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Serving Little Rock, AR and surrounding areas. (501) 621-2141
LRM Little Rock Masonry serves Cabot, AR with retaining wall construction, foundation repair, and tuckpointing for Lonoke County homeowners, with crews who understand the local clay soil and the ranch and two-story homes that make up most of the city, and free written estimates on every job.
Cabot sits in Lonoke County where clay-heavy soil drains poorly and holds water long after spring rains pass, creating steady pressure against any slope or grade change on a residential lot. A masonry retaining wall without proper drainage behind it will start to lean or bulge within a few wet seasons because the water has nowhere to go but forward. Our retaining wall construction always includes gravel backfill and drainage pipe as part of the build, not as an add-on, because the drainage is what makes the wall last in central Arkansas conditions.
Many of the brick veneer homes in Cabot neighborhoods built before 2000 are now at the age where mortar joints need professional attention for the first time. Cabot winters bring enough freeze-thaw action to chip mortar faster than homeowners expect, and the heavy spring rainfall keeps moisture pressure on north-facing and shaded walls nearly year-round. Tuckpointing replaces failing mortar before water gets behind the veneer and causes interior damage, which is always a much more expensive fix than the mortar work itself.
Ranch-style and traditional two-story homes in Cabot sit on slab or crawl-space foundations over Lonoke County clay that expands in wet periods and contracts in dry ones. That movement accumulates over years and shows up as stair-step cracks in brick, interior doors that stick seasonally, or floors that feel slightly unlevel in older parts of the house. Homes from Cabot's 1980s and 1990s growth period are now old enough for these symptoms to be appearing for the first time.
Original masonry chimneys on Cabot homes from the 1980s and 1990s have had 25 to 40 years of central Arkansas weather to deteriorate, and many have crowns with hairline cracks that let rain in with every storm. Cabot sits in the path of spring severe weather season, and hail can crack a crown or knock a cap loose without leaving signs visible from the ground. A chimney that lets water into the flue causes damage that spreads quickly to the firebox and surrounding framing - catching it early keeps the repair straightforward.
Concrete driveways are standard on Cabot homes, and the clay soil underneath them shifts enough with seasonal moisture changes to crack concrete surfaces within 10 to 15 years on many properties. Paver driveways handle that movement better because the individual units can flex slightly without fracturing, and a settled section can be lifted and releveled without tearing out the entire surface. For Cabot homes where the existing concrete has already cracked or shifted in multiple places, a paver replacement is often more cost-effective than repeated patching.
Brick veneer and full-brick construction are common on Cabot homes built before 2000, and the combination of soil movement, spring hail, and freeze-thaw cycles causes spalling, staining, and stair-step cracking to appear over time. We replace damaged brick and repoint surrounding joints using materials matched as closely as possible to the original, so the repair does not stand out and the surrounding masonry is supported correctly after the work is done.
Most of Cabot was built between 1980 and 2010, which puts the bulk of the city's housing stock at 15 to 45 years old. That range is significant for masonry: at 15 to 20 years, driveways and retaining walls are hitting their first maintenance window. At 30 to 40 years, brick veneer mortar on older homes is at or past the end of its useful life, and foundations that have been moving on Lonoke County clay for decades are beginning to show visible symptoms. The clay soil here drains poorly and shrinks and swells with every wet and dry cycle, creating ongoing pressure on any masonry structure that sits on or in the ground. Contractors who do not understand this tend to treat the symptoms - patching cracks without addressing drainage, or applying surface mortar over failing joints - in ways that fail within a season or two.
Cabot winters are cold enough to cause repeated freeze-thaw cycles from December through February, with January lows regularly dropping into the mid-20s Fahrenheit. That temperature pattern is hard on masonry: water seeps into small gaps, freezes, expands, and chips the joint wider with each cold snap. Combined with the roughly 50 inches of annual rainfall that central Arkansas receives - much of it falling in heavy spring storms - the moisture load on brick exteriors and retaining walls here is higher than in drier climates. Cabot also sits close enough to Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville that hail and wind from spring severe weather is a regular part of the seasonal calendar, creating periodic sudden damage on top of the gradual wear.
We serve homeowners across Cabot, from the older neighborhoods near downtown to the newer subdivisions that have gone up on the north and east sides of town over the past 10 to 15 years. When masonry work in Cabot requires a permit, we coordinate directly with the City of Cabot on the application and inspections so you do not have to navigate that process yourself. Cabot is about 25 miles northeast of Little Rock, primarily reached via Highway 67/167, which connects it to the metro and to Jacksonville just a few miles to the south.
A significant share of Cabot residents are active-duty military, veterans, or civilians connected to Little Rock Air Force Base in nearby Jacksonville, and families who move to Cabot for the base or the schools often need to assess a home they have not lived in long and get reliable repair work done without a long back-and-forth. We also serve homeowners in Jacksonville, just to the south, and in Searcy, about 35 miles north along Highway 67, both of which share the central Arkansas soil conditions that drive masonry maintenance in this region.
The Cabot Farmers Market and Cabot Community Park are well-known gathering spots for local families, and we work on homes in neighborhoods throughout the city - from those within walking distance of downtown to the newer subdivisions still going up on the city's edges. We know the area well enough to get to your property without needing directions.
Reach us by phone or through the contact form and we respond within 1 business day. Describe what you are seeing - a leaning wall, crumbling mortar, cracked concrete, whatever prompted the call - and we schedule a time to come look. You do not need to diagnose the problem before reaching out.
We visit your Cabot property, inspect the masonry, and walk you through what we find in plain terms - including what is causing the problem and what it will take to fix it. You receive a written estimate with each item and cost listed separately. Cost questions are answered at this stage, not after you have already committed to the job.
If your project requires a permit from the City of Cabot, we handle the application and coordinate any required inspections on your behalf. We confirm the start date once everything is in order, and we work around your schedule as much as the project allows.
The crew completes the repair, cleans up the work area, and walks you through the finished job before leaving. If curing time is required - for new mortar, fresh concrete, or after a retaining wall installation - we tell you exactly what to expect and how long to wait before using the area normally.
We serve homeowners throughout Cabot and Lonoke County. Call today or fill out the contact form - we respond within 1 business day with a free estimate.
(501) 621-2141Cabot is a city in Lonoke County, about 25 miles northeast of Little Rock, with a population that has grown past 27,000 as families have moved in over the past two decades. The city is well known for its school district - the Cabot School District is one of the largest and most consistently rated in Arkansas, and it draws families who plan to stay long-term. Owner-occupied housing makes up about 72 percent of the city's units, which is high compared to many Arkansas cities of similar size. The mix of long-term residents and military families connected to nearby Little Rock Air Force Base gives Cabot a wide range of homeowners - from people who have maintained the same home for 30 years to families who just moved in and need to get familiar with what their home needs.
The housing stock in Cabot is largely single-family homes built between 1980 and 2010, with ranch-style and traditional two-story designs dominating. Older neighborhoods closer to downtown Cabot have smaller homes on tighter lots, while newer subdivisions on the north and east sides of town feature larger square footage and more modern construction. Most homes across the city have poured concrete driveways and either brick veneer or vinyl siding exteriors. Cabot Community Park and the areas around downtown Cabot are landmarks residents across the city know well. We work across all of it. Cabot homeowners often connect us to neighbors in Jacksonville to the south and in Searcy to the north, both of which share similar housing stock and soil conditions.
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