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Cost of roofing comparison alex 07-27-2007
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Posted by alex on July 27, 2007, 6:42 pm
Hi,
my house needs to be re-roofed. I've called two local roofing
companies for a quote and Sears and Home Depot.

Both local roofing companies have quoted 6K. Sears and Home Depot come
in at 12K.

I have compared all four quotes and on paper they are for the same
service and the same quality of asphalt shingles.

Besides having the Home Depot or Sears name behind the roof is the
price difference all just profit for these two companies?

Thanks

Alex


Posted by Craig M on July 28, 2007, 7:07 am
What type is the old roof, and are they tearing off the old roof, and have
you called any other roofers out to see it, the big box stores will charge
arm and leg and shirt off your back, call a roofer, or check yellow pages
for local roofing supply place, other words, get more bids.
> Hi,
> my house needs to be re-roofed. I've called two local roofing
> companies for a quote and Sears and Home Depot.
>
> Both local roofing companies have quoted 6K. Sears and Home Depot come
> in at 12K.
>
> I have compared all four quotes and on paper they are for the same
> service and the same quality of asphalt shingles.
>
> Besides having the Home Depot or Sears name behind the roof is the
> price difference all just profit for these two companies?
>
> Thanks
>
> Alex
>



Posted by alex on July 31, 2007, 9:01 pm
Hi,

All quotes include stripping the roof of all asphalt singles, and
minor plywood repairs.

I'm getting a quote from two more local roofers to see how they match.

I was just surprised by the hugh difference between the local guy and
home depot/sears.

6K sounds reasonable but 12K is pretty extreme.

lex

> What type is the old roof, and are they tearing off the old roof, and have
> you called any other roofers out to see it, the big box stores will charge
> arm and leg and shirt off your back, call a roofer, or check yellow pages
> for local roofing supply place, other words, get more bids."alex"
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
> > my house needs to be re-roofed. I've called two local roofing
> > companies for a quote and Sears and Home Depot.
>
> > Both local roofing companies have quoted 6K. Sears and Home Depot come
> > in at 12K.
>
> > I have compared all four quotes and on paper they are for the same
> > service and the same quality of asphalt shingles.
>
> > Besides having the Home Depot or Sears name behind the roof is the
> > price difference all just profit for these two companies?
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Alex- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -



Posted by PeterD on August 1, 2007, 8:33 am

>Hi,
>
>All quotes include stripping the roof of all asphalt singles, and
>minor plywood repairs.
>
>I'm getting a quote from two more local roofers to see how they match.
>
>I was just surprised by the hugh difference between the local guy and
>home depot/sears.
>
>6K sounds reasonable but 12K is pretty extreme.
>

Don't forget that old rule of business: each set of hands that a
product passes through doubles the price!

Posted by PeterD on July 28, 2007, 8:37 am

>Hi,
>my house needs to be re-roofed. I've called two local roofing
>companies for a quote and Sears and Home Depot.
>
>Both local roofing companies have quoted 6K. Sears and Home Depot come
>in at 12K.
>
>I have compared all four quotes and on paper they are for the same
>service and the same quality of asphalt shingles.
>
>Besides having the Home Depot or Sears name behind the roof is the
>price difference all just profit for these two companies?
>
>Thanks
>
>Alex

Wow... Consedering that neither Sears nor Home Depot are considered
'quality' names around here, that is an interesting situation.

Take the two independant quotes, and look at a few jobs they did a
couple of years ago. Talk to the customers and ask how they liked the
work and the contractor. Talk to the BBS.

Skip Sears and HD.

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