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Roofing, a roof you stop thinking about

It usually starts with a stain on the ceiling that was not there last winter. The hard part is not the work - it is that every roofing company sounds equally sure of itself, and you get one guess. We check licence and insurance before we introduce anyone, and we record the date we checked.

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Roofing in short

A roof replacement takes most crews 3-5 days once materials are on site, and asphalt shingle - the choice on the majority of US homes - typically runs $6,000-$18,000 installed depending on size, pitch and tear-off.

The three things that move your price most are roof area, how many layers have to come off, and the material you pick. Everything else is noise.

What we promise, and what we do not

How a pro gets in front of you

Most sites sell your number to whoever pays the most for it. We do not - your details reach only the roofing companies matched to your job. We are building licence and insurance checks on top of that, and we will publish each one with the date it was performed rather than claim it in advance.

A few pros, never a list

Your details go to the small number of local companies matched to your job, and to nobody else. They are not sold on.

No paid placement

A company cannot buy a better position in a match or in our rankings. Where we rank, the method is published so you can re-score it yourself.

Check the licence yourself

Ask for the number and look it up on your state board’s public register. We are building this into the match; it is not running yet.

Ask the insurer, not the contractor

Get liability and workers’ compensation certificates sent to you by the insurance agency direct. A forwarded PDF proves nothing about today.

What we check, and what we do not check yet

Verified pros

Roofing companies we’ve checked

Licence, insurance and review history - with the date each was last confirmed.

Ranges from our own roofing cost guides, each sourced on its page.

Honest comparison

HomeMatchup vs. a lead site vs. doing it yourself

Three ways to get this work done. Here’s what each one actually gives you.

Getting roofing work done - three routes compared
HomeMatchup Typical lead site DIY
How many companies call youA short, named shortlist you agreed toOften 4-5+ at once, sold to whoever buys the leadNone - the work is on you
Licence & insuranceSelf-reported today - we tell you how to check it and are building the check inUsually self-reported by the contractorYour own permits and liability
What it costs youFree - pros pay us, and only for a real matchFree, but your number is resoldMaterials plus your time
Price guidance before you talkPublished ranges with the data behind themRarely shown before you hand over detailsYou research it yourself
If it goes wrongA named company, and a record of who received your jobHard to trace which site sold the leadNo recourse

Describes how HomeMatchup operates and the common lead-generation model. Not a claim about any named competitor.

Homeowners

What people say after they’ve hired

Zero reviews. On purpose.

We’d rather show you nothing than show you someone else’s reviews.

Plenty of sites fill this space with reviews scraped from elsewhere, or written for them. We don’t. The first roofing review on this page will come from a homeowner we matched, after their work was finished and paid for.

  • Only from homeowners we actually matched
  • Only after the job is complete
  • Published unedited, including the bad ones
  1. 1You get matchedA few checked pros, free
  2. 2Work gets doneCheck their licence and insurance first
  3. 3We ask youOnce, after completion
  4. 4It appears hereExactly as you wrote it
FAQ

Roofing questions, answered

The questions homeowners ask us most about roofing.

Fixr puts the national average near $10,000, with most projects between $7,500 and $14,000, or roughly $3.75-$11 per square foot. This Old House’s 2026 figures put standard asphalt on a 2,000 sq ft roof around $8,419-$11,665 and architectural asphalt around $11,914-$16,436. Material and complexity move the range more than brand alone.
Repair if the roof is comfortably within its service life and damage is localized. Replace if it is near end of life, leaking in several places, or shows widespread granule loss and curling. Fixr puts asphalt shingle life at 20-30 years - a 20-plus-year-old asphalt roof with multiple leaks is usually a replacement, not a patch.
Fixr puts asphalt shingles at 20-30 years, metal at 50-70, clay and concrete tile at up to 100, and slate at up to 150. Climate, ventilation, installation quality, and storm history move outcomes as much as material marketing claims.
Fixr puts labor at 40-60% of a typical replacement. This Old House reports that over 70% of its 2026 survey respondents named labor as the biggest single cost driver. Steep pitch, multiple stories, and difficult access all push labor up.
Fixr puts tear-off and disposal at roughly $50-$150 per roofing square (100 sq ft of roof surface). On a 25-square roof that is about $1,250-$3,750, and it should appear as its own line - not hidden inside a lump sum.
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The wrong roofing hire costs more than the right one.

Roofing is the trade with the most storm-chasers, and the failure shows up years later - after the crew, the phone number and the warranty are all gone. Getting matched takes about a minute, costs nothing, and you can walk away from every quote you receive.

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Who wrote and checked this

Written by

The HomeMatchup Content Team

Editorial
Reviewed by

Michael Thompson

Senior Home Improvement Reviewer · 20 years

Senior technical reviewer.

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