Roofing estimating and takeoff services

The roof covering by area, the insulation, cover board and underlayment beneath it, every flashing and edge condition by length, ridge, hip and valley on sloped roofs, drains, scuppers, curbs and vents by count, and gutters, downspouts, soffit and fascia where they are part of the scope.

Area is taken off separately for each pitch and adjusted for slope, so the quantity is the roof surface and not the plan area. On one duplex we took off, the shingles were split into three pitches: 5:12, 2.5:12 and 7:12.

Yes. Low-slope membrane roofs such as EPDM and TPO, asphalt shingle roofs and standing seam metal roofs are all taken off, including buildings that combine them.

The item is priced on a stated assumption and marked as assumed on its own line, so you can see it and change it. Nothing is assumed silently.

It depends on the system and the amount of edge and penetration work. On one small low-slope roof we estimated, Division 07 trade cost was about $13.79 per square foot of roof before general requirements and markups. Small roofs carry more edge per square foot and cost more than large ones.

A single roof starts at $199, and simple scopes typically run $100 to $250. Larger buildings typically run $200 to $500, and large or complex roofs are quoted individually. The quote is free and usually comes back in about 20 minutes.

Yes. This page shows a full sample from a finished job (roofing and sheet metal, for a drive-through building in Oklahoma), which you can open full screen and read page by page. It was built to that client's own specification, so the wage rates, pricing and overhead and profit are theirs. Ask us for a current sample in your own trade.

From our own pricing database, built with local vendors across the United States. An estimator enters the project's ZIP code and gets current material prices for that market, and vendors update their prices as they change. Labor is priced as union or open shop, or at Davis-Bacon rates with fringes on government work.

Yes. The estimate is delivered as an editable Excel workbook with the formulas built in. Change any quantity, rate or markup and the whole estimate recalculates. If overhead and profit was set at 25% and you want 30%, change that one cell and every total updates, so you can adjust your number minutes before the bid is due without sending it back to us.

As many as you need. Every revision is free, including addenda, scope changes and pricing updates, however many times you come back, and there is no time limit. Revisions are handled on priority and are typically returned within an hour to a few hours, depending on the size of the change.

Yes. Every estimate is built to the client's own specification. Send the general contractor's bid form or your own template and the roofing scope is broken out and returned in that format.

Because a roofer's day is spent on roofs, and the takeoff is usually due the next morning. Outsourcing gives a roofing contractor a measured, checked estimate in a day or two without giving up evenings to it.