OUR STORY

Donald B. Smith, Inc was founded in 1948. It remains a second generation privately held company with ownership controlled by Doug Smith. Founded on its principles of quality and workmanship Donald B. Smith has been recognized nationally for numerous projects. In 1999 DBS Roofing was awarded the “Craftsman of the Year Award” by the Baltimore Builder's Exchange. This prestigious award is given to only one roofing company each year. Donald B. Smith, Inc has also been featured in Metal Roofing Magazine for the “2004 Project of the Year,” as well as Professional Roofing Magazine (May 2007) and Metal Architecture Magazine (May 2007). With over 60 expert installers and foremen having a minimum of 10 years experience, Donald B. Smith, Inc. professionals treat each project as if it was their own home or business.

Through the years DBS Roofing has grown with the times. Donald B. Smith, Inc. started out primarily as a residential roofing company in the Hanover and Carroll County areas. They have stayed true to their roots residentially, but continued to expand to other markets and roofing systems in Baltimore County and beyond. A small portion of their portfolio includes over 15 homes in the Cave's Valley Golf Club community. These homes' roof systems range from custom copper to slate (natural and synthetic) and wood shingle. Commercially, they complete over 10,000,000 square feet of single-ply roofing each year from Scranton, PA to Richmond, VA . Donald B Smith, Inc has become one of the top 100 roofing companies in America (RSI Magazine.)

Being recognized by the largest singly-ply manufacturers in America as a Carlisle Hall of Fame Contractor, Firestone Master Contractor, GAF Master Select Contractor, and Johns Manville 5280 Council Member, Donald B. Smith Inc. displays its commitment to quality and professionalism. Their sheet metal shop boasts one of the few metal fabrication shops in the country to own not one, but two computerized sheet metal breaks to form the metal for each project. Their breaks provide them with the versatility to tackle the most detailed and challenging projects with precision accuracy.


Donald B. Smith, Inc has added a Service Department that completes over 1,000 projects each year. With a full time service manager to monitor crews and correspond with home and business owners DBS Roofing has made the commitment to stand by it's workmanship as well as offer solutions to the smallest roofing needs.

Whether it is the roof installation of a million square foot warehouse or of a custom home project, Donald B. Smith, Inc. takes pride in providing quality workmanship in a timely fashion at a reasonable cost to our customers. When you choose DBS roofing to complete your roofing project you are choosing 75 years of experience that you can trust will be around for another 75.