Skip to content Finding out your roof needs repairs is never good news. Whether it’s a small leak or significant damage, you need experienced roofing professionals who can fix the problem and restore your roof to peak condition. The challenge is, most homeowners don’t have a trusted contractor on hand, and many aren’t sure where to begin their search. That’s where Frogtown Roofing comes in. We’re Ohio’s trusted roof repair specialists.
Call us today before your home turns into a swamp. We’ll inspect the damage and provide you with a free, no-obligation repair estimate.
To ensure we deliver top-notch roof repairs for our valued customers in the Northwest OH area, we continuously train and educate ourselves on the industry’s best practices. Thanks to our proven expertise, we’re honored to hold impressive certifications, including the CertainTeed SELECT ShingleMaster™ certification, the highest credentialing from this esteemed manufacturer. This means that we can offer 5-Star Warranty protection—that’s a lifetime guarantee of our workmanship—for our customers’ investments.
Metamora is a small village in Fulton County, close to the Michigan line. From our headquarters at 423 Tomahawk Dr in Maumee, it’s about 25 miles northwest, usually around 35 minutes on two-lane roads through farm country.
It’s one of the longer drives in our service area, and we plan for it. Metamora repairs are scheduled so our crew shows up with the materials the job needs, and we still make the trip back to confirm a repair is holding after a hard rain. Rural homeowners deserve the same follow-through as anyone in town, and that includes farms and homes outside the village in Amboy Township.
Metamora was first settled in the 1830s and has had a post office since 1841. It takes its name from an 1829 play, Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags, and it has an unusual history: the Toledo War of 1836 and 1837 moved it from Michigan Territory into Ohio.
It’s still a small place, with 566 residents at the 2020 census on less than a square mile of land in Amboy Township. The Evergreen Local School District serves the area, and the village is surrounded by farmland.
That setting shapes the roofs. Around the village you’ll find older farmhouses, many reroofed and added onto over the generations, along with barns, pole buildings and newer homes set on open lots. Very little stands between those roofs and the weather coming across the fields.
On open land, the west and south slopes take the most punishment. Prevailing winds and storms usually arrive from the west, and those same slopes bake in the afternoon sun. Shingles there lose granules, curl and unseal sooner than the rest of the roof, so it’s common to see one side of a house that needs repairs while the other side looks fine.
Old farmhouses add complexity. Additions built in different decades meet the original roof at awkward angles, porches and kitchens often sit under low-slope sections, and some roofs have more than one layer of shingles over original plank decking. Those transitions are where water finds its way in. Original plank decking also has gaps between the boards that modern shingles weren’t designed for, so we replace it or sheath over it where needed to give the repair a solid base.
Rural roofs also tend to go long stretches without anyone looking at them closely. Birds nest in vents, gutters fill with debris from tree lines, and a loose shingle on the back side of a farmhouse can go unnoticed for a full season. A quick check in fall and again after winter catches those small problems while they’re still easy to fix.
Then there are the outbuildings. Barns and pole buildings often have metal roofs, and over time their fasteners loosen and the rubber washers dry out, letting water in at every screw. We repair metal roofs on barns and outbuildings as well as shingle roofs on homes, so you don’t need a separate contractor for each building.
In a small village, a roofer’s reputation travels fast. We want ours to be that we showed up, did it right and came back to check. Every Metamora repair is backed by our workmanship warranty. Call (419) 639-7663 to schedule a free inspection.
