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7k?

10k?

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First to decide is what type of roof you will be installing. Metal,
Asphalt, Fiberglass. As well there are several grades available in
most Asphalt and Fiberglass product. These effect the warranty that
will be offered. What type of system will you be installing? Prices
will vary from contractor to contractor so best to do is reasearch your
product first... then ALWAYS get THREE bids for the job. And make sure
your contractor and his employees are insured in any case someone falls
or is hurt on the job.
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Tearing off the old one? The removal can cost you $500-2500 depending
on how much they rape you.


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You'll need about 25 squares, at $50/sq for 30 year shingles that's $1250
plus $200 or so for other materials, the rest is labour. I've seen rates of
over $300/sq


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"Martik" wrote
You'll need about 25 squares, at $50/sq for 30 year shingles that's $1250
plus $200 or so for other materials, the rest is labour. I've seen rates
of over $300/sq


You're the first one I've seen, which has been able to quote prices over
the internet.

I got out of the construction business 4 years ago. I was in roofing for
26+ years. I must say, you're a bit low for quoting "other materials", then
again, it shows how many corners can be cut.

A sq. ft. structure means absolutely.....zip. You estimate materials by
covered area (decking), this varies widely and is dependent on
pitch/style/dormers/valleys, just for starters.

For instance, you can have a 2000 sq ft colonial with 4/12 pitch, plus an
attached 2 car garage. I've done these with approx. 18 square. This is
normal gable style.

Or, you can have a ranch style 2000 sq.ft., 7/12 pitch, hip roof, have a
couple dormers (yes dormers on a ranch). And, run around 32 squares.







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"Martik" wrote
You'll need about 25 squares, at $50/sq for 30 year shingles that's $1250
plus $200 or so for other materials, the rest is labour. I've seen rates
of over $300/sq


You're the first one I've seen, which has been able to quote prices over
the internet.

I got out of the construction business 4 years ago. I was in roofing for
26+ years. I must say, you're a bit low for quoting "other materials",
then again, it shows how many corners can be cut.

A sq. ft. structure means absolutely.....zip. You estimate materials by
covered area (decking), this varies widely and is dependent on
pitch/style/dormers/valleys, just for starters.

For instance, you can have a 2000 sq ft colonial with 4/12 pitch, plus an
attached 2 car garage. I've done these with approx. 18 square. This is
normal gable style.

Or, you can have a ranch style 2000 sq.ft., 7/12 pitch, hip roof, have a
couple dormers (yes dormers on a ranch). And, run around 32 squares.


You are right, I should have added a disclaimer.

That was not a quote, but a rough guide of material costs based on a lot of
assumptions.

Here in Canada, Rona charges $5,000 for a 1200 sqft Ranch home with straight
gable 4/12, about $4000 profit for a couple days work.


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Tim Kirby wrote:
"Martik" wrote
You'll need about 25 squares, at $50/sq for 30 year shingles that's $1250
plus $200 or so for other materials, the rest is labour. I've seen rates
of over $300/sq


You're the first one I've seen, which has been able to quote prices over
the internet.

I got out of the construction business 4 years ago. I was in roofing for
26+ years. I must say, you're a bit low for quoting "other materials", then
again, it shows how many corners can be cut.

A sq. ft. structure means absolutely.....zip. You estimate materials by
covered area (decking), this varies widely and is dependent on
pitch/style/dormers/valleys, just for starters.

For instance, you can have a 2000 sq ft colonial with 4/12 pitch, plus an
attached 2 car garage. I've done these with approx. 18 square. This is
normal gable style.

Or, you can have a ranch style 2000 sq.ft., 7/12 pitch, hip roof, have a
couple dormers (yes dormers on a ranch). And, run around 32 squares.


Tim,

I need to understand the roofing industry for a project that I am
doing. If you can correspond with me thru e-mail. I will appreciate it.
Please let me know if you are ok with that. My e-mail address is:


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On Dec 1, 12:30 am, "Martik" wrote:
"Tim Kirby" wrote...

"Martik" wrote
You'll need about 25 squares, at $50/sq for 30 year shingles that's $1250
plus $200 or so for other materials, the rest is labour. I've seen rates
of over $300/sq


You're the first one I've seen, which has been able to quote prices over
the internet.


I got out of the construction business 4 years ago. I was in roofing for
26+ years. I must say, you're a bit low for quoting "other materials",
then again, it shows how many corners can be cut.


A sq. ft. structure means absolutely.....zip. You estimate materials by
covered area (decking), this varies widely and is dependent on
pitch/style/dormers/valleys, just for starters.


For instance, you can have a 2000 sq ft colonial with 4/12 pitch, plus an
attached 2 car garage. I've done these with approx. 18 square. This is
normal gable style.


Or, you can have a ranch style 2000 sq.ft., 7/12 pitch, hip roof, have a
couple dormers (yes dormers on a ranch). And, run around 32 squares.


You are right, I should have added a disclaimer.

That was not a quote, but a rough guide of material costs based on a lot of
assumptions.


It's not even that. They're simply guesses. You have no information
from the OP at all that would be of any use in even making assumptions.
You don't even know where the house is located. Proceeding to talk
about cost numbers based entirely on assumptions is at best misleading.

Here in Canada, Rona charges $5,000 for a 1200 sqft Ranch home with straight
gable 4/12, about $4000 profit for a couple days work.


From the material numbers in your earlier post it seems that you are

saying here that labor in Canada is free. Seems rather hard to
believe.
Profit is what is left over after you deduct materials, labor,
insurance, dump fees, etc.

R

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It's not even that. They're simply guesses. You have no information
from the OP at all that would be of any use in even making assumptions.
You don't even know where the house is located. Proceeding to talk
about cost numbers based entirely on assumptions is at best misleading.


It does not matter. He wanted the average. If you check the Construction
and Repair Data Base, then narrow the search to houses at 2000 square feet,
you can look up the cost of a re-roof as recorded for the past 12 months.
You can also look up previous years and it gives the inflation factor to
use. Seems that if you take the average of the 213,648 houses that were
re-roofed, the average cost was $5186.72.




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It does not matter. He wanted the average. If you check the Construction
and Repair Data Base, then narrow the search to houses at 2000 square
feet,


Who provides this service?

Amy


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On Dec 9, 9:55 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
"RicodJour" wrote in message
It's not even that. They're simply guesses. You have no information
from the OP at all that would be of any use in even making assumptions.
You don't even know where the house is located. Proceeding to talk
about cost numbers based entirely on assumptions is at best misleading.


It does not matter. He wanted the average. If you check the Construction
and Repair Data Base, then narrow the search to houses at 2000 square feet,
you can look up the cost of a re-roof as recorded for the past 12 months.
You can also look up previous years and it gives the inflation factor to
use. Seems that if you take the average of the 213,648 houses that were
re-roofed, the average cost was $5186.72.


Who said the house was in the US? It might not even be in North
America. I have yet to see anyone ask for a price on a newsgroup that
was not using the number for some purpose. If the OP just had a flight
of fancy question, and there's no relation to the real world, then your
calculations should fit the bill nicely.

R

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"RicodJour" wrote in message
Who said the house was in the US? It might not even be in North
America. I have yet to see anyone ask for a price on a newsgroup that
was not using the number for some purpose. If the OP just had a flight
of fancy question, and there's no relation to the real world, then your
calculations should fit the bill nicely.

R

Damn, my cheek is sore from having my tongue stuck into it so hard.


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It does not matter. He wanted the average. If you check the
Construction and Repair Data Base, then narrow the search to houses at
2000 square feet,


Who provides this service?

Amy


My imagination




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On Dec 10, 9:45 am, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
"RicodJour" wrote in message
Who said the house was in the US? It might not even be in North
America. I have yet to see anyone ask for a price on a newsgroup that
was not using the number for some purpose. If the OP just had a flight
of fancy question, and there's no relation to the real world, then your
calculations should fit the bill nicely.


R


Damn, my cheek is sore from having my tongue stuck into it so hard.


The thing that boysens my berries is when people actually answer
such non-answerable, broad and vague questions with specific numbers
and then I feel obligated to reply to point out that it's an
unanswerable question.

R

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