By Jenny Yu.  

The Stienecker brothers shared how Nitro Roofing has evolved from local roofing work into an in-demand national contractor. 

For more than 25 years, Nitro Roofing & Construction has built its reputation on family values, hard work and a commitment to quality craftsmanship. In a recent episode of Stories From the Roof, Megan Ellsworth spoke with brothers Wesley, Austin and Connor Stienecker about how the Ohio-based company has grown from humble beginnings into a multigenerational roofing and exterior contracting business, serving residential and commercial customers across the country.  

The company’s roots trace back to the late 1990s when Wesley, the oldest brother and current CPO of the company, first started working roofing jobs as a teenager for his uncle’s side business. The first job threw him straight into the fire. “The roof had five wood shake layers, there were piles of trash around the whole house that we had to pick up by hand,” Wesley retold. “It was a horrible job, but it was our start into the industry.” 

Since then, Nitro Roofing has experienced steady growth, expanding from local residential roofing work into commercial contracting and nationwide projects. Austin, the second brother and CEO of the company, said the company has grown significantly since the brothers took over ownership from their parents in 2023. 

“We were at about $3 million when I came back in 2019,” Austin said, adding that the COVID-19 pandemic set the stage for the company to open a new branch in Columbus and enter the commercial roofing space. “Now we’re doing close to $15 million and probably looking at $18 million this year. We grew so much over a couple of years.” 

This growth has also included government contracting and specialty exterior projects throughout the United States, with the team currently working on projects ranging from churches and recreation centers to military facilities and custom architectural buildings. “We're on a Naval base right now in Georgia, and we did this really cool Native American museum that has a longboard siding on it,” Austin shared. “It's like our Mona Lisa.” 

While the business has evolved, the brothers emphasized that Nitro Roofing’s family first culture remains unchanged. Connor, the youngest brother and CSO of the company, recalled his own growth by learning from his family members. “When I started, I was the grunt: working on the ground, picking up all the shingles, tending them. Eventually, just by watching my brothers and my dad work, it all came with the nature of just working through it,” Connor shared. “I’m still learning, day in and day out, because we see new things almost every day. It never is a dull day, that’s for sure.” 

Wesley agreed, adding that the learning goes both ways. “It's been a blessing working with our parents, our uncle and my brothers. We’ve all learned from each other over the years.” Wesley expressed. “It's been a wonderful trip.” 

Listen to the full episode to hear more roofing lessons learned from the Stienecker brothers!

This year’s winners comprise five residential projects and two commercial projects from across the U.S.

Westlake Royal Building Products™ (Westlake Royal), a Westlake company (NYSE: WLK), has honored seven standout roofing projects with the 2025 DaVinci® Masterpiece Contractor Project of the Year Awards. The annual award recognizes projects built with DaVinci Roofscapes composite roofing while demonstrating excellence in installation, outstanding visual impact and the ability to transform the look of a home or commercial space. This year’s winners comprise five residential projects and two commercial projects from across the U.S.

The residential projects receiving top honors:

• Classic Construction & Consulting, Stillwater, Minnesota, for the replacement of an aging, hail-damaged cedar roof on a lakefront home with a DaVinci Multi-Width Shake roof in Aged Cedar. Homeowners’ insurance rates decreased 50% after receiving the new composite roof.
• Final Touch Construction & Design, Fontana, California, for the intricate job of adding DaVinci Multi-Width Slate tiles alongside new solar panels on an expansive roofing system. The mixture of Castle Gray- and European-colored tiles adds beauty plus low maintenance to the coastal waterfront home.
• Nitro Roofing and Construction, Columbus, Ohio, for an eye-catching replacement roof for a 1890 Victorian-style home. It features nearly 5,000 custom Inspire® Slate by DaVinci tiles in fish-scale and square-edge slate patterns and Cool Mist and Olive colors.
• Preferred Exterior, New Hyde Park, New York, for the roof on a newly constructed showplace home featuring DaVinci Single-Width Slate in the Smokey Gray color. Several structures, including a pool house, make up the sprawling home compound.
• Washington Roofing & Construction, Washington, Missouri, for the re-roof of a home using DaVinci Select Shake in Aged Cedar, following a hailstorm. The spacious property includes both a four- and eight-car garage plus various A-frame-style buildings with roofing pitches of 26/12.

The commercial projects receiving top honors:

• Burns & Scalo, Pittsburgh, for the replacement of a deteriorating roof on the administration building at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, Pennsylvania, with DaVinci Single-Width Slate in the European color. The historic 1897 landmark building at the private college houses classrooms and offices.
• Weatherguard, Inc. (THE ROOFEREES), Omaha, Nebraska, for the re-roof of the storm-damaged Peter Kiewit Lodge at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park with DaVinci Single-Width Shake in a custom Forest Green color. Hosting 40 guest rooms, a restaurant and meeting rooms, the lodge features the largest pitched roof state building in Nebraska.

About DaVinci®Roofscapes

Industry-leading DaVinci® Roofscapes captures the authentic look of real cedar shake and natural slate in each of their composite roofing tiles. Made of virgin resins, UV and thermal stabilizer, plus a fire retardant, each tile resists impact, fire and severe weather. They also defy insects, rotting, fading and splitting. Available in dozens of colors, the composite tiles are backed by a Lifetime Limited Material Warranty. DaVinci Roofscapes is a division of Westlake Royal Building Products™.

About Westlake Royal Building Products

Westlake Royal Building Products™ USA Inc., a Westlake company (NYSE:WLK), is a leader throughout North America in the innovation, design and production of a broad and diverse range of exterior and interior building products, including siding and accessories, trim and mouldings, roofing, stone, windows and outdoor living. For more than 50 years, Westlake Royal Building Products has manufactured high quality, low maintenance products to meet the specifications and needs of building professionals, homeowners, architects, engineers and distributors, while providing stunning curb appeal with an unmatched array of colors, styles and accessories.