Roof work prices by the failure and the square, which makes it legible once the vocabulary is clear. Published national guides put minor repairs at $150 to $450, leak repairs at $350 to $1,200, and emergency tarping at $200 to $1,000. Replacement is priced per square foot installed: roughly $3.50 to $6.00 for asphalt shingles and $9 to $16 for metal.
Elizabeth scopes price by stock. A multifamily plane in Bayway prices on size and decking per sheet; a Peterstown flat section prices on seam and drain work; an Elizabethport slate finding prices as specialist repair, not replacement. Ask which stock the quote assumes. A single per-square number across all three is a sign the roof was not actually read.
What moves a specific quote: pitch and height (labor), how much decking is found failed under the tear off, the component that failed, and timing, since storm weeks price emergency work as emergency work across the whole market.
The decision rule mirrors the rest of the trades: when repairs in a short window total a third to a half of a replacement, and the roof's age says more failures are queued, replacement usually wins. Ask for both numbers in writing, with decking priced per sheet so the tear off holds no surprises.
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