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Complete tear off or just a re-roof? Above would be correct for tear off, 8-10K.

This. Paid $7,700 about 3 years ago for GAF Timberline shingles.

Yup...paid about $8K about 2 years ago for Timberlines on a similar size roof. Learned also that price of shingles can go up and down like gasoline due to changes in material costs to make them.

I had a new roof put on about 10 years ago. They did a shoddy job and I had to have it done again 2 years ago. The damn shingles were sliding off the roof in sheets.

Then I'd like to request an all-female roof crew.

No, I don't think I'll fuck you. Are there any tall, hot blondes around???

That's good to know, and makes sense re: the economy. I paid about $10k 10 years ago on my first house, and that was only 1500 sq. ft. I also used Certainteed's best shingle (the one not recalled).

Could not disagree more with the person who said take the lowest price and drill him down. Its your roof and do you really want a guy cutting corners to make a few bucks or not having insurance and falling off your roof? My advice get lots of estimates and hire the person wjth a reasonable rate who you actually like and can deal with. Lots of dirtbags out there.

Some is, I think. But we plan on replacing the whole roof, since it's 11-12 years old. Think the insurance company would cover some of the cost? I can't imagine them approving a whole new roof just because of a damaged section.

Depending on what is on there now, 11-12 years may not be very much. You can get shingles that are guaranteed for different lifetimes, like 15, 20, 25, 30 years and such. I need to do my roof soon, but I still have the original roof on it from the house's construction in 1975. It's a Sherif-Gosslin roof and has held up remarkably well for 37 years. Before you replace the whole roof, you might want to find out how long your roof was intended to last. If you've got 30 year shingles, you'd probably be wasting your money.

Remember to take advantage of the dumpster to throw out a bunch of junk.

I am looking at having mine done in the next 6-9 months as well. Went to the home show in Canton and had a number of people out to look at the roof. A couple told me that it is fine and there is no need to do anything for at least another 3-5 years. All the rest of the bids came in between $6,500 and $12,000 depending on what I wanted. This is for a 1500 sq ft house and attached 2 car garage.

One thing to remember is that the main ingrediant in shingles is oil. As the price of oil has skyrocketed (artificially or not) so has the cost of everything that is petrolium based (shingles, anything plastic, etc.). The guys I was dealing with would work a little bit with me, but don't expect them to come down on the price more than 5%.