Roofing Services in Fort Wayne and Grabill, Indiana

A roof is not just shingles. A complete residential roofing system is seven layers working together: the wood decking, ice and water shield at the eaves and valleys, synthetic underlayment across the field, metal drip edge at the rakes and eaves, a starter course along the bottom edge, the field shingles or metal panels, and hip and ridge caps at the top. Flashing ties the whole thing into every chimney, wall, vent, and skylight. Balanced ventilation, intake at the soffits and exhaust at the ridge, keeps the underside of that assembly dry. Skip one layer and the roof still looks finished from the driveway, but it fails early.

Two of those layers do most of the quiet work in this climate. Ice and water shield is a self-sealing membrane that goes down at the eaves, in the valleys, and around penetrations. When meltwater backs up behind an ice dam in February, that membrane is what keeps it out of the ceiling. Balanced ventilation is the other one. An attic that cannot exhaust heat in July cooks the shingles from below and shortens their life; an attic that cannot exhaust moisture in January grows frost on the sheathing.

This is also where roofs get cheapened. Skipping ice and water shield, reusing old drip edge, running the starter course upside down, or nailing the field too high are all invisible from the ground on day one and all show up in year six. Every GNG replacement includes the full assembly, and the written estimate names the layers so you can hold the price against the scope when you compare bids.

GNG Roofing & Construction is an Amish-owned family business working out of Grabill, Indiana. In practice that means the crew that measures your roof is the crew that tears it off, and the work does not get handed to a subcontractor once the contract is signed. We have been roofing in Northeast Indiana for more than 34 years, we are licensed and insured, and every job is backed by a 10-year craftsmanship warranty. Google reviewers rate us 4.9 out of 5 across 30 reviews. If you want to know who you are hiring before you hire them, read about the family behind GNG.

That matters more on a roof than it does on most trades, because roofing is the one job where nearly all of the quality is buried by the time you can see the finished product. Nail placement, flashing laps, valley detail, and how carefully the decking got checked are all invisible from the driveway. The only real protection a homeowner has is knowing who was up there and whether they answer for it afterward.

Our roofing work covers roofing in Fort Wayne, IN, Grabill, and the rest of the towns we serve within about 40 miles of Fort Wayne. Estimates and inspections are free and written.