Free Roofing Quote Template

A quote is a fixed price you are committing to. That is the whole difference from an estimate, and it means the exclusions and the valid until date on this one are carrying more weight than they look like they are.

Quote, estimate or bid: this is the same document

It is one form with one word changed on it, and that is deliberate. A quote is normally a fixed price you are committing to, an estimate is a considered approximation that can move with the scope, and a bid is a price submitted into a competitive process. Customers use all three interchangeably, so nobody is going to read the word at the top the way you meant it.

The longer version, including what belongs in the exclusions and why every price you send needs a valid until date, is in estimate vs quote vs bid. The roofing contractor estimate template is this same form with the other word on it, and the same roofing line items.

What a contractor quote should contain

• Your business details and license number where required
• The customer name and the job address
• A quote number and the date you wrote it
• The word quote on the document, so nobody has to guess whether the price can move
• A valid until date, because a fixed price you wrote in March is not a fixed price in September
• Scope in plain language, line by line, so the customer knows what is and is not included
• What is explicitly excluded, which is what stops a fixed price turning into free work
• A line saying scope changes are priced in writing and approved before the work is performed
• Subtotal, tax, any deposit required to book the work, and the total

What goes on a roofing contractor quote

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 quote 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 quote 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 quote, 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 quote template page, with the questions people ask about the template:

• Write an exclusions line, it wins arguments before they start
• Put an expiry on every price you send

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