Mobile home, farmhouse and rural roofing across Grant County, AR

Grant County has long been known for timber, with logs headed to mills in Pine Bluff, Leola and Benton. Sheridan is the county seat, and the smaller towns of Poyen, Prattsville, Tull and Grapevine spread out through the pine woods. The Jenkins Ferry battlefield on the Saline River is now a state park.

Housing follows the land. Most homes sit on an acre or more, many on long gravel drives, and manufactured homes make up a big share of rural housing. Our Sheridan page covers tree damage and pine needle problems in town. This page focuses on the rural homes and outbuildings across the rest of the county.

Rural roofs often go years without anyone looking at them closely. That is why a single visit commonly turns up several things at once: a worn house roof, a leaking porch tie-in and a rusted carport. We give you the full picture and let you set the order.

Older manufactured homes often have a nearly flat metal roof that was sealed with coating after coating. Over time, seams open, the coating cracks and water finds its way in along the walls. A roof over fixes that by building a light frame on top that adds pitch, then covering it with shingles or metal.

The framing has to suit the home. Manufactured home walls and trusses carry less weight than a site-built house, so we use lighter materials and fasten them to the right points. We check the existing structure first and tell you plainly if anything needs reinforcing.

Many owners have been told for years to just coat it again. Coatings can buy time on a sound roof, but once seams separate and the metal underneath rusts, another coat only hides the problem for a season.

• Coating and seam repair on a metal mobile home roof: often $640 to $1,580
• Roof over with framing and shingles: often $4,180 to $8,960
• Roof over with metal panels: often $4,720 to $9,840
• Rotted wall or ceiling repair from a long leak: often $380 to $1,450

Older Grant County farmhouses often have tin roofs from decades ago, sometimes with shingles laid over part of the house. Porches and carports added over the years tie into the main roof at odd angles, and those tie-ins are where many leaks start.

We often reroof the house, rebuild the porch roof with a proper low-slope or metal surface and reflash where it meets the main structure, all on one job. Metal carports and pole sheds can be reroofed at the same time with matching panels.

Heavy pine cover means storms bring down limbs and sometimes whole trees. During the May 2024 storms, trees were knocked down along the route between Pine Bluff and Sheridan. Spring hail and straight-line winds from March through June are the main risk, with occasional ice storms in winter.

Rural lots also mean longer gaps before anyone notices damage. If a storm passes while you are away, walk around the house when you get back and look for missing shingles, bent metal or limbs on the roof. Catching it early keeps a small repair small.

Pine needles also build up in valleys and gutters fast. When they hold moisture against the shingles, the granules wear away and the valley starts to leak. Clearing them twice a year, or adding guards, prevents a lot of calls.

Call (501) 387-1152. Sheridan is about 40 minutes south of our downtown Little Rock office, and outlying communities take 50 minutes or more, so we schedule visits ahead and group nearby jobs. After a storm, we tarp active leaks first and plan permanent work after.

You get a written price before any work starts. We clean up and run a magnet sweep for nails across the yard and gravel drive, which matters on rural lots where tires and bare feet are both at risk.

If you are not sure whether your home is in Grant County or a neighboring county, give us the address. We cover Saline, Jefferson and Hot Spring counties too, so either way we can get you on the schedule.