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  • 01-07-2010 10:11pm
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    joanene
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭


    Hi,
    Just wondering if anyone has an idea of how much roof material would cost for a 2500 sqft dormer style house? I know its hard to say with out seeing house but Im dying to know a ball park figure for the material. We are waiting weeks for list of material from roofer to go pricing.

    We have been quoted labour prices ranging from €6500 to €14500!! Its amazing the difference in prices in every trade when you really shop around!

    Thanks


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    clint_eastman
    Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭clint_eastman


    joanene wrote: »
    Hi,
    Just wondering if anyone has an idea of how much roof material would cost for a 2500 sqft dormer style house? I know its hard to say with out seeing house but Im dying to know a ball park figure for the material. We are waiting weeks for list of material from roofer to go pricing.

    We have been quoted labour prices ranging from €6500 to €14500!! Its amazing the difference in prices in every trade when you really shop around!

    Thanks

    My house is 3000sqft, materials are 10k + VAT and labour is €5,200 cash.
    Without seeing your house it's impossible to give a half decent estimation especially dependent on the roof's complexity, mine is very straight forward 2 storey. But a ball parks go, i suppose you could use mine as an indicator.


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    Peter Sweeney
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭Peter Sweeney


    Price will depend on type of roof coverings used, ie. fibre cement roof slates, bangor slates, clay or cement roof tiles, type of flashings used, aluminium, lead, etc and degree of difficulty in tiling roof.

    Make sure you see samples of slates / tiles and visit a finished similar house with the same roof slates / tiles before you commit to the recommended tiles / slates.
    Also look at guarantee for the slates and the company who are supplying them.

    For health and safety reasons and the inherent dangers associated in roofing insure that the works are covered with insurance and with scaffolding in-situ.


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    soldsold
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭soldsold


    +1 on insurance and scaffolding sign-off by a certified scaffolder, you really dont want to end up losing your shiny new house because some one had an accident on site. In my case I didnt go for "all risks" so I took a chance on a few bits going missing on site, but I made sure the self-build fire insurance and public liability was in place before clearing the site, and the scaffolder had signed off the scaffolding before anyone started using it.

    Most good engineers/ architects will refuse to deal with any self builder that wants to cut corners in these areas.


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    galwaytt
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    A guide price a roofer gave me was €63 per sq m (of roof), to supply and fit felt, battens, conc slate, etc. Add your first fix timber to that.

    As for pricing around, remember this: you always, but always, get what you pay for - and the roof is a very important part in your house 'jig-saw'. If it leaks, or gives trouble.......well, you can guess for yourself........

    Quality of timber has a huge bearing. Personally, I would only use imported stuff, but that's just me ...(there's another thread going on this already.....)

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