Cedar shingles and shakes are a classic style of roofing that is often installed on Cape Cod style homes, especially in New England and around the greater Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Cedar roofs are also popular in the pacific Northwest including Oregon and Washington state.
However, cedar roofs are not exclusive to New England and PNW. In fact, you can see wood shingle roofs anywhere across the US, especially in areas that land themselves nicely to the classic look of traditional roofing — think beach houses and/or homes nearby green/wooded areas, etc.
Copper is the gold of metal roofing. No literally, it is. It’s priced like gold, it’s valued like gold, and its color is gold. Well until it changes. Then it just becomes a thing of beauty for hundreds of years.
Cost
Perhaps the only disadvantage of a copper roof is the exuberantly high initial cost. It is, by far, the most expensive metal roofing option on the market, bar none.
Yet, when you take into consideration the benefits and value of copper, the cost factor be put into proper perspective.
For residential copper roofing and cladding projects, you can expect to pay between $20.00 to $30.00 per square foot installed.
Regardless of the shape of the copper pieces, the slope or complexity of your roof, and even your location, that range is what you ought to expect to pay.
Synthetic shake and shingles are polymer-based material, or a combination of plastic and rubber. They are used on roofs where homeowners desire the classic look of wood or natural slate, with the added benefits from the synthetic blends.
Synthetic shingle and tile roofs are relatively new to the residential roofing market, first arriving in the early 1990s. Their durability, environmental friendliness and affordability have all contributed to their rising success.
Cost
For a 2,000 square foot roof on a typical, single-family house (up to two stories high), it will cost between $8.50 and $15.50 per sq.ft. installed. This results in an average total price range of $17,000 to $31,000. If the existing roof has two or more layers of shingles that need to be torn off and disposed of first, this can sometimes (depending on the contractor pricing the job) cost an additional $2,000 to $3,500 more.
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$8,500 Average Cost
Metal Roof
$15,500 Average Cost
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$11,500 Average Cost
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The location of your home can greatly influence the overall cost of a new roof. Expect to pay more for a new roof on a house in an expensive coastal city relative to the cost of new roof in rural areas in the South or Midwest.
A more complex roof with multiple cut-up angles, dormers, peaks and valleys, or steeper pitch than average would also add to the complexity of the project, and hence cost more.
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