How To Bid A Roof Tear Off

Leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to use an ordinary pitchfork to tear off an old roof.

How to bid a roof tear off.

Start the tear off at the section farthest from the trash container. All roofing materials should be removed when a proper roof tear off is performed. For example last year we did a 18 square two layer tear off. Support see jane drill by shopping on amazon through our link.

Tear off 20 25yr shingles 48 93 per square tear off 30 40yr shingles 50 73 per square tear off 50yr to lifetime shingles 53 20 per square tear off additional layer of 20 25 year shingle 31 75 per square tear off additional layer of 30 40 year shingle 34 03 per square tear off additional layer of 50yr to lifetime shingle 36 50 per square. The lady we did the roof for told me later that we could have charged 6500 and still won the bid because the two other bids were 7000 and 8500. Plenty more videos t. Select the appropriate price per square then enter it into the roof calculator program for a fast and accurate estimate.

Our bid was just shy of 6000. Stripping off a roof is labor intensive and complicated rooflines can increase the cost by up to 25. This includes all existing layers of roofing all the layers of felt paper down to the original decking and all the pipe flashings step flashings apron flashings vents fasteners etc. For instance say the numbers used in the over 9 12 above might be sufficient for a particular roof but for a cut up roof 2 stories to the eave with bad access these numbers would be way too low.

Recycling or trashing of roofing materials after they re removed with asphalt shingles we typically see. Be sure to like and subscribe in order to help me bring you more helpful videos filled with tips and tricks i ve learned over the years. Standing at the peak use a garden fork or a specially notched roofing tear off shovel to tear away the ridge caps and the top courses of shingles. Roofing contractor has found that 90 percent of roofers underbid their jobs the whole industry could benefit from brushing up on how to bid a roofing job.

In an overlay the shingles are the main material and they account for more of the total cost about 65. Not to steep but pretty tall. Investing a little time into learning how to bid roofing jobs and how to estimate roofing jobs can pay dividends for your business. Get one on amazon.