Cheney Flashing

What Cheney Flashing does

Cheney Flashing is a privately held, custom sheet metal fabricator founded in 1928 in Beltsville, Maryland by Allan Cheney, who invented the proprietary Sawtooth flashing system. The company designs and manufactures metal flashing, roofing components, and stone/masonry anchoring hardware, serving construction professionals — primarily masonry and roofing contractors, with architects and specification writers as secondary influencers. Its manufacturing facilities in Beltsville, MD and Houston, TX produce made-to-order products in Type 304 and 316 stainless steel, copper (bare, Freedom Gray, lead-coated), Kynar 500 aluminum, and galvanized steel.

The company's core technology is a set of proprietary through-wall and under-coping flashing profiles — Sawtooth (3-way ribbed bonding with weephole drainage), Dovetail (skew-rib interlocking with no solder or sealant), and Smooth — complemented by the Snap Lock / RL Quick Lock counter-flashing system, custom reglets (Types A/B/C), termination bars, stone anchors (L, T, U, Z), dowel pins, and batten/soffit/flush roofing panels. Products are engineered to handle thermal expansion/contraction, eliminate soldering in many joints, and provide LEED-compliant documentation with up to 85% post-consumer recycled stainless content. Cheney holds a 1-year product warranty and a 20-year warranty on Fluropon-Kynar 500 finishes.

The business model is direct-to-customer B2B custom fabrication: customers browse the website catalog (26 masonry items, 18 anchors, 17 roofing items) and place orders via phone or email for quote-based pricing. Revenue is one-time project-driven with no recurring or subscription component. Distribution is direct from factory to job site, and there is no indication of channel partners, resellers, or e-commerce checkout — the model is built around hands-on specification support rather than transactional volume. The company is not VC/PE-backed and ownership is undisclosed.

Name

Cheney Flashing

Legal name

Cheney Flashing

Website

https://cheneyflashing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1928

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cheney Flashing is a 1928-founded, family-run custom sheet metal fabricator in Beltsville, MD that designs and manufactures proprietary flashing, roofing, and masonry anchoring products for construction contractors across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Metal Flashing & Roofing Fabrication

NAICS

Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing (332322)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444), Prefabricated Metal Buildings & Components (3448)

akta.pro primary industry

Sheet Metal & Flashing Works (Gutters, Copings, Edge Metal, Downspouts) (IMAFAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Flashing, Edge Metal & Roof Accessories (IMADAFAJ), Metal Roofing & Wall Panels (Architectural/Structural) (IMADACAG)

Keywords

• Custom metal flashing
• Sheet metal fabrication
• Masonry flashing products
• Metal roofing components
• Stone anchoring hardware

Headquarters

HQ city

Beltsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Custom Metal Flashing and Roofing Products: One-time product sales of custom-fabricated sheet metal flashing, roofing, and masonry products. Products are manufactured to customer specifications and sold directly to contractors, masons, and construction professionals. No recurring revenue model indicated.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cheney Flashing is a custom sheet metal fabrication manufacturer producing metal flashing, roofing components, and masonry anchoring hardware since 1928. The company fabricates products to customer specifications from stainless steel (Type 304/316), copper, aluminum (Kynar 500), and galvanized steel in its Beltsville, MD and Houston, TX facilities. Its core product lines include proprietary sawtooth, dovetail, and smooth under-coping flashing systems, reglets, termination bars, counter flashing, soffit panels, batten panels, coping, and stone anchors.

Product overview

Cheney Flashing is a custom metal fabrication company manufacturing flashing, roofing, and masonry products since 1928. Their product portfolio consists of three main categories: Masonry products (26 items including corners, end dams, counter flashing, reglets, drip edges, termination bars, and under-coping flashings in smooth, sawtooth, and dovetail profiles), Anchors (18 items including dowel pins in multiple sizes and stone anchors such as L, T, U, Z anchors and Z-bars), and Roofing products (17 items including batten panels, coping systems, soffit panels, gutters, roof edges, downspouts, and scuppers). Products are fabricated from stainless steel, aluminum (Kynar 500), copper, and galvanized steel, with manufacturing facilities in Beltsville, MD and Houston, TX.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Masonry Products Custom metal flashing products for masonry applications including pre-formed corners and end dams, counter flashing, reglets (Type A, B, C), drip edges, termination bars, and under-coping flashings (smooth, sawtooth, dovetail profiles). Used by masonry contractors for moisture control in cavity walls, stone coping, and parapet wall construction.
• Anchors Stone and masonry anchoring hardware including stainless steel dowel pins (1/4", 3/8", 1/2" diameters with 3"-6" heights), dowel caps, L anchors, T anchors, U anchors, Z anchors, Z-bars, notched anchors, and split tail anchors. Designed for securing stone and masonry in construction applications.
• Roofing Products

Quantifiable outcome

• Fluropon-Kynar 500 finishes guaranteed for 20 years
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Mustang MetalminorOthersExternal partner company linked from Cheney Flashing website footer. Relationship appears to be informational/reference rather than formal partnership.
• Cheney MillworkminorOthersExternal partner company linked from Cheney Flashing website footer. Relationship appears to be informational/reference rather than formal partnership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hohmann & Barnard: Direct peer — manufactures masonry flashing, through-wall flashing, reglets, anchors, and stone anchoring systems for the same masonry and stone-coping contractor base as Cheney Flashing. Closest direct competitor in the custom flashing and anchor niche.
• W.F. Norman Corporation: Direct peer — long-established custom sheet metal fabricator producing specialty architectural sheet metal products including flashing, cornices, and ornament. Comparable niche custom sheet metal work serving restoration and commercial construction markets.
• Firestone Metal Products (UNA-Clad): Direct peer — manufactures metal roofing, wall panels, soffit, and edge metal systems using Kynar/Hylar finishes. Listed in Cheney's finish partnerships and competes in the same architectural metal roofing and accessory segment.
• Berridge Manufacturing Company: Direct peer — manufactures architectural metal roofing, wall panels, soffit, and fascia panels for commercial construction. Comparable to Cheney's batten panels, soffit panels, and Kynar aluminum roofing products.
• Peterson Aluminum (Pac-Clad): Direct peer — produces Kynar-finished aluminum panels, roofing, soffit, and flashing accessories. Listed as a finish partner of Cheney and competes directly in metal roofing, panels, and flashing accessories for commercial projects.
• Metal-Era: Direct peer — manufactures roof edge systems, coping, fascia, and gutter solutions for commercial roofing contractors. Directly comparable to Cheney's Roofing product line (coping systems, soffits, roof edges, gutters) and competes for the same roofing contractor budget.
• Wire-Bond: Direct peer — produces masonry reinforcement, anchors, and ties used in brick and stone wall systems. Comparable to Cheney's anchor product line and serves overlapping masonry contractor customers.
• ATAS International: Direct peer — manufactures architectural metal roofing, wall panels, soffit, and accessories in aluminum, steel, and copper using Kynar 500 finishes. Listed in Cheney's own finish partnerships and competes in the same metal roofing and accessory market.
• Heckmann Building Products: Direct peer — supplier of masonry anchors, ties, and flashing systems used by masons and stone installers. Overlaps significantly with Cheney's anchor (18 SKUs) and masonry flashing product lines and serves the same specifier-driven contractor base.

Broad incumbents

• Revere Copper Products: Broad incumbent — major North American copper manufacturer supplying copper sheet, coil, and finished roofing/flashing products (Freedom Gray, lead-coated). Cheney sources copper from Revere (per Cheney's product line) and competes indirectly in copper flashing and roofing applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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