Re: How much should roofing cost?

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House with approx. 3000 sq. ft. of roof. Needs old shingles and tar paper taken off, one or two repairs to underlying plywood, and new roof installed. How much should such a thing cost? Ballpark figures? War stories? Thanks.

It's highly dependent on area, but the figures I've seen are $100/sq
for tear-off, $100/sq for disposal, and $100/sq for new. The latter
may be higher now. IIRC last time I had mine done it was about
$70/I paid the dump/$70.

By sq you mean 100 square feet, right?

Yes.

Assuming I have the dimensions right, I've been quoted approximately $500/sq for the
whole job, which does include some plywood replacement.

Plywood replacement should be about $50 *maybe* $100/***. It's
pretty easy to do once the shingles are off.

I wouldn't have expected this roofer to be out of line but haven't been able to get a
quote from another one yet. I'd like to hear from others.

Your quite sounds a little high, but your area may be more expensive
than others. I had mine done when shingles were significantly less
expensive (driven by oil prices) but often disposal is cheaper.

--
Keith
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