So I need a new roof...
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Is it something you can do yourself? I've done it a couple times before, and it's really not that hard if you have a couple buddies that can help you out...the worst part is tearing off the old...
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We just went through this ourselves!
We used a friend who is a contractor, he called in the majority of the materials in for us to a supplier called ABC Supply (http://www.abcsupply.com), who is a...
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What's your price on labor? I know I am a contractor (not roofing thought) so I got the price for materials at about $3,000-3500 (2100sf under roof home) and my roofer told me $800 if me and a few...
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Call and get as many quotes as you can... also check references and yelp.
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is there a brand that is cheaper than others I should look for? or someplace besides lowes that I could finance it for say a year?
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Check out local roofing company. Sometime they have better deals than retail store. Just calculate how much is the material that you are going to be spending and add the labor cost. See if that can...
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yeah he quoted a little over a grand for just the labor if I supply all materials, but I'm getting a few more quotes...
I never thought of doing it myself, but really the labor cost is totally...
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Usually labor is the most expensive part. I'd just call a roofer (CHECK references) and be done with it. Not sure how big your roof is but mine was $5k. Covered removing two layers of old shingles, 7...
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...or my insurance will no longer cover me.
is this something for which I could somehow possibly get a deal on materials?
or is the price pretty much gonna be the same no matter where I go?...
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If you buy the materials, you may need to buy extra materials. This is because if they make mistake on shingles, then you need to provide extras.
