Small business spotlight: Midian Roofing

Midian Roofing has come a long way since owner T.K. Hamilton began running the business 11 years ago. One of the early changes was to the company’s name, which Hamilton has now used for the past seven years.

Now, people all over Greater Rome are getting used to seeing the Midian Roofing name and logo throughout the region. For a company that started small – “Just me and Jesus,” Hamilton said – a small fleet of trucks and a growing employee base is proof that Midian is growing and thriving.

There’s also a new home facility in Midian’s future, which will allow it to continue to grow and better serve its customers.

Hamilton said about 90 percent of those customers come from inside Rome and Floyd County, “but we have been as far north as St. Louis and as far south as Florida.”

That reputation that has carried across state lines comes in large part from the work done with its local customers. Some of those customers include Chamber members such as Harbin Clinic, The Well at West Rome Baptist Church, Bojangles, the new United States Post Office located on Martha Berry Highway, Martin Realty and many others. In addition, Midian also installed the roof at the new River City Bank headquarters building that is nearing completion on the corner of Second Avenue and West Third Street.

Along with work on commercial properties, Midian also builds and repairs roofs on residential and industrial properties, as well.

Midian offers a wide variety of products that help keep it at the forefront of the roofing industry. “We offer top-of-the-line, high end products all the way down to standard materials, including commercial, industrial and residential metal, metal shingles, slate, copper, pvc, epdm and built-up,” Hamilton said.

However, Hamilton noted that it’s his company’s level of customer service that puts it high on the list of local businesses.

“If there happened to be any problems due to workmanship or a manufacturer’s defect, we’ll deal with it,” he said. “We are licensed, insured and have worker’s compensation insurance, so if any accidents to the home owner’s property or bodily injury to a worker or someone else were to occur, the property owner is protected.”

Still, even with the extensive product selection and high level of customer service, Hamilton makes it clear that there is one factor above all others that makes Midian Roofing successful.

“Sometimes when people ask me the secret of my success, I do hesitate for a minute,” he said. “Then I say anything good in my life is because God, through Jesus Christ, gives me wisdom to do the right thing.”

Hamilton pointed out Midian Roofing only employs legal United States citizens and is a certified Drug Free Workplace, which allows it to save 7.5% off its workers compensation insurance as a part of the Greater Rome Chamber’s Drugs Don’t Work program.

Drugs Don’t Work is just one Chamber benefit that helps Midian’s business. “It helps us generate leads and be a part of the community,” Hamilton said.

Midian Roofing really has come a long way during its existence. When you look back, it’s pretty easy to believe that the future looks even brighter.

Midian Roofing can be reached at 706.232.3085 or 1.888.643.4262. Its website address is www.midianroofing.com.

Originally appeared in The Pinnacle, a publication of the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce, in 2007.