Free Roofing Estimate Template
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An estimate is a written price you are offering before the work starts. The two things that decide whether it wins the job are how clearly it describes the scope and how obviously it expires.
What a contractor estimate should contain
- Your business details and license number where required
- The customer name and the job address
- An estimate number and the date you wrote it
- A valid until date, because prices move and you should not be held to a number from six months ago
- Scope in plain language, line by line, so the customer knows what is and is not included
- What is explicitly excluded, which is the line that prevents most disputes
- Subtotal, tax, any deposit required to book the work, and the total
What goes on a roofing contractor estimate
These are the lines a roofing job usually needs. They are already in the template and in the generator, so you edit rather than start from an empty page.
- Tear off existing shingles
- Install synthetic underlayment
- Architectural shingles, 30 sq
- Ridge vent and flashing
- Debris haul away and magnet sweep
Delete what does not apply, add what does. The point is that a customer looking at an itemized roofing estimate can see where the money went, which is what stops the argument before it starts.
Roofing is measured in squares, and a roofing square is 100 square feet of roof surface, so the 30 squares on this template are 3,000 square feet of roof. The pitch decides how much bigger the roof surface is than the footprint, which is why a measurement off a plan has to be multiplied before it means anything.
What to settle before the Roofing estimate goes out
Say how many layers the price assumes and what happens if the decking under the old shingles is rotten. A per sheet price for replaced decking, written into the estimate, turns a surprise on the roof into a line everybody already agreed to.
Related pages for Roofing work
- Roofing calculator
- Roof pitch calculator
- Roof squares chart
- Roof pitch chart
- Roof work toolbox talk
- Fall protection toolbox talk
The rules that hold for every trade
These are on the contractor estimate template page, with the questions people ask about the template:
- Estimate versus quote versus bid
- Write an exclusions line, it wins arguments before they start
- Put an expiry on every price you send