{"id":694,"date":"2012-09-24T17:27:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T17:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roofrepairscost.com\/?p=31"},"modified":"2012-09-24T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T17:27:13","slug":"how-to-use-a-roofing-material-calculator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/roof-repair\/how-to-use-a-roofing-material-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use a Roofing Material Calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\n\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-7262065469905410\";\n\n\/* Roofing *\/\n\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4633499131\";\n\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\n\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\n\/\/--><\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A roofing material calculator is a very helpful tool.\u00a0 When calculating the price of materials for your new roof, a roofing material calculator allows you to do this quickly.\u00a0 It enables you to estimate the size of your roof and the required roofing materials and the cost.\u00a0 To do a calculation, simply enter your roofing dimensions, choose roof type and pitch and it will give you the cost for 30-year asphalt roofing shingles.<\/p>\n<p>Measure your roof from the ground up, adding any overhangs to the total roof size.\u00a0 Estimate the roof pitch (slope) and enter the dimensions and pitch into the calculator.\u00a0 State whether it is a Gable roof, Hip roof or Mansard roof.\u00a0 Only rectangular roofs can be used in these calculators, without valleys or dormers.<\/p>\n<p>There are many roofs with irregular shapes, and it is not possible to account for them within the scope of these calculators.\u00a0 If your roof has an irregular shape or is rather cut up, try using the factor multiplier (roof difficulty\u00a0setting in the calculator) for a more accurate estimation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roofing Material Calculator: How Roofing Materials Prices are Calculated:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The results of the calculation of roofing materials, include the roof size in square feet as well as a detailed list of the required materials need for a new roof installation.\u00a0 It will include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roofing Shingles &#8211; price per square (100 sq. Ft.)\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; three bundles of shingle in one square<\/li>\n<li>Roofing Underlayment &#8211; 30 lb Felt, Ice and\u00a0Water Shield along the roof eaves<\/li>\n<li>Drip Edge<\/li>\n<li>Miscellaneous accessories &#8211; nails, pipe boots,<\/li>\n<li>Step flashing (for chimney flashing),<\/li>\n<li>Roofing\u00a0caulking<\/li>\n<li>Ridge Vent<\/li>\n<li>Ridge cap shingles<\/li>\n<li>3-tab shingles for starter course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All roofing prices are based on what national building materials retailers such as Home Depot and Lowe&#8217;s charge for roofing materials.\u00a0 Prices are virtually the same here as trade prices where most contractors buy their materials.\u00a0 In fact, Home Depot&#8217;s price on GAF Timberline architectural shingle is actually lower than most trade roof supply places.<\/p>\n<p>The following types of shingles &#8211; Three tab asphalt shingles (25 year), 30 year common architectural shingles and 50 year asphalt shingles will all have prices provided.<\/p>\n<p>There are four major asphalt roofing shingle manufacturers in the USA\/Canada, and the prices are averaged among them.\u00a0\u00a0There is also a waste factor to be taken into account for each type of roof:\u00a0 Gable, Hip and Mansard&#8217;s\u00a0roof waste factors are\u00a07.5 per cent.\u00a0 Mansard roofs have a flat roof in the center and often windows along the Mansard side, so adjustments need to be made to the waste factor at some point, as well as add an option in the calculator to select the number of Mansard roof windows.<\/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>A roofing material calculator is a very helpful tool.\u00a0 When calculating the price of materials for your new roof, a roofing material calculator allows you to do this quickly.\u00a0 It enables you to estimate the size of your roof and the required roofing materials and the cost.\u00a0 To do a calculation, simply enter your roofing [&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":[28,123,84,154],"class_list":["post-694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roof-repair","tag-roof-estimates-2","tag-roof-repairs","tag-roofing-calculator-2","tag-roofing-material-calculator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694","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=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guydz.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}