More often than not, roofing contractors — especially the successful ones —
have some preexisting connection with the industry. It’s usually the
case with most skilled trades. Particularly when a contractor is
flourishing, heritage is a kind of “soft skill” that can be leveraged as
an asset.
Of course, that’s just anecdotal, or “broscience,”
since the collective roofing lineage of Lifetime Quality Roofing’s
principals, Alex Gerhart and Zach Willard, is the experience Gerhart had
as a teen hauling bundles onto steep-sloped roofs and slinging
shingles. No matter since, as these two fitness enthusiasts have
demonstrated, their success in the roofing space required little
foreknowledge of an open valley or an overhang. That can all be learned.