This is a free roofing estimate template with a full roof replacement already itemized: tear-off and prep, deck and sheathing repair, underlayment and waterproofing, the shingle install, ridge ventilation and gutters, permits, labor, cleanup, and contingency at the end where it belongs. It prices the way roofers price: tear-off and field shingles per square, flashing and ridge by the linear foot, penetrations each. Load it in the builder, delete what the roof doesn't need, and put your numbers on what's left. Every rate field starts empty by design: nobody else's per-square number belongs in your estimate, and yours doesn't travel between markets.
Nobody counts sheathing sheets from the driveway, which is why this template ships with a flat deck inspection line, sheathing replacement quoted per 4x8 sheet, and a second layer removal line for the roof that turns out to be wearing two. Most roofing templates you can find are static PDFs, published by software companies as bait for a subscription. A PDF cannot add a line item. This one opens as a working estimate, and the only thing on the other side of it is more estimate.
Every section below loads into the builder exactly as listed. This is the actual checklist, not a preview of one. Delete what your job doesn’t need and price the rest.
Shingle tear-off and second layer removal priced per square, flashing and gutter removal by the linear foot, plus tarping and the surface prep sweep before anything new goes down.
Roof areas quoted per square (100 sq ft).
What the tear-off uncovers: a deck inspection, sheathing replacement per 4x8 sheet, rafter and truss repair, fascia and soffit, and re-nailing the decking that stays.
Sheathing quoted per 4x8 sheet; framing runs per linear foot.
Ice and water shield, synthetic or felt underlayment by the square, valley membrane, and drip edge for both eave and rake. The layer that decides whether the roof works.
Coverage areas quoted per square; valley and eave runs per linear foot.
Architectural shingles per square, starter strip and hip and ridge cap by the linear foot, and every flashing on the roof: step, wall, pipe boots, chimney, skylight.
Field roofing quoted per square (100 sq ft); starter and hip/ridge per linear foot.
Ridge vent and soffit intake by the linear foot, box and powered vents each, plus gutter runs, downspouts, and guards by the linear foot. Keeps the attic breathing and the water moving.
Ridge vent and gutter runs quoted per linear foot; roof penetrations each.
The roofing permit, inspection fee, dumpster rental, and equipment mobilization: flat lines the job pays for either way. Put them on the paper.
Day rates for the roofing crew, foreman, deck-repair carpenter, and laborer. Size the crew, set the days, done.
Unit: day. Quantity = # crew, multiplier = # days.
Debris haul-off, landfill fees by the ton, the magnetic nail sweep for the lawn, landscape cleanup, and a final inspection walk.
A contingency allowance for whatever the tear-off finds and the workmanship warranty, carried as lines instead of hopes.
Overhead & profit is the percentage modifier, not a line.
Open it in the builder and the whole replacement is in place, tear-off through the final inspection walk: second layer removal, ice and water shield, drip edge for eave and rake, pipe boots, the dumpster, the magnetic nail sweep. Delete what this roof doesn't have. A single-layer ranch with no skylights takes about a minute.
Put in your rates and what each line costs you. Field lines run per square, the same unit you bid in everywhere else; flashing and ridge go by the linear foot, box and turbine vents each, and crew by the day. The P&L updates as you type, so you know what the roof pays you while the ladder is still on the truck.
Export a clean client estimate: prices, quantities, one total. Your costs, margin, and internal notes can't leak, because the client copy is generated from a version of the document they were never written into. There is no wrong button to press.
The full guide (units, tax math, deposits, exports) lives on the Help page. It’s genuinely thorough. We’re as surprised as you.
For the longer answer, there’s a guide: How to Write a Construction Estimate.
Nine sections in the order the job runs: tear-off and prep, deck and sheathing repair, underlayment and waterproofing, roofing material and install, ridge ventilation and gutters, permits and fees, labor, cleanup and disposal, and contingency and allowances. Inside them are the lines that fall off quotes and stay on jobs: roof protection and tarping, drip edge on the rake as well as the eave, the chimney flashing, landfill fees billed by the ton. Delete what this roof doesn't need and price the rest.
Per square, mostly: tear-off and the field shingles both carry a per-square rate, the same hundred square feet the whole trade bids in. Linear feet carry the perimeter and the breaks: starter strip, hip and ridge cap, valley membrane, drip edge, step flashing. Penetrations go each: pipe boots, the chimney, the skylight. Labor prices as crew size times days. What moves your number is layers coming off, deck condition, and how much ridge and valley the roof turns out to have. The live P&L runs alongside the whole time, so the bottom of your range is written down before the negotiation starts.
Price it before you see it. The template carries a flat roof deck inspection line, sheathing replacement quoted per 4x8 sheet, and rafter and truss repair by the linear foot, so bad decking enters the estimate as a stated assumption instead of a mid-job phone call. There's a contingency allowance under Contingency & Allowances for the rest. If the tear-off reveals more sheets than you guessed, you change a quantity, not the structure of the document.
Yes. The whole builder runs without an account, and every export is on the free plan: client PDF, Excel, CSV, an internal budget export for your own numbers, and a read-only share link that carries a client-safe copy inside the link itself. A free account stores one estimate in the cloud. Pro is a one-time purchase, not another subscription line in your overhead: your name, logo, and contact line on client exports, no Estimatery footer, unlimited cloud saves, and a Saved Items catalog for the lines you bid on every roof. If your client expects the word quote, that's the roofing quote template too: the document doesn't change, just the noun in the conversation.
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