Above The Roof

In this episode, Kirt Linington sits down with Mike Cotant to break down the full picture of private equity in roofing: what PE actually looks like when you're inside it, what founders get wrong before they sign, the horror stories from platform integration nobody posts about online, and whether selling to private equity is even the right move for you in the first place. No fluff, no sales pit...

Dan Tinker built one of the largest building products distribution companies in America — starting as a kid who barely went to class at Texas A&M, chasing sand volleyball and cold beer. Now he's running nearly 19,000 employees under Home Depot and has made over 500 millionaires along the way. In this episode, Kirt Linington sits down with Dan Tinker to talk real: how he met his wife and bu...

Steve Badger is the most polarizing man in the roofing industry. Insurance defense attorney. LinkedIn provocateur. The guy contractors love to hate, until they actually meet him. In this episode, Kirt Linington sits down with Steve Badger to get past the persona and talk real: Texas roofing licensing, preferred contractor networks, the $1.2 billion 9/11 settlement, and what the future of insurance...

Tony Taveras and Kirt Linington go all the way back to their days at LA Fitness — long before either of them ever touched a roofing company. In this episode, they break down the full origin story of Linear Roofing, from humble beginnings to building a 9-figure roofing empire. The grind no one saw, the leadership lessons learned the hard way, and the mentality it took to build something truly great...