A shingle is a piece of a roof cover.
Roofing per sqaure of shingles.
The most common you find apply to three tab shingles and take three bundles of shingles for each square.
Most composition shingles are 3 bundles per square most of the 40yr composition shingles are 4 bundles per square some 5 or more wood shakes 5 bundles per square wood shingles 4 bundles per square roofing felt per square roofing felt comes in a wide variety coverage s.
Premium asphalt shingles cost 33 3 36 6 per bundle.
It can also include some of the lighter weight laminated shingles.
Quick roof cement 3 tab green related products timberline hdz charcoal algae resistant laminated high definition shingles 33 33 sq.
Shingles are installed in an overlapping fashion to provide complete protection for the plywood vapor barrier and other materials beneath.
These shingles cost 84 9 90 per roof square.
Once you look at the more substantial three tabbed variety these require four per square and sometimes possibly five to cover the same square.
This is based on 80 shingles per square.
Thus at the mid point of the above price range you can expect to pay about 4 50 per sq.
A square is the number of shingles it would take to cover 100 square feet of roof area with each row of shingles covering the tabs of the layer below it.
Since transportation is a major cost factor expect prices to vary by location.
Felts sqs per roll.
Based on this price the cost per square of roof shingles is 79 8 per square.
Low cost for installation is around 3 600 and high cost is about 120 000.
How many shingles in a square.
Other styles of shingles may require more or fewer nails per shingle and may have more or less than 80 shingles per square.
A bundle of architectural shingles costs 28 3 30 per bundle.
Asphalt shingles range in price from about 25 per bundle for a standard 3 tab style to around 50 75 or more for an upgraded architectural style.
Specialty shingles such as iko armourshake are heavier and therefore packaged to cover 20 square feet per bundle or five bundles per square.
Or 450 per square to replace an asphalt shingle roof on a typical single family house.
Asphalt roof shingles roofing shingles architectural shingles class a roof shingles 4 in.
The average bundle of shingles covers 33 3 ft 2 so three bundles of shingles are needed per square.
That said on average most contractors will charge between 3 50 and 5 50 per square foot or 350 to 550 per square 100 sq ft to install or replace an asphalt shingle roof on a typical house.
For high wind areas or when shingles are being applied to a mansard six nails per shingle are required 480 nails per square.