Why Center Line homeowners choose T&M Roofing

When your roof in Center Line starts leaking after one of Michigan’s 70-mph storm gusts, you don’t want to wait three weeks for an out-of-area contractor to swing by. Center Line is about 16 miles northeast of our shop at 14564 Schaefer Hwy in Detroit — roughly 25 minutes via I-696 east to Van Dyke Avenue. We cover the whole Metro Detroit area, and we’re one of the established roofing companies you can call when something happens to your roof tonight.

For 20+ years we’ve been replacing, repairing, and maintaining residential and commercial roofs across Metro Detroit. We’re veteran-owned and family-run. The crew that quotes your roof is the crew you’ll see on it. And if you get a written quote from another licensed roofer in the Center Line area, we’ll beat it — guaranteed.

Center Line homes are exactly the houses we know how to roof

Center Line is unusual: a city of roughly 1.7 square miles that is entirely surrounded by the City of Warren, with Van Dyke Avenue running straight through the middle of it. It grew almost all at once, in the 1940s and 1950s, as housing for workers at the auto plants and defense works just outside its borders — which is why the streets are so consistent. Expect small brick and brick-veneer bungalows, story-and-a-half Capes and one-story ranches on tight lots, usually with a narrow interior chimney, shallow eave overhangs, a low-slope front porch or stoop roof, and a detached garage reached by a rear drive or alley. Because these homes are now 70-plus years old and often on their second or third roof, we find the same things over and over: multiple shingle layers hiding soft decking, original galvanized flashing rusted through at the porch-to-wall junction, no continuous soffit intake so the attic bakes in summer and dams up in winter, and undersized valleys where a rear addition was tied into the main roof. The lots are narrow enough that clean staging matters — we protect the neighbor’s driveway too.

We work on these exact homes every week:

Asphalt shingle replacement on 1940s and 1950s brick bungalow, Cape Cod and single-story ranch roofs, including low-slope porch and stoop roofs
Tear-offs down to clean deck with full ice-and-water shield at the eaves — required for Michigan’s freeze-thaw cycles
Ridge vent and soffit ventilation upgrades that keep older post-war attics dry and cool
Step flashing and chimney work on the narrow interior brick chimneys standard on Center Line’s post-war housing

If your home is in the 48015 ZIP code, there’s a good chance we’ve already done a roof on your block.

Storm damage is the #1 reason Center Line homeowners call us

Southeast Michigan storm seasons are getting more aggressive. Most seasons bring at least one round of 60 to 70 mph wind gusts and hail across the area. Wind lifts and tears shingles. Hail leaves invisible bruises that turn into leaks two storms later. Then ice dams in February finish the job.

When you call after a storm, we’ll:

Inspect free, no obligation — full walk of the roof, photos of damage, written summary
Help you with the insurance claim — we’ll meet your adjuster on-site if needed
Tarp the roof same-day if there’s an active leak
Schedule the repair or replacement with same-week availability for most jobs

We’ve been doing storm response across Metro Detroit long enough that local insurance adjusters know our work.

Roofing services we offer Center Line homeowners

Roof Replacement — Full tear-off, decking inspection, ice-and-water shield, new shingles, ridge vent, cleanup. Learn more →
New Roof Installation — New builds and additions in Center Line and surrounding communities. Learn more →
Roof Repair — Leaks, missing shingles, flashing, valleys, chimney pointing
Storm Damage Repair — Hail, wind, fallen branches, including insurance claim help
Gutters & Siding — Seamless gutters, downspouts, fascia, siding replacement. Learn more →
Garage Demolition — Tear down and haul away aging detached garages, permits handled. Learn more →
Commercial & Industrial — Flat-roof systems, TPO, EPDM for Center Line small business properties. Learn more →

All work comes with our 10-year labor warranty on top of the manufacturer’s shingle warranty.

Neighborhoods we serve in Center Line

We work across all of Center Line, with most of our recent jobs concentrated in or around:

The Van Dyke Avenue corridor through the center of the city
The streets around Memorial Park on Lawrence Street
The Arsenal Road area near Center Line High School
The McKinley Street blocks around Wolfe Middle School
The Ten Mile Road neighborhoods near Peck Elementary on Lorraine

We also work near landmarks like Center Line Memorial Park with its Vietnam and 9/11 memorials, Center Line City Hall, the Center Line Public Library and Center Line High School on Arsenal. Center Line Public Schools serves most of the city — and because Center Line is a small enclave completely surrounded by Warren, the district also reaches into adjacent Warren neighborhoods, with Crothers and Roose elementary schools actually sitting on the Warren side of the line. School families across the district make up a big share of our local customer base.

We also serve the adjacent communities of Warren, Eastpointe, Roseville and Sterling Heights — so if friends or family nearby need roof work, you can refer with confidence.

What makes T&M Roofing different

Veteran-owned and family-run. Ted Thompson started T&M Roofing in Detroit after 20+ years of doing the work himself. He still walks every Center Line job before we finalize the quote.

10-year labor warranty. Most local roofers offer 1–2 years. Ours covers labor for a full decade.

Price-beat guarantee. Bring us a written quote from any licensed Center Line-area roofer and we’ll beat it.

Same-week availability. Big national contractors push you out 4–6 weeks. We turn most jobs around in 5–7 business days.

Real local crew. The crew you see on the estimate is the crew on your roof.

Get a free roofing estimate in Center Line, MI

Call (313) 600-4538 — answered by a real person, not a call center — or send us a quick message using the form below. We typically respond within an hour during business hours.

T&M Roofing LLC · 14564 Schaefer Hwy, Detroit, MI 48227 · (313) 600-4538

Roofing Contractor Center Line, Mi