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Default New roof cost.

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2012 20:02:52 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:
So, you knew the number of squares before hand and got some "remote
estimates" before anyone came to the house?

If not, what was the estimate based on?

Google Earth?


I'm not kidding. I've heard that roofing companies are, or were,
using GE for estimates. The geometry and difficulty of the job can
be seen a long way off. ;-)


Interesting. Bing Maps (
http://bingmaps.com ) has even better views with
their "Bird's eye" view. It's pretty cool.