GSM Roofing

06/12/2026

Five days. A president's roof, a fight against Alzheimer's, a team measured in decades, and a standard we will not bend.

That is National Roofing Week at GSM, and it is a fair picture of who we are the other 51 weeks too. Thank you for following along, and thank you to the people who make this work worth doing.

Same standard next week. And the week after that.

06/11/2026

A roof does not fail because someone lacked good intentions. It fails because someone was not trained.

That is why training never really ends here. New installers learn from people who have done the work for decades, and the standard does not bend. It shows up in our credentials too: GAF GoldElite, the highest tier they award, plus membership in the NRCA, NERCA, and the National Slate Association.

Around here we say it plainly. Safety is the most important tool in our belt. Happy National Roofing Week to the crews who keep learning.

06/10/2026

Roofing is a trade that burns through people. More than 100 of ours have stayed 25 years or longer.

That number is not an accident, and it is not common. It means the crew on your building has been doing this for decades, not for a season. It means the person solving a problem on your roof has probably already seen it twice.

Today, for National Roofing Week, we are saying thank you to the people who stayed. You are the company.

06/09/2026

Every September, the morning after our golf outing, our team puts on purple shirts and walks together. We walk in memory of John and Mary Gooding.

John, our second-generation owner, and his wife Mary were both lost to Alzheimer's and dementia. That is why our Customer Appreciation Golf Outing has come to mean so much to us. Last year it raised more than $20,000 for the Alzheimer's Association, and the Gooding Group Foundation matched contributions up to $50,000. The next day, we joined the Walk to End Alzheimer's.

The same event runs our Great Roof Giveaway, which gave Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church $13,970 in repairs at no cost. The 2026 contest is open now. If you know a nonprofit with a roof that needs help, entries are open through August 10.

GSM Roofing and The Gooding Group Foundation are proud to give back to our local nonprofit organizations through our annual Great Roof Giveaway contest.

06/08/2026

The home of a United States president needed a new slate roof, and they called us.

Wheatland, built in 1828, was where James Buchanan lived. When its slate roof began to fail, LancasterHistory needed someone who could make it last another century without changing how it looked. We chose North Country slate, rated past 100 years, and had every piece cut to match the original.

It is National Roofing Week, and this is the kind of work we are proud to start it with. More all week.



https://www.gsmroofing.com/project-profiles/president-james-buchanans-wheatland/

05/13/2026

There is a church on Cameron Avenue in Tyrone, Pennsylvania that has been standing since 1886.

St. Matthew Roman Catholic Church has watched over Blair County for nearly 140 years. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. And this spring, our team had the privilege of restoring its Vermont Gray slate roof the right way.

We found what a previous contractor had left behind: silicone caulk smeared across cracked slate joints, and sections of the roof installed without proper head lap. The geometry that makes a slate roof watertight had simply been ignored.

Our Master Pro Certified Installer Dave Hoffer and his apprentice Cole Essel corrected every failure. Proper installation. Matched material. Copper snow guards. A custom copper ridge cap that will protect this roof for decades.

And when the work was done, Rob made a commitment that does not appear on any invoice. He will be back every April. He attended Easter Mass. He will evaluate the roof. He will make sure this building is looked after for as long as he is able.

A 140-year-old roof is not a project. It is a responsibility.

Read the full story:

GSM Roofing restored the 140-year-old Vermont Gray slate roof on a National Register church in Tyrone, PA. Copper snow guards, ridge cap, and annual stewardship included.

05/01/2026

What does an industrial client's safety culture actually look like, in practice, on a Tuesday?

It looks like tarping every dumpster on the site so rainwater can't carry debris into a storm drain.

It looks like a rule against standing on a flatbed unless that flatbed has rails.

It looks like a no-crane, no-flatbed restriction on the roof itself, which forces a crew to plan material logistics the hard way.

That was the working environment for our Building 108 roof replacement at TE Connectivity in Landisville. We finished it ahead of schedule, with a new white TPO system, lightning protection, and a 20-year warranty. The full project is on our site.

But the answer to the question is the part worth keeping. Safety culture isn't a poster in the breakroom. It's what a vendor agrees to before they even get on the roof.

Project:

Location: Landisville, PennsylvaniaMarket: Industrial / ManufacturingServices: Roof Replacement, Safety Modifications, Lightning Protection Overview GSM Roofing partnered with TE Connectivity to complete a comprehensive roof replacement on Building 108 (Roof F) at their Landisville, PA facility. Thi...

04/23/2026

Here is what we know after 14 years of this contest.

Most of the nonprofits that win did not find out about it themselves. Someone who cared about them shared it.

A board member. A volunteer. A neighbor who saw a post and thought of them.

If there is a nonprofit in your life, a food pantry, a shelter, a youth program, a community church, a veteran organization, that has been quietly dealing with a roof they cannot afford to fix, this is for them.

Please share this post with them. It might be the thing that changes their year.

Entries close August 10. 501(c)(3) nonprofits in PA, NJ, DE, and MD.

👉 https://www.gsmroofing.com/about/great-roof-giveaway/

GSM Roofing and The Gooding Group Foundation are proud to give back to our local nonprofit organizations through our annual Great Roof Giveaway contest.

04/17/2026

American Legion Post 429 in Ephrata has been standing since 1933.

When the roof started failing, everything that building represents was at risk.

We donated emergency repairs, helped coordinate fundraising, and gave a discount on the full replacement. Today that post is still open. Still serving veterans.

We do not take that for granted.

The 2026 Great Roof Giveaway is open through August 10 for 501(c)(3) nonprofits in PA, NJ, DE, and MD. If your organization has a story like this one, we want to hear it.

👉 https://www.gsmroofing.com/about/great-roof-giveaway/

04/01/2026

It's official. The 2026 Great Roof Giveaway is open.

Every year, GSM Roofing and the Gooding Group Foundation give a deserving nonprofit a new roof - completely free. No catch. No purchase necessary.

In 2020, what started as a $15,000 repair for Bethel AME Church in Lancaster turned into a $100,000 full roof replacement once our crew saw the real condition of the building. That's the kind of giving this contest is built on.

If your 501(c)(3) nonprofit has a roof that's failing, or if you know one that does, this is your moment.

Entries are open now through August 10, 2026.

👉 Full details and entry form here: https://www.gsmroofing.com/about/great-roof-giveaway/