Forest Hills, Tennessee · Davidson County
Forest Hills is its own city inside Davidson County, built mostly between 1950 and 1980 on steep, wooded lots with rock close to the surface. Those three facts shape every roof and gutter job here.
TL;DR
Forest Hills homeowners can have roofs, gutters, siding and paint handled by Three Stone Roofing & Exteriors, about nine miles away in Franklin. Forest Hills is a separate city within Davidson County, and its permits come from the City of Forest Hills Building and Zoning. Nearly half its homes were built in the 1960s and 1970s, the median in 1970, and almost all are owner-occupied. Steep wooded lots bring heavy leaf fall, tight access and runoff that needs somewhere to go.
Older than most, and on steeper ground. Census estimates show about 47% of Forest Hills' roughly 1,950 homes built from 1960 to 1979 and another 27% before 1960, with only about 3% built since 2010. Nearly 97% are owner-occupied.
A house of that age gives its owner room to rethink the roof rather than repeat it. CertainTeed Presidential Shake gives a thick, layered look in shingle form; BRAVA's composite cedar shake and slate give the profile of natural materials; standing-seam metal suits a cleaner line. All three are in our gallery, and as the only BRAVA Certified Craftsman contractor in Tennessee and Alabama, we install BRAVA composite ourselves.
Pictured at the top: Presidential Shake Autumn Blend, CertainTeed Presidential Shake Autumn Blend.
Access and drainage are the two things to plan around. With steep wooded lots and rock close to the surface, there is often little level ground for staging and not much soil for runoff to sink into, so downspouts need to carry water past the foundation along whatever route the slope allows.
Under that canopy, 6-inch seamless aluminum gutters with guards carry roughly 40% more water than 5-inch and keep the leaves out. On install day, materials are staged and the drive and landscaping protected before work begins, and a steep pitch adds time to the one to two days a typical tear-off takes; the proposal accounts for it up front.
The same company that does the roof, if you would rather deal with one project manager. We install James Hardie fiber cement in lap, board-and-batten and shingle profiles, and as a James Hardie Select Contractor we register Hardie's 30-year product and 15-year ColorPlus finish warranties. Norandex vinyl is the other option; both are on our siding page.
Painting, inside and out, runs six steps: wash, mask, repair, prime, paint and inspect. On trim from the 1960s or 1970s, that order puts the repair work ahead of the new color.
Services in Forest Hills
Replacement on mid-century houses leads, and designer and composite roofing is where most of the choosing happens. Gutters with guards come next, because the lots are wooded and steep. Siding and painting round it out, and a free inspection with photos of every elevation is the starting point for all of it.
From the gallery
These three are from our gallery rather than Forest Hills, chosen because they suit its 1960s and 1970s houses: CertainTeed Presidential Shake in Autumn Blend, BRAVA Cedar Shake in Aspen, and 6-inch seamless K-style gutters finished with full-round downspouts.
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“Best company ever! They worked with our insurance and handled everything! Absolutely the best crew of guys also! They worked all day, completed our beautiful new roof and cleaned up every last thing before they left. My yard and back porch look cleaner this afternoon than before they came. Highly recommend this company!”
“My experience with three stone roofing has been nothing but excellent! Simon and his crew did a fabulous job on my roof! Definitely recommend them!”
“We recently hired Three Stone Roofing for a commercial roof installation, and the entire experience was outstanding from start to finish. Their communication was top-notch — clear, timely, and always professional. In an industry where delays are common, Three Stone delivered exactly when they said they would.”
Answers
The City of Forest Hills Building and Zoning. Forest Hills is its own municipality within Davidson County, separate from Metro Nashville, so its permits are handled by the city. Requirements depend on the scope of the job, so confirm with Building and Zoning for your address before a start date is set.
Yes. BRAVA composite cedar shake is one of the systems we install on pitched residential roofs, and it gives the look of shake without wood. Installation takes longer than a standard shingle tear-off, and the written proposal states the schedule. Our gallery shows it in the Aspen color.
Materials are staged and the landscaping and drive protected before the first day. Steep pitches also take longer than the usual one to two days for a tear-off, so the proposal gives the expected schedule, and one project manager runs the job from inspection to final walkthrough.
Yes. Cleaning, repair and guards are part of our gutter service alongside new seamless aluminum and copper. Under Forest Hills' tree cover, guards reduce clogging, and moving up to 6-inch gutters adds roughly 40% more capacity where long runs and steep roofs gather a lot of water.
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