What would it cost me to get this re-roofed with architectural asphalt shingles in kentucky?
how is anyone here supposed to know retardstart calling roofing companies in your area
>>2890304>start calling roofing companiesop did and is asshurt they told him 40-50k because thats a shitfest roof to do
>>2890312nah haven't called anyone yet. i'm restless waiting for this fucking snow to melt then i'll call companies out.
Here's a more answerable question: When people talk about the price of a roof "per square foot," are they referring to>1. The "square footage" value of a home, which only ever includes livable space,>2. The total covered square footage of the roof (incl. garages, porches), or>3. The actual surface area of the roof, accounting for slope etc?
>>2890444Roofing is priced by surface area.I estimate installation of architectural shingles at around $5/sqft, however that's for new construction so it doesn't factor in removal of the old roofing. So you may be looking at around $8/sqft maybe. Also keep in mind shingle prices can vary a bit depending on selection. But you really just need to get a quote, guessing like this is kind of pointless.
>>2890450Nice, thanks anon. With what good installers are actually available in my area, I've tentatively selected owens corning duration in basic 'onyx black'One consideration is that since I have additions and outbuildings planned for this house down the road, I want a shingle that I know for sure will be available in the future (even though I know 100% colormatching will be impossible with UV degradation)
>>2890452All it takes to color match metal is a pressure washer
i estimate for a roofing company in southern Indianathis would $26,130 for usroofs don't get measure in sq ft, they get measured in squares (which is just 100 sq ft). the sq ft of the house doesn't matter at all. just the roof surface area and the pitch (+ markups for anything else annoying).Owens Corning Duration is the best choice. i wouldn't mess with any other shingles, they're mostly shit.ask me any other questions
>>28905031 square = 3 bundles of shingles = 100 sq ftyour roof is roughly 44 squareor 48 square with waste (adding on 10% waste is standard)where are you getting those prices per pitch from?
pic of the actual roof. back yard looks better now, i tore it up with the skid steer when i built that playground.>>2890477like i said, it's a matter of what good installers are actually available in my area. metal would certainly be nice, but i also want to keep the roof reasonable walkable for various reasons, so asphalt wins for that. I'll have permanent anchors installed though because i don't go on this thing without a harness (i put one anchor on there when i bought the place, circled in teal).>>2890503>>2890503thanks anon, really helpful. There are two spots in valleys where I'm certain we'll have to have some decking replaced due to past leaks. The orange X is pointing to a skylight I want gone -- I'll handle closing it out internally, I just want the decking closed over it. I'm leaning toward open valleys with metal w sections, MAYBE copper because it'd look gorgeous. There are 126 linear feet of valley. what kind of cost upper is that, depending on material? if i search for the copper material itself, it adds up to $2k, but i know there's more to it than that.those two top ridges add up to 82 linear feet. We have all those box vents for the attic, which i don't think look particularly nice. I'm curious about the possibility of replacing them with a vented ridge. thoughts there?to your question, i don't have any prices-per-pitch in my images; i count up the square footage of each pitch, then have just a range of prices-per-square-foot to see what the damage might be.
>>2890518things need to be leaking pretty badly for a long time for decking to need replaced. just because you had a leak doesn't necessarily mean sheeting needs replaced. we replace it at $70/sheet (4x8' sheet, price is material and installation included). so not much to worry about there.taking a skylight out - up to maybe an additional $500. but we don't typically charge much (if any) for it. it's just as easy to pull out a skylight and sheet over and shingle then it is to shingle around one. so it actually saves us work/time pulling it out. we replace regular skylights at an additional cost of $950/skylight.not sure on the metal valleys. we'll reshingle around metal valleys if a place already has them. we don't typically install them. we'd have someone else do that. if the material is $2k, you can figure it being maybe $6k in added cost (for material and labor).ridge vent is going to depend on your soffit around the house. it works by drawing in air from the bottom of your house. without perforated soffit, DO NOT install ridge vent. your house looks modern enough that i would guess it has perforated soffit.
>>2890530Once again, thanks for the helpful info. Yeah, perforated soffit. Why does that preclude a vented ridge, if it's functionally the same as the box vents?
>>2890532no problem at all. i'm heading back into work soon, but i saved the thread and i'll check in again later if you have more questions.as far as trading out 1 kind of vent for another: again, my company doesn't charge for it. others might. yes you'll have to sheet over those box vent holes, but like the skylight, it's quicker to do that than to shingle around each one.like i said, ridge vent works by circulating the air from the bottom of the roof. other vents (power vents, whirly vents, box vents) are big enough that they don't need that air circulation pulling from the bottom to work. if you put ridge vent on a house that had a closed soffit, the air would stagnate and not be pulled through. you'd get moisture problems.maybe my most important advice: look for a company that has a workmanship warranty, that's hopefully 5-10 years. my company has a 10 year warranty - but we're the only one in my area. a 2 year warranty is the best you'll get from anyone else in the area. also look for a company that has been in business for a while. A 2 year warranty is basically useless. leaks take a while to spring up, and when they do, they have to work through the shingles, the felt, the sheeting, down into the attic, through insulation, and finally start soaking into your ceiling where you may start to notice it. you can install a roof like a complete retard, everything on it wrong, and you might not see any leaks for 5+ years. i've seen some crazy, shit work over the years. i've even seen a roof where they didn't nail most of the shingles. no nails at all, just laid out the shingles roughly where they should be, and the guy didn't notice for 2 years.there are a LOT of shitbag roofers out there. it's pretty standard for guys to start a company, do it for 5 or 10 years until they start getting customer callbacks, then shut down the company and run. a lot of meth-y dudes in roofing. all it takes for leaks is a nail being an inch or 2 in the wrong direction.
>>2890548Oh, I misread, you said withOUT a perforated soffit. Yeah, ours is perforated, so we should be good, thanks.My most likely company will be Bowling out of Louisville, who've been around for like a century and they also own the best bakery in the city, so not concerned there, but want to get a range of quotes. Tremendously appreciate all the detailed info.
>>2890551sounds like i'm only an hour or 2 away from you then. that $26,000 quote should be fairly close to accurate. only difference may be city prices vs small town.You're very welcome. Like I said, there's lots of shitbag roofers out there. I try to help steer people in the right direction when I can.
>>2890518find this house, starts in 3...2...1...
>>2890503I have a question for you, if you were building a house for yourself, what style of roof would you put on it?
>>2890157in 2016 I had a house with a simple A frame and it cost $5500, my new house I have, I had the underlay replaced on a concrete tile roof cost $18000.how much would yours cost? HOW THE FUCK WOULD I KNOW. I'm not a roofer.
>>2890609right?
>>2890879anything in the blue or green circlesoutside of that, M shaped is asking for leaks. Dutch Gables have leak problems too, we take the gables out sometimes. Combination is only if your house is a Pizza Hut. Hexagonal...why?Green circle ones are best because they have less roof, they're simpler, but they have more room for ridge vent to ventilate better.Bottom row blue circle is what is popular right now. Especially hip & valley. Architects/builders love the bottom row because the more angles/planes/valleys etc the more they get paid. And the more expensive the roof is going to be to replace. I see new places being built where the roof is going to cost them $40,000-60,000 or more when it comes time to replace. It's silly.Really though, the pitch of the roof is almost more important. You know what size you want your house to be, and roof is going to be big enough to cover it. But the pitch will affect the price a lot, and you have control over that. Keep your roof pitch between 6/12 - 8/12 (that's rise/run. raises 6" vertical for every 12" horizontal. a 12/12 roof being 45 degree angle and USUSALLY about the steepest roof you'll see. a 12/12 is unwalkable). anything less than 6/12, and it's a greater leak risk or risk of back seepage. you have to bend over a lot when re-roofing and it's hard on your back. anything over 8/12 and it starts to get harder to walk. price goes WAY up.
>>2890157 Holy fuck, who made that roof, Picasso?
>>2890938Ha ha, venting a roof with a rookie.
>>2890157Thanks, doc
>>2891080An actual architect, if you can believe it. It's a nice house, custom built for an old couple in '98, with the plans out of Southern Living magazine:https://dongardner.com/products/384I have a tube in the hall closet containing two full sets of plans, foundation, framing, electrical, roofing, the works. been slowly modeling it all in sketchup with as-built measurements.
>>2891108the interior is, of course, drastically updated from those photos, those are just the catalogue images. very quaint though. the ~decorative greco roman columns~ are gone. I just finished replacing the master bath tub/shower combo with just a nice big frameless shower.
>>2890879what is it called when the main roof is slanted to one side, but it also has an intersecting/ overlaid hip to the side of if?? >see stage one in pic related.
>>2890157>thats a shitfest roof to domaybe if it's your first daynothing out of the ordinary about this roof
>>2891102mega kek
>>2890879Open & box gable, hip, and dormer are all fine roof configurations and widely used. And the 3 at the bottom left are just applications of a hip roof on a non-square shaped building so not much to say about those.Jerkinhed, dutch gable, and combination are also technically fine from a roofing standpoint, but they complicate the framing for no good reason other than aesthetics.Hexagonal is ok, but it's only ever really used as an accent, like a smaller octagonal shaped feature as part of a larger building. Just doing an octagonal shaped building & roof by itself it kind of weird and I think most people would find it off-putting.And the M-shaped roof is simply retarded. I would question the intelligence and/or sanity of anyone purposely designing a building with a roof like that.
>>2891126>what is it calledModernist garbage.
>>2891134Yup, a good roofer can roof just about anything. It just costs a lot more when there are a lot of intersecting planes and dormers and shit because it requires a ton of flashing work compared to a simple gable or hip roof on a 4-sided building.
>>2890157Why would anyone who doesn't hate their own wallet use asphalt instead of quality standing seam roofing likely to outlive them?
>>2892454I lived in a house with a metal roof for a few years and I'll never do that again. The noise it makes when it rains is nuts. There were nights that I literally couldn't sleep just because it was raining.
