That's My Story.
And I'm Sticking to It.
U.S. Army Veteran · 35+ Years Hands-On · Licensed Florida Roofing Contractor · CCC1334499 · CRC1335172
I enlisted in the U.S. Army and shipped out to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for Basic Training. Then on to Fort Lee, Virginia for MOS training. After that — orders came through for Wildflecken, Germany.
Wildflecken — nestled deep in the Rhön mountains of Bavaria — was one of the coldest, most remote U.S. Army posts in all of Europe. First thing they handed you when you arrived? Cold weather gear. No joke. Brutal winters, heavy snow, and mountains in every direction. But honest to God — gorgeous country. The kind of place that humbles you. The Army teaches you one thing above everything else: show up, do the work, and never leave a job half-finished. That lesson has followed me to every roof I've ever touched.
These are my brothers. Discipline. Brotherhood. Accountability. The same values that defined our platoon define every job we do at State Certified Roofing. When you hire us, you get someone who answers to a higher standard.
🇩🇪 Did You Know?
❄️ First thing you get issued? Cold weather gear.
Wildflecken sits at nearly 2,000 feet elevation in the Rhön mountains of Bavaria. Snow from October through April. Temperatures that will humble you fast.
🪖 Cold War frontline training base
Wildflecken Military Post was a key U.S. Army base throughout the Cold War — used for combat training, winter warfare, and field exercises. Not a cushy assignment.
🏔️ Brutal mountains. Gorgeous country.
The Rhön is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve — rolling mountains, dense forests, open skies. Sarge will tell you straight: "Toughest posting I ever had. Most beautiful place I've ever seen."
💡 What Wildflecken taught Sarge about roofing
When you've trained in sub-zero mountain winters, a Florida summer on a roof is nothing. The discipline, attention to detail, "never leave a job half-finished" — that's Wildflecken talking.
After the service, I enrolled at Texas Tech University in 1989 — Construction Technology. I never graduated. Not because I quit — because I started. Picked up a hammer in 1990 and never looked back. Turned out the best classroom was the job site.
I grew up in West Texas, and over the next three decades I chased the work — and there was plenty of it.
From hurricane-hardened Caribbean resorts to North Dakota blizzard conditions — I've roofed in climates most contractors have never seen. That experience lives in every single job we do in Central Florida.
Every roof I touch gets the same treatment — full inspection, honest assessment, quality materials, clean execution. We pull permits. We haul away debris. We don't cut corners because no veteran I know ever did.
I've built five homes for myself over the years. Not hired out — built. With my own hands. Right now I'm finishing my sixth: a SCIP home — Structural Concrete Insulated Panel construction.
Think of it as an above-ground bunker. Structural Concrete Insulated Panels — walls AND roof are concrete. Nearly indestructible in a Florida storm. The roof is concrete with TPO membrane and solar panels on top — I'm barely paying for electricity, and my insurance rates are a fraction of a wood-frame home.
I'm state certified to build SCIP homes — one of very few contractors in Florida who is. It's not widely known, but it should be. If you want to talk about building the most energy-efficient, storm-resistant home in Florida — give me a call.
"I started State Certified Roofing because I was tired of seeing homeowners get ripped off by contractors who disappear after the deposit. I've roofed in 15 states and the Caribbean. I've built five homes. I've worn the uniform. You deserve someone who shows up, does the work right, and stands behind it. That's my promise — on my honor as a veteran."
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