Storm roof repair and gutters in North Little Rock, Argenta to Lakewood

Argenta, on the riverfront across from downtown Little Rock, was platted in 1866 and is now a National Register historic district. Its older cottages and two-story frame houses have steep, simple roofs, and many still sit on plank decking under several rounds of reroofing. Chimneys and the joints where rear additions meet the original roof are the usual leak points.

Park Hill sits on the ridges above the river. Justin Matthews began building it in 1922, and its Craftsman bungalows and Spanish Revival homes are part of another historic district along JFK Boulevard. Those bungalows have low wide eaves, exposed rafter tails and dormers, and the Spanish Revival houses often have low-slope sections hidden behind parapet walls that collect water.

Levy, northwest of Argenta, was its own town until North Little Rock annexed it in 1946. Its streets are lined with modest wood frame and brick homes from the 1930s through the 1960s, many with low-slope porch roofs and carports added later. Those flat sections pond water and are a steady source of calls.

Lakewood's six lakes were finished in 1932, but most of the homes came after the war, in the late 1940s through the 1960s. Indian Hills and other postwar subdivisions followed the same pattern. Those brick ranches have long, low hip roofs that drain slowly in heavy rain and gutters that run along most of the house.

Lakewood also has a lot of large oaks and pines shading its streets. Leaves and needles pile up in gutters and valleys, and on a low-slope ranch roof that backed-up water finds its way under the shingles faster than on a steep one. Clean gutters and clear valleys are the single cheapest fix we offer there.

• Overflowing gutters soaking fascia boards along long hip roofs
• Valley leaks where two hip slopes meet under heavy shade
• Soft decking at the eaves on 1950s and 1960s roofs
• Dark algae streaks on north slopes near the lakes

The March 31, 2023 EF3 tornado crossed North Little Rock on its way from west Little Rock toward Sherwood and Jacksonville. Burns Park, one of the largest city parks in the country, lost at least 10,000 trees, and homes, apartments and a church nearby were badly damaged or destroyed.

Many North Little Rock roofs and gutters were replaced in the months after. A lot of that work was solid. Some of it was rushed, and we still find reused flashing, missing starter strip and gutters hung on soft fascia that was never replaced. If your roof went on in 2023, an inspection now can catch those issues while they are small.

Burns Park itself is a reminder of how much tree cover the city lost. Some homes that were shaded for decades now take full afternoon sun, and their shingles are aging faster on the exposed side. If the trees around your house came down in 2023, watch the south and west slopes for curling.

Between Lakewood's trees, the long eaves on Park Hill bungalows and the low ranch roofs across the city, gutters do a lot of work in North Little Rock. When they fail, water runs down the fascia, rots the soffit and sometimes reaches the foundation. We replace dented or sagging runs with new one-piece gutters sized for the roof and add guards where the trees are heavy.

On older homes, we often replace a few fascia boards and soffit panels at the same time, since the wood behind a failing gutter is usually soft. That is part of the written price before work starts, not a surprise once the old gutter comes down.

Call (501) 387-1152 any hour of the day or night. We answer 24/7, and since we are just across the river, we can often get a crew to you the same day for leaks and storm damage.

Every visit includes photos of what we find. You see the problem before we fix it, you get a written price and the crew cleans up and runs a magnet sweep across the yard and driveway when the job is done.