Roofing guides

Roofing tips & guides for Siloam Springs

Answers to the roofing questions homeowners here ask most, written to stay useful whether you are weighing a repair now or planning a replacement years out.

Across a roof edge and gutter a fallen tree limb comes to rest

Featured Storm record

What Four Years of Hail Reports Say About Siloam Springs Roofs

Benton County logged 18 separate hail days in four years, and 52 of the 100 reports were an inch across or bigger. Here is what that record means for a roof in Siloam Springs, and how to read your own.

Arched windows and a gray shingle roof mark this brick ranch home beneath scattered clouds

Roof age

What the Age of Siloam Springs Houses Says About Their Roofs

Half the houses in Siloam Springs went up before 1992, and about one in eight went up before 1960. That puts a large share of the town on roofs that are past their second covering, not their first.

Light stone home with blue shutters and gray architectural shingle roof

Hiring

What a Siloam Springs Roofer Puts in Writing Before You Sign

After a hail season, roofing crews arrive in Benton County from all over. A handful of questions separates the ones who will answer for the work a year from now from the ones who will not.