{"id":692,"date":"2012-07-24T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roofrepairscost.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2012-07-24T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T17:21:08","slug":"roof-repair-costs-how-high-do-they-typically-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/roof-repair\/roof-repair-costs-how-high-do-they-typically-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Roof Repair Costs &#8211; How high do they typically run?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roof repair cost can run very high at times.\u00a0 Leaving aside total roof replacement, the typical roof repairs tend to be, new shingles over existing installations (there are regulations in some places on the amount of times this is permissible), replacing plywood and shingles in a small roof area and using cement to re-seal seams\u00a0(&#8216;patch&#8217; work).<\/p>\n<p>Also, replacing metal &#8216;flashing&#8217; seals around skylights and\u00a0chimneys, and also guttering work. The most common roof repairs include replacing plywood, shingles and flashing on development of a leak. The average roof\u00a0area requiring work tends to be 10&#8242; x 10&#8242;.\u00a0 With regard to roof repair costs, some homeowners try to patch the leak in the roof using cement.\u00a0 This is really not a cost effective approach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roof repair costs &#8211; Cost breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The shopping list and prices for this project are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sheets of roofing-quality plywood measuring 5\/8&#8243; thickness &#8211; approximately $20 a sheet<\/li>\n<li>4 sheets required = $80<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0standard square of shingles measuring 100 square feet &#8211; $100<\/li>\n<li>1 square required = $100<\/li>\n<li>A standard roll of roofing nails for an air-powered gun<\/li>\n<li>1 roll of 1 1\/4&#8243; galvanized nails = $65<\/li>\n<li>Roofing cement &#8211; $22 per gallon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Roof repair costs: Labor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A roof repair project, although only requiring basic tools, can involve more than just basic labor skills. For example a structural issue causing a roof leak may only be detected as an underlying problem\u00a0by a skilled professional.\u00a0 Also, more complex work involves chimneys, skylights, flashing or valleys. For these reasons homeowners consult professionals to get the job done.\u00a0 Depending on location and type of job, charges tend to be around $45-$75 per hour, and can\u00a0take two full business days to finish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roof repair costs:\u00a0 Enhancement and improvement costs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Running all new shingles<\/em> &#8211; a second and sometimes third course of shingles is requested by some homeowners to address the leak problem.\u00a0 The cost to install standard asphalt shingles over existing shingles or shakes, according to HomeInspectorLocator.com, will be around $1.25 to $2.00 per square foot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roof repair costs: Skylights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is more expensive sorting out leaks developed in skylights.\u00a0 The bigger cost is a result of having to clear the entire surface around the skylight of shingles, and new flashing surrounding the fixture has to be installed before the new shingles are laid.<\/p>\n<p>On average, roofing experts put the cost as $450 for materials and labor on this type of relatively small project.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roof repair cost can run very high at times.\u00a0 Leaving aside total roof replacement, the typical roof repairs tend to be, new shingles over existing installations (there are regulations in some places on the amount of times this is permissible), replacing plywood and shingles in a small roof area and using cement to re-seal seams\u00a0(&#8216;patch&#8217; [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[18,123],"class_list":["post-692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roof-repair","tag-roof-repair-cost","tag-roof-repairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}