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What will a new roof actually cost you?
Answer three questions about your house and see a real range before you give us anything. Add a few photos and a licensed North Texas roofer will confirm it with a free written estimate.
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How the number is worked out
No black box, and no satellite guesswork. Roofing is priced by the square — one square is 100 square feet of roof surface — so the whole job is working out how many squares you have and what a square costs to install here.
- Footprint. Not simply your floor area divided by the storey count — an upper floor never covers the whole ground floor. The garage is single-storey, so is the porch, and usually a wing besides. We assume an upper floor covers about three quarters of the one below, which puts a 2,400 sq ft two-storey house on roughly a 1,400 sq ft footprint rather than 1,200.
- Plan area. Add about 10% for eaves and overhangs, which are roof but are not floor.
- Actual surface. Multiply by pitch. A steep, cut-up roof carries far more surface over the same footprint than a shallow simple one — this is why two houses of identical size can differ by thousands.
- Cost per square. Installed architectural shingle in this market, as a range, adjusted for how complicated the roof is to work on.
- Height. A two-storey roof costs more per square than a single-storey one, and it is labour rather than material: ladders, staging, fall protection, and carrying every bundle up.
- Age. Past twenty years we widen the top of the range, because tear-off surprises and decking replacement get considerably more likely.
What it deliberately does not do is pretend to know what is under your shingle. That is the part that moves a real number, and it is found by walking the roof — which is what the free inspection is for. More detail in our guide to what a roof costs in Texas.
Why the photos matter more than the price
Every roofing site in this market offers a free quote. What almost none of them do is let you show the roofer the problem before they drive out.
A contractor who has seen your dented gutters, your bare patch and the stain on your ceiling arrives with the right materials and a real idea of scope. Without that, the first visit is a diagnostic trip and the second one is the estimate. With it, you frequently get both in one.
It also protects you. Photographs taken now are dated, and dated photographs are what an insurance carrier responds to if this turns into a claim.
Good photos to send
- Each side of the house, wide, from the ground
- Gutters and downspouts, close up — dents show the storm
- Granules collecting at the base of the downspout
- Any ceiling stain or damp patch inside
- The attic, if you can get up there safely
Not from the roof. Roof falls are a leading cause of serious home injury and hail-glazed shingle is slick. Ground level and a zoom is plenty.
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About the instant estimate
How accurate is the instant estimate?
It is a planning range, not a quote. It is built from your home's square footage, how many storeys it has and how complicated the roof line is, which gets you close on a straightforward house. What it cannot know is what is under the old shingle — rotten decking, a second layer, failed flashing — and that is what moves a real number.
Why do you want photos?
So the roofer arrives knowing what they are looking at. Photographs of the damage, the gutters and the affected slope let them prepare properly instead of turning a first visit into a diagnostic trip, and it means the written estimate you get is based on something real.
What photos are actually useful?
Wide shots of each side of the house from the ground, close-ups of anything that looks wrong, dented gutters or downspouts, granules collecting at the downspout, and any ceiling stains inside. Do not climb on the roof to take them.
Is my estimate binding?
No, in either direction. It is a range to help you plan and to tell you whether this is a $9,000 conversation or a $22,000 one. The written estimate after a free inspection is the number you can actually act on.
What if insurance is paying?
Then the relevant number is your deductible rather than the total, assuming the damage is claimable. The range still helps — it tells you roughly what the carrier is being asked to cover. See our guide on when insurance pays for a roof in Texas.
Do I have to upload photos?
No. You can skip that step entirely and still get the estimate and the free inspection. Photos just make the whole thing faster and more accurate.
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