re welcome to. **Do you roof in winter?** Our crews roof from about mid-March into November, and into December when the weather allows. Shingles have a seal strip along each one that needs warm sun to set, so we roof when it’s warm enough for them to seal. The office is open all winter, and estimates go on all year. **Can you put a new roof over the old one?** No. We take the old roof off, every layer, so we can see the wood underneath before anything new goes on. **What shingles do you use?** Mostly CertainTeed. We’ll install another brand if you prefer one. **Can you do the roof and siding together?** Yes. The roof goes on first, then we move on to the siding and windows. **Do you do metal roofs?** Yes. We install EDCO metal shingles, ribbed pole-barn panels, and standing seam with a 1½-inch rib. We’ve put metal shingles on farmhouses and a full metal roof on a house in Kalamazoo, and that family later hired us to do their siding. **When in the year can you put a new roof on?** Our crews start in the spring, usually around the middle of March, once the days stay above freezing. It depends on the weather. Andy writes estimates all winter, so you can have yours in hand before then. ## Sometimes the answer is a repair Page: [https://katzroofing.com/roof-repair](https://katzroofing.com/roof-repair) We do repairs. And sometimes, when someone calls us out for a new roof, we tell them they don’t need one yet. ### Ten good years left A homeowner called us out for a roof estimate. She’d already had a couple of people tell her she needed a new one. Andy went up. The roof was about five years old. Three nails had gone in crooked when it was put on and had worked their way up. He pried them out, sealed the shingles back down, sealed a pinhole in the gutter while he was there, took pictures of all of it, and came down and told her she had at least ten good years left. ### That visit, in numbers - 5 years old: the roof she was told to replace - 3 nails that had worked their way up - 1 pinhole in the gutter, sealed while he was there - 10+ good years left ### When it isn’t the roof Water comes in for more reasons than shingles: a window, flashing, siding, a gutter backing up. If we open something up and find the leak isn’t the roof, we’ll show you what it is, with pictures, before we talk about fixing anything. ### A straight answer - If you need a new roof, we’ll tell you. - If a repair will do, we’ll tell you that instead. - If the roof has years left, we’ll tell you that too, with pictures, and go home. ## Storm damage and insurance claims Page: [https://katzroofing.com/storm-damage-insurance-claims](https://katzroofing.com/storm-damage-insurance-claims) Yes, we work with insurance companies. Most of our roofs are paid for by the homeowner, but after a hailstorm most of them aren’t, and we’ve been through a lot of claims. When a claim is involved, we’re on your side of the table. ### If something just happened Call the office at 517-485-9886. If it’s after hours, leave a message and we’ll call you back the next business morning. If a tree is on the roof, it has to come off before anyone can do anything, so we’ll be out once it’s off and get the house dried in. We’ll tell you exactly what we can do and when. ### How a claim usually goes 1. We come out and look. Andy gets on the roof, photographs the damage, and measures. 2. You call your insurance company and open a claim. It’s your claim and your policy, so that call is yours to make. 3. The adjuster comes out. Andy can meet them there, so the person who measured your roof and the person paying for it are looking at the same thing. 4. The numbers get matched up. Our estimate and the adjuster’s are built the same way, line by line. If one of us missed something, we photograph it and send it in until the paperwork matches your roof. 5. You see it all before you sign. You’ll understand every line of it. 6. We put the roof on. Same crews, same day on site, same cleanup as any other job. ### Why our numbers and your adjuster’s line up We write insurance estimates the same way insurance companies do: itemized, down to the lineal feet of drip edge. When Andy and the adjuster meet, they’re working from the same quantities and the same line items, so there’s less to argue about. If something real was left off, we go back up, take pictures, and send them. ### The paperwork he held onto A farmer had a hail claim and was holding his insurance paperwork close, sure he was about to get taken. Andy sat with him at the kitchen table and explained it line by line. Afterward he asked Andy to come back a second time just to go over the paperwork again, and told him he liked him because he’d actually explained things. ### Common questions **Do you work with my insurance company?** Yes. We work with whichever company you have. **Do I have to use my insurance company’s contractor?** You choose who puts your roof on. Your insurance company may suggest contractors, and the choice is still yours. **Will my premium go up if I file a claim?** That’s a question for your agent; it depends on your policy and your company. We can tell you whether the damage is real and what it would take to fix. **What’s a supplement?** If more damage turns up once the work starts, rotten wood under the shingles for instance, it goes back to the insurance company with photos as an addition to the original claim. That’s a supplement. You’ll hear about it from us before anything is added. **What if they say no?** Sometimes the damage isn’t there, and we’ll tell you if it isn’t. If it is and something got missed, we send photos until the paperwork matches what’s on the roof. The decision is the insurance company’s, and we’ll help you understand it. ## Fifty years, held by the manufacturer Page: [https://katzroofing.com/fifty-year-warranty](https://katzroofing.com/fifty-year-warranty) The warranty on most of our roofs is CertainTeed’s SureStart PLUS 4-Star. If a manufacturing defect shows up any time in fifty years, CertainTeed pays for the materials, the labor, the tear-off and the disposal, in full, for all fifty years. For the first fifteen it covers our workmanship too. CertainTeed holds it. We plan on being here the whole time, and your roof is covered either way. That’s the point. ### What it covers, in four numbers - 50 years: materials, labor, tear-off and disposal - 15 years: our workmanship - 20 years: time to transfer it to the next owner - 100% coverage, in year one and in year fifty ### If there’s a manufacturing defect, it covers - the shingles; - the rest of the roof system that goes with them: the waterproofing underlayment at the eaves and valleys, the underlayment over the deck, the starter strip, the ridge vent and the hip and ridge caps; - the labor to put it right; - tearing off the old roof and disposing of it. So it pays for the work as well as the shingles. And for the first fifteen years, if something goes wrong because of how the roof was put on, CertainTeed covers that too. Mike puts it plainly: if the crew put the shingles on upside down, you’d be covered. ### Full coverage for fifty years, and what that means in money Most shingle warranties are prorated. After the first ten years or so they cover the shingles only, and a little less every year. This one stays whole. If a defect shows up in year forty-nine, CertainTeed covers the materials and the labor to put the roof on again, at what a roof costs that year. A roof will cost a lot more in thirty years than it does today, and the coverage keeps up with it. ### If you sell the house The average family moves every seven years. The warranty goes with the house once, to the first person who buys it from you, any time in the first twenty years after the roof goes on. ### Why we’re able to offer it CertainTeed offers this warranty only through contractors who hold one of its two top credentials. Ours is ShingleMaster PREMIER. We’ve been ShingleMaster contractors since 2002, and we earned PREMIER in 2026. CertainTeed describes PREMIER contractors as the top 1% of the profession. To keep it, a company has to: - carry workers’ compensation and liability insurance; - have most of its installers pass CertainTeed’s Master Craftsman exam, and keep re-testing; - have its owner pass CertainTeed’s business finance exam; - keep a customer satisfaction score of 4 out of 5 or better on CertainTeed’s own survey of our customers. The standard went up in 2026, and it took us a month or two of work to earn it. ### Why it matters to us We put the same warranty on our own house, and on Sarah’s parents’ farmhouse, a farm that’s been in the family for generations. We wanted our family to have it. ### Common questions **What does it apply to?** The fifty-year coverage applies to a single-family house that you own and live in; other buildings get thirty years. Storm and hail damage goes through your insurance, and we help with that too. The full terms are in CertainTeed’s limited warranty, and Andy will give you a copy. **Do I have to register it?** We register it for you when the job is done. **What if I sell the house?** It transfers once, to the first buyer, within twenty years of when the roof went on. **What if Katz is ever gone?** CertainTeed holds the warranty, so your roof stays covered either way. That’s the reason we offer it. **Is it included, or extra?** It’s the first option on our estimates. If you’d rather have a standard warranty, say so; some people do, and we’ll price it that way. **Is there anything beyond the 4-Star?** CertainTeed’s 5-Star adds thirty years of workmanship coverage and calls for every piece of metal flashing on the roof to be replaced. It also asks the crew to record the installation on camera, and we’re setting that up now. Ask Andy where it stands at your estimate. **My shingles are dropping granules. Is something wrong?** A new roof sheds some loose granules in the first months. That’s normal. **What if I want a different shingle brand?** We install other brands. They carry their own manufacturer’s warranty, and we add our own twenty-year labor warranty. ## New siding in mid-Michigan, most houses in about a week Page: [https://katzroofing.com/siding](https://katzroofing.com/siding) We side houses the same way we roof them: tear-off, new work, a clean yard. It has its own crew, run by our son Shane, who’s done siding with us since he was seventeen. ### Everything’s at eye level A roof is mostly seen from the road. Siding is seen from three feet away, by you, every day: every seam, every corner, every piece of trim around a window. Mike says that’s what makes siding harder than roofing. It’s also why we take our time with it. ### What a siding job includes, and how long it really takes A whole house usually takes about a week. - The old siding comes off. - The wall underneath gets looked at, and any bad wood is replaced before anything new goes up. - House wrap, new siding, corners, and trim around the doors and windows. - Soffit and fascia, if the job calls for it. - Cleanup every day, with magnets across the yard at the end. We side with CertainTeed, in vinyl and polymer shakes, and in 2026 we earned CertainTeed’s SidingMaster PRO credential. Every siding job carries the manufacturer’s full warranty on the product you choose, plus our own fifteen-year warranty on the labor. An extended warranty is available too; ask Andy about it at your estimate. ### Finished siding ### Common questions **How long does a siding job take?** A whole house usually takes about a week. Shane’s crew is on site at seven and works until four or five. **Is it the same crew that does roofs?** Siding has its own crew, run by our son Shane. The roofing crews stay on roofs. **What siding do you install?** CertainTeed, in vinyl and polymer shakes. We’re CertainTeed SidingMaster PRO contractors. **What warranty comes with new siding?** The manufacturer’s full warranty on the siding you choose, plus our own fifteen-year warranty on the labor. An extended warranty is available too. **Can you do the roof and the siding together?** Yes. We can do the roof, siding, windows and gutters as one job. **Can you do the windows at the same time?** Yes. We install replacement windows too, so the windows and the siding around them are done by one company. **Is there anything I should do before the crew comes?** Cut back shrubs and plants that grow against the house, so the crew can get to the walls. Mowing the lawn and picking up after the dog helps too, and it lets us leave the yard cleaner than we found it. **Do I need to be home?** No. If you want to be, you’re welcome to. ## We do windows too Page: [https://katzroofing.com/windows](https://katzroofing.com/windows) If we’re already doing your roof or siding, or you just know us, we can do your windows too. We install replacement windows from a line we’ve used for years. ### What’s involved 1. Andy measures each opening at the estimate. 2. The old windows come out and the new ones go in. 3. The trim and siding around them are finished to match. ### Covered twice Every window comes with its manufacturer’s warranty, and we add our own ten-year warranty on the labor. ### One company for the whole outside Windows can go in alongside a new roof, siding and gutters, by the same crews, so everything around the openings is finished to match. ### Common questions **Will you do just windows, without a roof or siding job?** Yes. Windows on their own are fine. **Can you do the siding at the same time?** Yes. We do siding too, and the siding and trim around the windows are finished to match. **Does the fifty-year roofing warranty cover windows?** Windows have their own warranty: the manufacturer’s, plus our ten-year warranty on the labor. The fifty-year warranty is for the roof. ## Gutters, usually with a roof Page: [https://katzroofing.com/gutters](https://katzroofing.com/gutters) A lot of our gutter work happens alongside a new roof, when it makes sense to do both at once. We do gutters on their own too. ### What’s involved 1. New gutters and downspouts, sized for the roof. 2. Hung to drain away from the house. 3. The old ones go in our trailer and leave with us. ### Gutters after a roof Whether or not we replace your gutters, we clean them out. Every roof job ends with magnets run through the gutters for nails before we leave. ### Common questions **Do you do gutters on their own?** Yes. A lot of gutter work comes with a new roof, and we do gutters by themselves too. **Can you do my gutters with a new roof?** Yes. Doing both at once is when it usually makes sense. **Does the fifty-year roofing warranty cover gutters?** Gutters have their own warranty: the manufacturer’s, plus our ten-year warranty on the labor. The fifty-year warranty is for the roof. ## The day we’re at your house Page: [https://katzroofing.com/roof-day](https://katzroofing.com/roof-day) The questions people don’t usually ask out loud: how long will my yard be a mess, will anyone tell me anything, what about the dog. Here’s how the day goes. ### Before the day - We schedule with you. - Materials are dropped off a day or so ahead. - You’ll get a text before the crew arrives, and another if the weather changes the plan. - Two small favors: mow the lawn the day before and pick up after the dog. It makes it easier for us to leave the yard cleaner than we found it. ### The day - By 8:00: The crew arrives. Mike brings a dump trailer and parks it in the driveway. - Morning: The old roof comes off into the trailer. This is the loud part, and the house will shake a little. Anything hanging on an inside wall on the top floor is worth taking down. - Midday: The deck is checked and any bad wood is replaced. The new roof starts going on. - Afternoon: The roof is finished. - End of day: Cleanup: nails, scraps, and magnets across the lawn and through the gutters. Most of our roofs are done in a day. A big roof, four old layers or a lot of rotten wood can make it two. If so, you’ll know at the estimate. ### Your yard, your dog, your kids We tell our crews to work like it’s their own house, because there might be kids or grandkids or a dog running through that yard tomorrow. - Your landscaping gets covered, with covers that let plants breathe in the sun. - Dump trailers on soft tires carry everything away and leave the lawn as it was. - Most days the trailer leaves when the crew does. - Magnets go over the whole yard and through the gutters before anyone leaves. The ground is the part of the job you actually see. ### The end of the day Andy comes back for the final walkthrough. He’s the same person who measured your roof, he’ll answer anything you want to ask, and if anything needs another look, he’s the one who sees to it. A few days later you’ll get a text from the office asking how it went. ### Common questions **Do I need to be home?** No. If you are, you’re welcome to watch. **What about my pets?** Keep them inside or away from the house while we’re working; debris comes off the roof all morning. We’ll sweep the yard with magnets before we leave so it’s safe for them that evening. **What if it rains?** We watch the forecast. If rain’s coming, we tear off only what we can close up the same day, and the office texts you about what happens next. A rained-out day gets rescheduled with you. **How long until the yard is normal?** The same evening, on most jobs. **Can I park in my driveway?** The trailer takes part of it for the day. ## What a roof costs Page: [https://katzroofing.com/what-a-roof-costs](https://katzroofing.com/what-a-roof-costs) A Katz price is worked out for your house, and for you. Andy weighs everything it takes to do the roof right and to do right by you: the layers coming off, the wood underneath, the shingle and warranty that fit how long you’ll be in the house, even where the trailer can park. Then he writes the number. Below are those pieces one at a time, so you can see what goes into ours and put any two estimates side by side. ### Comparing two estimates Two estimates compare fairly when they’re for the same roof. Put them side by side and ask: - Is the old roof coming off, every layer? - Has anyone looked at the wood underneath? - Ice and water shield, underlayment, drip edge, roof vents: are they written on the estimate? - What’s the warranty, who holds it, and is it prorated? - Who’s doing the work, and how long have they been doing it? - How long will it take, and how will the yard look at the end? If the answers match, the prices should be close. If one is a lot lower, the answers usually tell you why. ### What moves the number - Size. Roofs are priced by area, so bigger costs more. - Pitch. A steep roof is slower and needs roof boards to stand on. - Layers. Every layer that comes off is more labor and more weight in the trailer. We’ve taken off four. - Decking. Rotten or soft wood gets replaced before anything goes on top. Andy checks the attic at the estimate so you know about it before we start. - Ventilation. Some houses need more venting than they have. - Access. A house close to the trees, or with little room for a trailer, takes longer. - Chimneys, skylights and valleys. Every place the roof is cut or turns a corner is more work. - The shingle and the warranty you choose. - Accessories. Underlayment, ice and water shield, vents and drip edge are now about a third of what the materials cost. ### What the money buys A customer once called Mike to tell him our estimate was high. He walked her through it: an office with a phone that an owner answers; insurance, including workers’ comp, on every person on your roof; a salesman who’ll be at your walkthrough; crews who’ve been with us twenty years and are paid like it; a fifty-year warranty; and a company that’ll still be here when you need it. She told him it made sense. That’s what’s in our number. You can decide whether it’s worth it. ### Common questions **Is the estimate free?** Yes. **Do you price-match?** Our first number is our real number, and it stays our number. **Will the price change after you start?** If something turns up that nobody could see, like rotten wood under the shingles, Andy shows you, with pictures, before anything is added. Every change comes to you first. **What if the lowest bid is what I need?** Then get it. We mean that. And keep our card, because we do repairs too, and we’ll be here. **How do I know if I need a new roof or a repair?** Ask us. If it’s a repair, we’ll tell you. ## Work we’ve done Page: [https://katzroofing.com/our-work](https://katzroofing.com/our-work) Finished roofs and siding from the towns we work in. Each photo gives the town at most, and we strip the location data from every picture before it goes up. These are people’s homes, and we keep them private, the way we’d want ours kept. ### Before and after Some jobs we photographed before we started. Here they are side by side. ## Sixty-seven years, two families Page: [https://katzroofing.com/our-story](https://katzroofing.com/our-story) Katz has been roofing in Michigan since 1959. In that time it’s belonged to two families: the family who started it, and us. ### Since 1959 The family that founded Katz ran it for forty years, mostly around Battle Creek and Marshall, father and then son. - 1959: The company starts in Marshall. - 1979: The founder’s son incorporates it as Katz Roofing & Siding, Inc. - 2000: We buy Katz. - 2002: We earn CertainTeed ShingleMaster, and we have held it every year since. - 2026: CertainTeed makes us ShingleMaster PREMIER, and our son Shane takes over the siding crew. ### How it was handed over We bought Katz in 2000. The man who sold it to us did more than sell it. He checked Mike out first, with people who’d known Mike in the trade, because he wanted to know his customers would still be taken care of. Then he spent six or eight months of Saturday mornings in the office teaching Sarah how he ran it. He’s still in touch with us. He left us two things he used to say, and we still go by both: > You can’t run a company on the roof. > One unhappy homeowner will undo ten good ones. ### Mike, Sarah and Andy - Sarah: Sarah has answered this phone for twenty-eight years. When she’s on another call, our daughter Madison picks up. Sarah has a business degree from Olivet College with a concentration in insurance. She also holds a real estate license, so when a house is being bought or sold and the roof or siding is part of the deal, or a family has inherited a house that needs fixing up before it’s listed, she can help with the sale and the work, all in house. - Mike: Mike came up through roofing, from storm work across the plains in the nineties to running crews here. These days he runs production: he walks the crews through every work order, hauls the dump trailers himself, and handles the warranties. He still goes up for repairs. - Andy: Andy has done our estimates and run our jobs for more than fifteen years. He was a teacher and a coach before he came to roofing, and it shows: he’ll explain anything. He measures your roof, writes the estimate, and comes back for the final walkthrough himself. From the first call to the last walkthrough, you’ll work with one of those three people. ### The people who stay - 20+ years: our roofing foreman - 28 years: Sarah answering the phone - 15+ years: Andy, writing estimates and running jobs ### Where we’ve grown Katz used to keep close to Battle Creek and Marshall. We took Katz to Lansing and then west, into the farm towns between Lansing and Grand Rapids. Sarah grew up in Woodland, and these days a lot of the roofs we drive past are ones we put on. Some of them we’re doing for the second time. ### Still here The man who sold us Katz wanted to know his customers would be taken care of. We’ve tried to run it so they keep coming back. One customer has had us do fifteen houses. Another is on her fourth roof with us, and Mike drives two and a half hours to do it, because she doesn’t want anyone else on her roof. ## Where we work Page: [https://katzroofing.com/where-we-work](https://katzroofing.com/where-we-work) We roof and side houses across mid-Michigan, from Battle Creek and Marshall, where Katz started, to Lansing, Hastings and Lake Odessa, and the farm country between them. ### The counties - Calhoun County: Battle Creek, Marshall, Albion, Springfield, Athens, Burlington, Homer, Tekonsha and Union City. - Barry County: Hastings, Middleville, Woodland, and the farms around them. - Ionia County: Lake Odessa, Clarksville, Portland and Ionia. - Eaton County: Grand Ledge, Charlotte, Potterville, Sunfield and Mulliken. - Ingham County: Lansing, Webberville, and the towns around them. And north into Kent County: Lowell, Alto and Caledonia. We work in Jackson County too. ### How Katz got here The family who started Katz kept close to Battle Creek and Marshall. When we bought it, Lansing was the first new area we opened, and we have added towns year after year since. These days you’ll see our trucks across most of mid-Michigan, from Battle Creek to Ionia and from Grand Rapids to Brighton. ### Thank-you notes Our customers still send us thank-you notes, written by hand. After the 2023 hailstorm went through the towns where Sarah grew up, a lot of them came in, some from people who had known her grandparents. ### Common questions **Do you work outside these counties?** Call and ask. We go where our customers are: one has had us do four roofs, and Mike drives two and a half hours to do them. **My town isn’t listed. Do you come out there?** We work in a lot more towns than we list here. Call the office and Sarah will tell you. **Is the estimate free wherever I live?** Yes. ## Roofing and siding in Battle Creek and Calhoun County Page: [https://katzroofing.com/calhoun-county](https://katzroofing.com/calhoun-county) Battle Creek, Marshall, Albion, and the towns around them. Katz started in Marshall in 1959, and this is where it grew up. ### Where Katz started - 1959: The company starts in Marshall. - 1959–2000: The family who founded Katz works mostly around Battle Creek and Marshall, father and then son. - 2000: We buy Katz, and Battle Creek and Marshall stay part of the work. - Today: Our trucks cover most of mid-Michigan, from Battle Creek to Ionia and from Grand Rapids to Brighton. ### What we do here - Roof replacement, usually in one day, with the old roof torn off down to the wood. - Siding, from our own siding crew. - Metal roofs: EDCO metal shingles, ribbed pole-barn panels, and standing seam. - Storm work. A couple of storms have hit Battle Creek hard, and one hit Marshall. We worked all of them. We work in Battle Creek, Marshall, Albion, Springfield, Athens, Burlington, Homer, Tekonsha and Union City. ### Finished work ### Fifty years, labor included Our roofs carry CertainTeed’s fifty-year warranty: materials, labor, tear-off and disposal, not prorated. For the first fifteen years it covers our workmanship too. We’re able to offer it because CertainTeed named us ShingleMaster PREMIER. ### Questions from Calhoun County **Is there a local number I can call?** Yes. Call 269-964-2895, our Battle Creek number, or 517-485-9886. Both ring at our office. **Do you come out after a storm?** Yes. Call the office and we’ll come out and look, and help you with the insurance claim if there is one. **Is the estimate free out here?** Yes. **Do you work in the counties next to Calhoun?** Yes: Eaton County to the north, where our office is, Barry County to the northwest, and Jackson County to the east. ## Roofing and siding in Barry County Page: [https://katzroofing.com/barry-county](https://katzroofing.com/barry-county) Hastings, Middleville, Woodland, and the farm country between them. Sarah grew up in Woodland, a small farming community, and a lot of the roofs out here are ones we put on. ### What we’ve done here - The Woodland Township fire station, twice, after two different storms. The department asked us back the second time. - The Barry County courthouse in Hastings. - Farmhouses and homes all through the area after the 2023 hailstorm. - Metal shingles on an old farmhouse that had carried a tin roof for years. ### The 2023 hailstorm In 2023 a hailstorm went through the towns where Sarah grew up. A lot of the people who called had known Mike and Sarah for twenty-some years, and a lot of them were farmers. Andy measured a lot of roofs out here and sat at a lot of kitchen tables going over insurance paperwork. One old farmhouse traded its tin roof for metal shingles. ### Work from Barry County ### Fifty years, labor included Our roofs carry CertainTeed’s fifty-year warranty: materials, labor, tear-off and disposal, not prorated. For the first fifteen years it covers our workmanship too. We’re able to offer it because CertainTeed named us ShingleMaster PREMIER. ### Questions from Barry County **Do you work in Middleville and Woodland?** Yes, and Hastings, and the farms around all of them. **Did you roof the Woodland Township fire station?** Twice, after two different storms. The department asked us back the second time. **Do you put metal roofs on farmhouses and barns?** Yes. We install EDCO metal shingles, ribbed pole-barn panels, and standing seam with a 1½-inch rib. **Do you work in the counties next to Barry?** Yes: Ionia County to the north, where we live, Eaton County to the east, and Calhoun County to the southeast. ## Roofing and siding in Ionia County Page: [https://katzroofing.com/ionia-county](https://katzroofing.com/ionia-county) Lake Odessa, Clarksville, Portland, Ionia, and the farms around them. We live in Lake Odessa, so this is home. ### Fifty years, labor included Our roofs carry CertainTeed’s fifty-year warranty: materials, labor, tear-off and disposal, not prorated. For the first fifteen years it covers our workmanship too. We’re able to offer it because CertainTeed named us ShingleMaster PREMIER. ### Common questions **Do you work in Portland and Ionia too?** Yes, and Clarksville, and the farms around all of them. **Did the 2023 hailstorm reach Ionia County?** It did. It was hard on a lot of roofs between Lake Odessa and Woodland. We’ll come out and look at yours. **Which warranty comes with a new roof?** We offer CertainTeed’s fifty-year SureStart PLUS 4-Star, on materials, labor, tear-off and disposal. **Do you work in the counties next to Ionia?** Yes: Barry County to the south, where Sarah grew up, and Eaton County to the southeast. ## Roofing and siding in Eaton County Page: [https://katzroofing.com/eaton-county](https://katzroofing.com/eaton-county) Grand Ledge, Charlotte, Sunfield, Mulliken, and Potterville, where our office is. ### Our office is here The Katz office is on Hartel Road in Potterville. When you call, it’s Sarah who picks up, or our daughter Madison when Sarah’s on another line. ### The road to Woodland Sarah describes the way out to where she grew up like this. A lot of our work sits along roads like it. - Grand Ledge: Out of Grand Ledge, the road leads you to Mulliken. - Mulliken: Mulliken leads you to Sunfield. - Sunfield: Sunfield leads you to Lake Odessa, where we live. - Woodland: Five minutes on is Woodland, where Sarah grew up. It’s teeny tiny. ### Finished work ### Fifty years, labor included Our roofs carry CertainTeed’s fifty-year warranty: materials, labor, tear-off and disposal, not prorated. For the first fifteen years it covers our workmanship too. We’re able to offer it because CertainTeed named us ShingleMaster PREMIER. ### Questions from Eaton County **Do you work in Charlotte and Grand Ledge?** Yes, and Sunfield, Mulliken, Potterville and the country between them. **When do you answer the phone?** Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to noon. After hours, leave a message and we’ll call you back. **Do you do estimates in the winter?** Our crews start in the spring, usually around the middle of March, once the days stay above freezing. It depends on the weather. Andy writes estimates all winter, so you can have yours in hand before then. **Do you work in the counties next to Eaton?** Yes: Ingham County to the east, Barry and Ionia to the west, and Calhoun County to the south. ## Roofing and siding in Lansing and Ingham County Page: [https://katzroofing.com/ingham-county](https://katzroofing.com/ingham-county) Lansing, Webberville, and the towns around them. Lansing was the first new area we opened after we bought Katz, and we do a lot of work here. ### What we do here - Roof replacement, usually in one day, with the old roof torn off down to the wood. - Siding, from our own siding crew. - Commercial shingle roofs for businesses and churches. - Repairs, and a straight answer when a repair is all you need. A recent job took us out to Webberville, on the far side of the county. ### Lansing first The family who started Katz kept to Battle Creek and Marshall. When we bought it, Lansing was where we went first. It was the start of the area we work in now. Our office in Potterville is a short drive southwest of the city. ### Finished work ### Fifty years, labor included Our roofs carry CertainTeed’s fifty-year warranty: materials, labor, tear-off and disposal, not prorated. For the first fifteen years it covers our workmanship too. We’re able to offer it because CertainTeed named us ShingleMaster PREMIER. ### Questions from Lansing and Ingham County **Do you do commercial roofs in Lansing?** Yes, shingle roofs for businesses and churches. **Do you do estimates in the winter?** Our crews start in the spring, usually around the middle of March, once the days stay above freezing. It depends on the weather. Andy writes estimates all winter, so you can have yours in hand before then. **Are you certified for siding as well as roofing?** Yes. We’re CertainTeed SidingMaster PRO, as well as ShingleMaster PREMIER for roofing. **Do you work in the counties next to Ingham?** Yes: Eaton County to the west, where our office is, and Jackson County to the south.