Who We Are
Family-owned.
DC through and through.
Louise August is a family business built on a simple promise: bring honesty, skill, and care to every roof, gutter, and brick wall we touch.
Our Story
Built on DC rooftops, one job at a time.
Our family has been working on Washington's homes for generations. Flat TPO and modified bitumen rowhouse roofs, slate mansards, asphalt shingle, cedar shake, seamless gutters, and the brick and stone that hold it all up — we've learned this city's housing stock the only way that counts: from on top of it.
Being family-owned and operated isn't a marketing line for us; it's how the work gets done. The person who quotes your job is accountable for your job. Nobody's chasing a commission, nobody's padding a scope, and nobody disappears when there's a question a year later.
That's also why we put our license number on everything (DC License #410519000552), answer the phone 24/7 for emergencies, and give every first-time customer 20% off. We'd rather earn a neighbor for life than win a single job.
What We Stand On
Three things we never compromise.
Honesty first
If a repair will do, we won't quote a replacement. If we wouldn't put it on our own house, we won't put it on yours. Every estimate is written, itemized, and explained in plain English.
Craft over speed
Matched mortar on century-old brick. Membranes detailed at every parapet and skylight. Gutters pitched to drain, hung into sound wood. The unglamorous details are the job.
Care for the home
Tarps down, magnet sweeps for nails, debris hauled, plantings protected. Your home should look better when we leave — not just the roof. We treat every house like our own.
Why DC Trusts Us
We know this city's bones.
Washington's housing stock is unlike anywhere else in the country: flat roofs hidden behind parapets, slate mansards over bay windows, lime-mortar brick that predates the light bulb, box gutters built into hundred-year-old cornices. Working here well means knowing those systems — what they need, what hurts them, and what historic review will say about it.
That knowledge is the difference between a contractor who works in DC and one who's of DC. We're the second kind. From Georgetown's Federal townhouses to Anacostia's frame Victorians, we bring the right materials and methods to each, and we stand behind every job with a real workmanship warranty.
Find Us
Based in the District,
on the road every day.
Free estimates anywhere in Washington DC, 24/7 emergency response, and one family crew from first call to final walkthrough.
Let's meet your roof.
Free estimates across Washington DC, 24/7 emergency response, and 20% off your first project. Call or message us — we'll take it from there.