Roofing contractor in Arlington, VA,
for steep Colonials and tight townhome rows.
Arlington roofs are small, steep, and full of dormers, easy to quote badly and easy to flash wrong. 20+ years on Northern Virginia rooftops, and our Falls Church office is 10–15 minutes from most Arlington driveways.
We know Arlington roofs.
Arlington doesn't have one kind of roof. It has four or five, sometimes on the same block. The 1930s and '40s colonials and Cape Cods in Lyon Village, Ashton Heights, and Westover carry steep, compact roofs broken up by dormers, chimneys, and short valleys. The brick ramblers in Arlington Forest and Barcroft run lower and wider, where ponding-prone shallow slopes and aging gutters do the damage instead. Fairlington's rowhouse-style townhomes mix slate-look and shingle roofs with shared rooflines that punish sloppy tie-ins.
The pattern we see most: flashing, not shingles. A steep Colonial roof concentrates water into a handful of valleys and forces it around dormer cheeks and chimney shoulders. Many of these homes are also carrying layered shingles, a second roof nailed over the first decades ago. We check for that on every inspection, because layered roofs hide deck damage and change what an honest replacement quote looks like. If your roof has layers, we tell you before we price it.
And the canopy. Arlington's mature oaks clog gutters faster and wear shingles sooner. Overhanging limbs scrub granules off every windy night, shaded north slopes hold moisture and grow moss, and the same summer thunderstorms that snarl Route 50 bring limbs down on rooflines. We handle the storm call, document the damage properly, and if there's an insurance claim, we meet your adjuster on the roof.
6269 Leesburg Pike, Ste 202
Falls Church, VA 22044
About 10–15 min from Arlington via Route 7 or Route 50. Close enough for same-day inspections and 24/7 storm response.
- 20+ years on Arlington's colonials, Capes, ramblers, and townhomes.
- We check for layered shingles and tell you before we price the work.
- Fences, decks, and metal trim, so the storm that took the roof can take the fence too.
Licensed and insured in Virginia. 20+ years on Northern Virginia rooftops, with up to a 50-year product and labor warranty available.
One local crew for the whole exterior.
The same licensed, insured team from the free inspection to the final nail. Our own crews, never subcontractors.
Permits, HOAs and Arlington trees.
The housing stock
Pre-war colonials and Capes north of Route 50, brick ramblers to the south and west, and attached townhomes and condo rows in between. Small, steep roofs put every flashing detail within a few feet of a valley, so one bad dormer cheek can soak two rooms. We quote the roof in front of us, layers and all.
Why the trees matter
Arlington's street oaks are older than most of the roofs under them. Limbs scrub granules, shade grows moss on the north slope, and leaf load fills a six-inch gutter in a single October week. After a summer storm we tarp first and document second, so a limb strike is on record before the next rain.
Permits and HOAs
Arlington County generally doesn't require a building permit for a like-for-like shingle replacement, but fire-rated townhouse roofs always need one, and so does a job that replaces a large area of decking. We tell you which applies before work starts and pull the permit when one is needed. Most single-family blocks have no HOA; townhouse and condo communities usually do, and we hand you the spec sheet and color sample their review board wants.
The kind of call we like getting.
“A storm hit our building's roof. I called the LCR team and they got it done fast. Punctual and professional.”
Alissa Powell
Storm roof repair
Same crew, other zip codes.
Arlington is one of our core areas, but our trucks cover Northern Virginia end to end. Send a neighbor our way if you know one.
Get your Arlington roof
looked at, free.
Steep roof, old flashing, or a limb that came down last night. Tell us what's going on and we'll be out fast, usually the same day. Prefer to talk it through now? Call us directly.