McDermott & Son Roofing

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To start out let me tell you a little bit about our companys history.
Ted McDermott founder of McDermott & Son Roofing started out farming and running a small construction company. His company dealt in the construction of buildings. As time went by he was having problems finding a company to roof the new buildings. It occurred to him that if he was having problems, others might be as well. So, in 1935 the roofing company was born. Ted was mopping hot asphalt and burlap, (as roofing felt was not available at the time). One of the major projects done at this time was the original KJAN radio station in Atlantic, Iowa.
In 1952 Dwane (Shorty) Bramer, Teds stepson (the 2nd generation) purchased the company. After serving in WWII he came back and worked with the company. So in 1952 Ted began fulltime farming and Shorty began full time roofing. During Shortys years as owner, the company was primarily involved in commercial roofing. Tar and Gravel was the premier roof at the time. In the mid 70s we began using Acrylic Coatings. We were the first in the area to use Conklin and Foam Systems.
In 1985 Dennis Bramer, Shortys son (the 3rd generation) purchased the company. Denny began helping out in the roofing business carrying tar buckets in 1956. One of the first projects he completed was a cleaners building in downtown Atlantic, which is now occupied by J & J Graphics. Time changes all things, including the roofing industry. During Dennys years we moved away from Acrylics and Foam as it was too vulnerable from hail, and other acts of weather. We then began using Single Ply Systems, which the main roof at the time was EPDM (Rubber).
In 2004 due to the unexpected passing of Denny, his stepson, Rob Clausen (the 4th generation) purchased the company. Rob started in the roofing business in the late 1970s helping out after school and in the summer. In 1980 Rob remembers putting up the ladder on one building and going from rooftop to rooftop to repair and fix damage that was caused by a terrible hailstorm that went thru the Atlantic area.
For over 70 years our company has been going strong. Even today McDermott & Son Roofing uses only premier roofing systems. We still apply EPDM (Rubber), and in the tradition of McDermotts we have another new product in which we began applying in 1996, this product is called DURO-LAST. We are an authorized dealer and master contractor of Duro-Last Roofing Systems. Please take a moment and look around our site. If you have any questions or roofing needs, please email us at mcroof@metc.net.