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What a roof quote should contain
The line items that separate a real quote from a number on headed paper.
Get quotes instead
Three questions, up to three contractors, nothing charged.
Your request is in.
We are matching it now against roofing contractors working in Lake Elsinore and the surrounding area.
- Today, usually within the hour. The first contractor calls or texts the number you gave us. ASAP requests go out first.
- Up to three of them, no more. We cap it at three so you can compare without your phone melting.
- They come and look. Estimates are given after somebody has been on the roof, not over the phone.
- You decide, or you do not. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay us.
If you do not hear anything today, check your voicemail and spam folder — contractors often call from a mobile number.
A total is not a quote
A single figure tells you nothing about what you are buying. A quote worth comparing lists what is being removed, what is going on, and what happens when something unexpected turns up.
The lines to look for
Tear-off and how many layers. Decking replacement rate per sheet. Underlayment type and where ice-and-water goes. Drip edge. Valley treatment. Flashing — replaced or reused. Ventilation. Permit. Clean-up and disposal. Workmanship warranty and term.
Where quotes quietly diverge
Reused flashing, a thinner underlayment, no ventilation work and an open-ended decking charge will take thousands off a total without changing a single visible thing on the roof. That is where most of the spread between quotes lives.
The one clause people forget
The per-sheet decking rate. It is the only part of the job nobody can measure before the tear-off starts, and it is the reason fixed prices stop being fixed on the second morning.