Roofing By Tom Yancey Company

Welcome to our Tom Yancey Company History...

The Yancey Families have been operating in the greater Sacramento area for well over 100 hundred years! Did you know that there are FOUR different Yancey Companies locally, each with a different construction background and levels of expertise? As such, the Yancey name has generated a bit of confusion over the years for all of the Yancey Companies. This History page hopes to clarify the family history, so that YOU as the customer can rest assured that the RIGHT Yancey will take care of YOUR needs...

1888

Yancey Lumber Company was founded by Thomas G. Yancey (1844-1914) in Newman, California. Today it is still partly family owned and doing business in Newman and Patterson as a lumber and hardware store under direction of Kern Hunewell.

1939

Yancey Company was founded by Joel H. Yancey, (1916-2001) at age 22. He was the son of Thomas G. Yancey. Joel opened his first office at 2114 K Street in Sacramento. In 1956 the office moved to the 30th & B Street location. The firm was called Yancey Insulation Co. until the 1950's when the word "Insulation" was dropped and we became Yancey Company.

1957

Yancey Company incorporated and was issued California Contractors License #165793. Yancey Company had become the West Coasts largest home improvement contractor, with over 80 employees, 22 trucks and offices in Reno and Chico.

Note: California Contractors License numbers are given in consecutive order. Yancey Company's license number starting with a # 1 was one of the first issued. (License #165793)

1983

Joel H. Yancey retired and his son Tom G. Yancey, (1950- ) took over as president of Yancey Company.

1988

Tom Yancey developed a new company called the Tom Yancey Company. Tom Yancey Company specializes in roofing. Their office is located in Fair Oaks, California.

1989

Robin E. Yancey (1946- ), Joel Yancey's daughter, took over as president of Yancey Company with the help of her two sons Tommy and Ty Yancey

1990

Yancey Company sold limited rights to use the name "Yancey Roofing" to Janet Gudgel, a long time Yancey employee. Gudgel/Yancey Roofing (License #589559) was founded.

1998

After a long apprenticeship at Yancey Company, Yancey Bros. (License # 731707) was founded by Robin Yancey's two sons, Ty H. Yancey (1965-) and Tom G. Yancey (1970-). Yancey Bros. specializes in roofing, patio covers, patio rooms and windows.

2001

Joel H. Yancey, Chairman of the Board of Yancey Company and Yancey Lumber Company, passed away.

Today

The Tom Yancey Company is owned and operated by Tom Yancey. With a 42+ years of personal experience and 20,000+ clients. He enjoys carrying on the 4th generation of the Yancey tradition in the greater Sacramento area. Tom Yancey Company is located at 7101 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Carmichael, California.