Solar in Little Rock starts with shade and a roof that already lives in river humidity. The canopy in Hillcrest, the Heights, and the older wards puts oak over the very slopes a drawing would call useful. Farther west, roofs see more sky and more hail and more attic heat. An array does not fix a soft deck, a tired pipe boot, or a valley that has been staining plaster. The roof goes first in the conversation, every time.
Call with the neighborhood, what you know about the covering, and whether the attic has ever been wet. If you cannot remember a roof repair, say that. If you can point to a patched slope from the yard, say that too. Shade is the second fact. Stand in the yard late morning and again midafternoon and notice which trees own the south and west faces. A house that faces the right direction under a water oak is still a shaded house.
Storms will keep crossing the valley after any install. Limbs that already threaten the ridge will threaten the equipment. Hail that bruises shingles will not spare whatever sits on them. Wind-driven rain will test every penetration. On the call, ask how a later repair of the covering is meant to happen, and who shows up if a flashing weeps into the attic. You are protecting the house, not collecting hardware.
Older Little Rock services are often tucked in closets, on porches, or in panels that are already full of the house the last owner added. Say where the panel is and whether it looks crowded, without pretending to size it. Newer houses in the western hills can be easier in that one way and harder in another, because the roof may be a wide, hot, storm-exposed plane. Flag whichever constraint you actually have.
The sun on an open Little Rock slope is strong, and the humid attic under a careless hole is unforgiving. Know whether you would own the equipment, have a look at the trees and the south face from the ground, and call before a sky picture talks you into a roof that is not ready. Call the number on this page.