Peter L. Brown Roofing & Siding traces its origins to 1960, when founder Peter L. Brown started his aluminum siding and window business in Bloomfield, Connecticut — selling door-to-door and operating out of a barn on his property. The company moved to Granby in 1969 and has operated from 133 Hartford Avenue in East Granby ever since, making it one of the longer-running exterior contracting businesses in northern Connecticut. The founder’s son Ted Brown joined the company in 1986 and helped expand its product range and market reach.
The company’s motto — “Do it right the first time and you won’t have to do it again” — has been the operating philosophy through more than six decades of service. It reflects a commitment to quality materials and year-round professional craftsmen rather than relying on seasonal labor or cut-rate products to compete on price. The company’s service footprint covers Connecticut broadly, with particular depth in the Granby, Avon, Simsbury, Canton, West Hartford, and Farmington Valley communities.
Services today include vinyl and wood window replacement, vinyl siding installation, roofing, doors (entry and patio), awnings, storm windows, storm doors, porch enclosures, gutters, and gutter protection. The roofing work uses Atlas shingles with Scotchgard protection — a product that incorporates algae-resistance technology designed to maintain appearance over the long service life of the shingles. The financing program requires no money down until the job is completed to the customer’s satisfaction, which structurally aligns the company’s financial incentive with the customer’s approval of the final result.
Early advertising on WTIC radio with beloved Connecticut broadcaster Bob Steele helped build the company’s name recognition in the Hartford area during the 1960s — a marketing investment that reflected Peter Brown’s entrepreneurial instincts at a time when radio was the primary reach medium for local businesses. That early name recognition evolved over decades into a reputation built on word-of-mouth referrals and repeat business from satisfied customers across multiple generations.
The company is a small local business in Granby with a team of dedicated specialists who serve their own community. While many larger contractors have expanded into multi-county or statewide operations, Peter L. Brown’s focused geographic presence in northern Connecticut reflects a deliberate commitment to the market the company knows well. For homeowners in the Farmington Valley, Greater Hartford, and northern Connecticut communities looking for a siding and roofing contractor with a six-decade track record in the region, Peter L. Brown is among the most established locally owned options available.