Cedar Hill roofing company having banner year in 2020
The owners of Stark Roofing had just taken their next step to grow their business.
In early March, Rick Stark and his sons, Rob and Ryan, had purchased an office building at 8480 Local Hillsboro Road in Cedar Hill.
That was right before concerns over the spread of COVID-19 started shutting down businesses and led to countywide stay-at-home orders.
“We were kind of worried,” Rob Stark said. “We had branched out because we were growing and doing bigger and better things. Then this hit, and we were like, ‘Oh, no, how is it going to affect us?’”
As it turned out, having more people stay at home created more work for the company.
Stark Roofing, which started in 2002, specializes in residential exterior work, including roofing, siding, guttering and more.
Rob Stark said the company has averaged about three jobs per day since March. He said the company has completed 200 jobs between March and the final week of August, compared with about 150 jobs during that same time period last year.
“We’ve had one of our best years. I guess maybe because people can’t travel and spend their money on that, so they are fixing their houses,” he said. “We want to thank our customers for their years of loyalty and countless word-of-mouth referrals.”
Rob Stark said safety precautions to deal with the virus have not changed how the business operates. He said inspections for projects typically do not require face-to-face interaction with customers.
Rob said when clients do want to meet in person, employees wear a mask and maintain social distancing guidelines.
“Our precautions for COVID haven’t been much different than what we have always done,” he said. “It really hasn’t messed with us.”
