Tina Mies got her start in roofing when she agreed to help out her brother by working at his company for two weeks. That was 11 years ago, and she’s still on the job.
Three years ago Mies branched out on her own. Mies Roofing, located in Flat Rock, Mich., has crews ranging from two to 15, depending on the workload. Mies does mostly shingles along with some single-ply, but her forte is specialty roofing — imitation slate, regular slate, cedar shakes — “Stuff that no one else will do,” she says.