Durand homes have stood a long time. We help them stand longer.
Michigan’s railroad town, in southeastern Shiawassee County. We’re licensed and insured, we never hand a job to a subcontractor, and we say plainly what a house does and doesn’t need.
You can’t price a hundred-year-old house over the phone.
Durand grew up around the rail yard, and a lot of the housing dates to when that yard was the biggest thing between Detroit and Chicago. Those houses have been added onto, re-roofed twice, and patched by whoever was available in whatever decade. What that means is that nobody can tell you what your Durand roof needs from a satellite image or a phone call, and any contractor who quotes you one is guessing with your money. We come out and look. Every time, at no charge, with nothing attached to it.
Andrew, Aaron, and Preston started Anchor three years ago for a reason that had nothing to do with liking ladders. They had watched too many people, older homeowners especially, get sold full replacements on roofs with years left in them. So the standing rule here is that we tell you what your house actually needs and nothing beyond it. If a repair holds, we quote a repair. If you’ve got five good years, we say so and we’ll come back in five. That has cost us jobs. It’s also why most of our work in this part of Shiawassee County comes from somebody who was treated straight and told a neighbor about it.
When the work is warranted, it’s done to manufacturer spec by people who are certified to that spec: CertainTeed, LP SmartSide, James Hardie, and Lomanco. On an older house that specificity matters more, not less, because the flashing conditions are more complicated. Chimneys, dormers, valleys where a 1940s addition met the original roofline, porch tie-ins that were never right. Underlayment, flashing, and ventilation are the three things that decide whether the roof goes twenty years or forty, and they’re all invisible once the last shingle is down, which is exactly why they get skipped by outfits working fast.
The crew is ours, start to finish. We have never subcontracted a job. We’re licensed and insured, we work through Michigan’s worst, heavy snow load, ice dams, wind, and the freeze-thaw that pries at every fastener, and we spec materials rated for it. You’ll get photographs of what we found, a written scope, a fair price with no surprise additions at the end, and a clean yard when we leave.
Metal and shingle roofing, roof repair, siding installation and replacement, storm and hail restoration with the insurance work handled for you, gutters, and commercial roofing each get their own page below. Different jobs, different pages. Or just call and tell us what the house has been doing and we’ll take it from there.
Three things we don’t compromise on.
The same three rules hold on every job we take, in every town we work. They are the reason neighbors pass our name along.
We never subcontract
Every Durand job is our own crew, the people who quote your work are the people on your roof. That’s how the details stay right from the first fastener to the final cleanup, and it’s why the quality never depends on who a subcontractor sent that day.
Honest, no upsell
If a repair will hold, we’ll tell you. We don’t take Durand homeowners’ money for work their home doesn’t need, that’s the reason we started, and it’s why so much of our work here comes from referrals rather than a hard sell.
Certified & insured
CertainTeed, LP SmartSide, James Hardie, and Lomanco certified, fully licensed and insured, using premium materials built for Michigan winters, installed to manufacturer spec, in the details that decide whether the work lasts. That certification is your assurance the work is done right and the warranty stays intact.
Serving Durand and Shiawassee County.
Durand is part of Shiawassee County, which we cover in full, along with the rest of our nine-county service area across mid-Michigan. Wherever you are near Durand, you get the same honest crew. The homes below are real Anchor jobs from around the region.
See our full Shiawassee County coverage or every area we serve. Call (989) 900-0018.
Roofing & siding in Durand, your questions.
The plain answers homeowners in Durand ask us most, and you can see finished work in our gallery.
Do you serve Durand?
Yes. Durand is within our service area. We’re based in St. Johns and cover nine counties across mid-Michigan, and Durand is one of them. You get the same licensed, insured, never-subcontracted crew as everyone else we serve.
What roofing and siding work do you do in Durand?
Everything, metal and shingle roofing, roof repair, siding installation and replacement, storm and hail restoration, gutters, and commercial roofing. Whatever your Durand home or building needs, it’s one page and one honest conversation away. Browse our full list of services or just call and tell us what’s going on.
How do I get a price for my Durand project?
Book a free roof look. We come out to your Durand home, inspect the roof or siding properly, and give you an honest read on what it actually needs, then a fair price in writing. We don’t quote from a photo or over the phone, because we’d rather tell you the truth after we’ve actually seen it.
Do you handle storm and insurance work?
Yes. Michigan storms hit Durand like everywhere else, and we handle the full restoration, inspecting and documenting hail and wind damage, making lasting repairs, and walking you through the insurance claim so the paperwork isn’t your problem. We’ll also tell you honestly whether a claim is worth filing.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes, fully licensed and insured, and certified by CertainTeed, LP SmartSide, James Hardie, and Lomanco. We never subcontract, so the crew on your Durand roof is our own, and the work is done to manufacturer spec, not the fast way.
How long does roofing or siding take in Durand?
It depends on the scope, a repair is often a day, a full roof or re-side a few days to a couple of weeks. We give you a realistic timeline up front when we look at your Durand project, and we keep the site clean and communicate clearly throughout.
Durand, let’s look at your roof.
Call the crew for a free, no-obligation look at your Durand home. We’ll tell you straight up what it needs.
(989) 900-0018