SHINGLE ROOFS

All roofing contractors base their price on square footage, roof pitch, access to the roof and type of shingles.  Roofers refer to how many squares the roof is and a square is a 10ft x 10ft area which equals 100 square feet.  Three bundles of shingles will cover 100 square feet.  A 7/12 roof pitch and be walked on safely, any roof pitch above that would need to have roof jacks with planks installed in order to safely replace the roof.  A rancher is generally around a 5/12 pitch and a Cape Cod is generally a 10/12 pitch.

When your old roof is removed, the debris should be thrown from the roof directly into a dump truck/trailer without having the debris pushed off the roof onto your yard, flower beds or damaging your siding or windows.  We call this “Direct Deposit” and if we can't do this, you will be told upfront that we will need to throw your old roof onto a tarp; we call this “Drop-n-Drag”.  

The industry standard shingle used is referred to as architectural, laminated or dimensional (all the same shingle) that comes with a limited lifetime warranty.  These shingles are designed to go 30 years.  The Premium version of these shingles are designed to go 50 years, but come with a higher price.  There also is the Designer Series shingles which generally are designed to look like slate shingles.  These shingles have a higher price point, but also have the a longer life to them.

We also like to use the rigid PVC type of shingle over the ridge vent as opposed to the flimsy fiberglass mess type.  The PVC type costs a fraction more, but vents better and lasts much longer.  The boots/flanges that go onto the plumbing pipes are always replaced and the flashing, if properly taken apart, most often can be used again, but may need to be replaced.

We also can install cedar shake shingles, but slate shingles are a speciality niche within the industry that our company does not install.