Roofing in Shawmont, Roxborough

For a Roxborough twin or single in asphalt shingle, it is well above the estimated $7,000 to $11,000, and above the citywide $9,000 to $16,500 for architectural shingle, so ask what is driving it. Several layers to strip, a large share of the deck replaced, or a big Wissahickon Victorian with many valleys can all push a number up. The itemized layer count, deck rate and permit settle it, not the total.

Pennsylvania registers home improvement contractors through the Attorney General, and in Philadelphia a registered contractor also needs a Commercial Activity License to work on a one- or two-family home. Ask for both numbers on the quote. Then ask how many layers they found, how the deck is priced, how much comes off each day, and whether you will see the bare deck before it is covered.

Usually labor on a complicated roof, and on these houses, what is under the top layer. Each old layer has to be stripped and hauled, and the original board decks here often have boards that have rotted through. That is why the layers are counted at an edge and the deck is priced per board in the quote, before the roof is open, rather than discovered on the day.

It depends heavily on the region and the house. Published Philadelphia estimates run about $6,468 to $17,640, with an average around $10,584, and $9,000 to $16,500 for architectural shingle. One Philadelphia roofer's table puts a Roxborough or Manayunk twin or single at $7,000 to $11,000. Your own figure follows the roof shape, the layer count and the deck, so it is a written quote once the roof has been seen.