Roof cost guide
A roof is priced by the square, then moved up or down by its pitch, its layers, its decking and the material you pick. Here are the typical ranges for a Meridian roof and what pushes a number one way or the other.
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Price Your Roof
One call sets a time to measure your roof and put the whole job in writing, line by line.
(208) 858-8078 Call for a Free EstimateThe short answer
A roof is priced by the "square", 100 square feet of roof surface, and the card beside this gives the typical ranges for a repair and the ranges published for a new roof in Meridian.
A typical single-family home needs about 20 squares of roofing, and the count of squares sets the base of the price before anything else is added. Where your roof lands inside the range comes down to its size, its features and the shingle you choose.
Repairs are priced by the job rather than by the square: a minor repair starts in the low hundreds, and a larger one runs into the thousands.
New roof in Meridian
$5,500 to $24,000
This range is a guide to the market, not our quote.
Free and no-obligation. We measure the roof and write the number down.
Beyond the square count
Size, pitch, valleys, stories, dormers, access, the layers torn off and the decking repair all move the price of a roof.
Most of them move the labor more than the materials. Total area, pitch, valleys, stories, dormers and access drive the crew's labor, the safety planning, the waste and the schedule, so two roofs with the same square count can price quite differently.
These are the eight things that move a roof's price on an estimate:
Choosing the roofing
Asphalt shingles cost the least; metal, tile and slate cost more and last longer. Whatever goes on top, the shingles are the largest part of a roof's price, with installation next.
The common choice
The least expensive roof. "Architectural shingles", the heavier multi-layer kind, are the usual replacement; "three-tab" is the flatter economy shingle with less wind resistance.
"Standing seam" panels joined at raised seams with hidden fasteners. It costs more up front and outlasts asphalt by decades, which favors it if you plan to stay.
Heavy clay or concrete tile over an underlayment that does the waterproofing. When that layer wears out, a "lift-and-reset" puts the same tile back on new underlayment.
The top of the range: natural slate costs about 5 to 8 times as much as standard asphalt shingles, and the structure has to carry its weight.
Before you sign
You should compare itemized written bids side by side, so a lower price that leaves out part of the job shows, and ask who will install the roof.
When one total comes in lower, read down the lines: a bid that skips the tear-off, the decking or the flashing is not pricing the same roof, however good the number looks.
Ask whether the people on your roof will be the contractor's own employees. You can also look a contractor up with the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, the state division that registers Idaho contractors, before you hire.
Our estimates come itemized and in writing, with each line explained, and we quote the whole job before we start.
What an itemized bid should show
And one question: who will install the roof, the contractor's own employees or someone else?
From a neighbor
Michael did a great job for us. Met him randomly because he bought something from me on FB Marketplace, and then we got talking. Soon enough we were walking around on my roof and he gave me a very competitive quote. He was super professional and the roof is done right. I feel lucky to have found him!
Job by job
Each kind of roofing job is priced by its own factors, and each service page sets them out in full.
A minor roof repair starts in the low hundreds, and a larger one runs into the thousands, depending on how far the water has spread.
Repairs cost more when water has reached the decking, or when the roof is steep or two stories tall.
roof repairA full replacement is priced by the square, and extra tear-off layers and decking repair add to it.
Standard estimates cover tearing off one layer and normal disposal. Deck repair can be priced per sheet, so damage found at tear-off brings no surprise charges.
roof replacementA new roof pays much of itself back: homeowners can recoup up to 80 percent of its cost when they sell the home.
Up to 80% of the cost back at sale
Your number, in writing
Call and we will measure the roof, count the squares, check the pitch, the layers and the decking, and put the whole job in writing with each line explained. The estimate is free and carries no obligation.
Monday to Saturday, from first thing in the morning until six in the evening. Calls outside those hours go to voicemail and we return them the next working morning.
We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after.
