A History of West Roofing

The name "West" has been attached to the roofing business since 1946, when Roger West, Jr. started Peninsula Home Insulation Company on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Originally the company provided insulation and storm windows to hundred of homeowners on the Delmarva peninsula. When Millard Tawes, the governor of Maryland's house in Chrisfield needed insulation, West was the man called for the job.

In 1968 young Roger West, III (Buddy), the son of the founder, joined the company. West was only 18 years old at the time, and he expanded the business to include the Hampton Roads area. Since the beginning, thousands of homes have been re-roofed by the Wests. The location above was in Exmore, built in 1973.

In 1981, Buddy West persued his dream of becoming a stockbroker. He later served as president of Brokers Securities, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company which was sold to Norstar Bankcorp, which is now Bank of America.

Buddy West on the trading floor of the New York stock exchange, spring of 1984.

 In 2005, Buddy West started a new roofing company. West Roofing, also know as Westwind roofing. The company services all of Tidwater and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.The company installs hundreds of new roofs each year.