Roof Waste Estimator

Waste is calculated at 7 5 for a gable roof and 15 for a hip roof which are typical in the roofing industry.

Roof waste estimator.

After let improvenet help you find a local roofer. Headwall appron flashing. The following tools estimate the area of a roof as well as the amount of materials necessary to construct a roof of a given area. Roof measurements leave field blank if value is zero type of shingle.

The house base area is the area of land that the house covers and for more complex shapes can be estimated using the area calculator. Our calculator will estimate your total roofing cost installed including the cost of materials labor and warranty for any major type of roof including 3 tab asphalt shingles architectural and premium composition shingles pvc tpo epdm rubber built up roofs cedar shakes and shingles clay tiles natural slate and metal roofing. Finding the size of the roof in squares. Whether you are interested in asphalt shingles cedar shingles clay tiles natural slate or metal roofing our calculator will instantly give you the total cost of a new roof installed based on your home s ground dimensions and the type of a roofing system you are interested in.

The sub total is 3977 70 x 1 08 4295 92 pitch has been added for 5 12 pitch. Simply input the surface area of the roof choose from one of the available options and you will get your first roofing estimate. The waste calculation workbook accounts for the valley underlayer valley trim rake trim cuts sidewall and end wall trim cuts as well as a factor for accounting for crew error and handling waste along with roof penetrations. The 3977 70 is the total of your actual roof measurements.

To calculate the materials you ll need enter your measurements in the calculator below. This is simply 100 square feet of roof. Our calculator will round up to the nearest foot. Without waste predominant roof pitch example 6 12 squares 1 story squares 2 story.

Roofing contractors estimate projects and materials by the square so it is crucial to find this measurement to accurately estimate the amount of material needed. The top row is a total of your roof area measurements with pitch added 5 for waste. Note that in the last 3 4 years costs of roof shingles and many accessories have gone down by an average of 18 20 currently the us national average for benchmark architectural shingles is around 74 51 square or 25 per bundle. The waste is 4295 92 95 divisor 4522 02.

Estimate the cost to install a new roof with the help of our newly revamped roofing calculator for homes.