Wind damage roof repair and new roofs for Lonoke homes and farms

Lonoke is the county seat of Lonoke County, and the land around it is about as flat as central Arkansas gets. Local farmers turned much of that ground into rice fields and minnow and fish farms, and the Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery sits on the south edge of town. That open country is great for farming and hard on roofs.

When a spring front comes across the prairie, wind has miles of open ground to build speed before it reaches a house. The first things to go are usually ridge caps, the top courses of shingles on the windward slope, and drip edge at the rakes. Once a few tabs lift, the next storm peels more.

Wind damage is also easy to miss. A shingle can lift, break its seal strip and lie back down looking normal. We check the seal on each slope by hand and photograph any creases we find.

Inside town you will find older frame houses near the 1928 brick courthouse, brick ranches from the middle decades of the last century, and a few newer subdivisions. Most carry asphalt shingles, and many are on their second or third roof.

Out on county roads the mix changes. Farmhouses, manufactured homes and big steel buildings are common, and one property can have three or four different roof types. We handle shingles on the house, metal on the shop and equipment shed, and low slope roofs on porches and add ons in the same trip when it makes sense.

• Brick ranches with simple gable roofs, often due for replacement
• Older frame homes with steep roofs and board decking
• Manufactured homes with metal or shingle roof overs
• Exposed fastener metal on shops, grain and equipment buildings
• Carports and porch roofs that catch wind from underneath

After a strong front, the first question is usually whether a few repairs will hold or the roof needs replacement. On a younger roof with damage limited to one slope, targeted repair is often the right answer. We replace the creased and missing shingles, reseal the surrounding tabs and install new ridge cap.

On older roofs, lifted shingles often break when you try to reseal them because the asphalt has dried out. In that case a repair can create more damage than it fixes, and we tell you so. We photograph the brittle tabs so you and your adjuster can see why.

For replacements on exposed lots, we use starter strips at eaves and rakes, six nails per shingle where the manufacturer calls for it on high wind installs, and ridge cap rated for the product line. Those details matter more out here than in a sheltered neighborhood.

Exposed fastener metal is everywhere around Lonoke, and it holds up well when it is maintained. The weak point is the screw. Heat cycles back the fasteners out over time, the rubber washers crack in the sun, and wind gets under loose panels at the edges.

We go fastener by fastener, replace worn screws with larger diameter ones where holes have wallowed out, reseal laps and replace bent or torn panels. A typical shop roof tune up runs $490 to $1,640 depending on size and how many panels need work.

If a farm building has a panel missing after a storm, we can often get a temporary cover on it quickly so equipment and feed stay dry while the permanent fix is planned.

Call (501) 387-1152 any hour. Lonoke is an easy run from downtown Little Rock, so emergency tarps are usually same day and inspections are easy to schedule. We get on the roof, photograph each slope, and give you a written price before any work starts.

If you are filing a claim, we measure the roof and label the photos by slope and direction, which helps your adjuster match the damage to the storm date. Coverage decisions are your carrier's to make, but clear facts help.

When the job is done, we clean up and run a magnet sweep through the yard and driveway, which matters on farm properties where a dropped nail can end up in a tractor tire.