Chris Bautista on Roofing, Hustle, and Building Above Roofing

Kanawha Valley Hustlers · May 14, 2026 · 1m

In this episode of the Kanawha Valley Hustlers podcast, I talk with Chris Bautista, owner of Above Roofing, LLC. Chris helps homeowners with roof leaks, repairs, replacements, and maintenance inspections. He got into roofing after helping his father-in-law install a roof, and the work stayed with him. Twelve years later, he has built a business around doing the job right.

Chris walks me through one of the lessons that shaped him as a business owner. Early on, he underestimated a job and lost money. That taught him to slow down, inspect roofs with more care, ask better questions, and make sure…