New Roof: Is This A Good Price?

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fonz33

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#288895 30-Jul-2021 11:58

I have a decramastic roof, roughly 44 years old and about the stage it needs replacing. House is 110 square metres. I've been struggling to get quotes, several companies I've called and said they'd call back and haven't or some I've emailed and haven't heard back. One company came almost straight away though, got me to do an asbestos test. It came back clear, and so they quoted $17k for 40mm zinacore corrugate longrun. Is that about what is average for these specifications? It's just I have nothing to compare it with

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#2752384 30-Jul-2021 12:08

From memory we did our parents house of about 100 squares a couple of years ago for $25,000 and that included all the palaver of removing and disposing of Super 6 asbestos roofing material.

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#2752388 30-Jul-2021 12:13

We got our rental property's roof replaced last year, paid around $14k inc GST. House area was around 100sqm, and new roof is 0.40mm Colorsteel.

Edit: We got 3 different quotes between 14k and 20k for similar type of roof.

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#2752391 30-Jul-2021 12:18

Thanks for the replies, OK here's a supplementary question: Would you use anyone that is not in the Roofing Association Of New Zealand (RANZ)? I've mainly been focusing on contractors that are part of that because I want to be sure of a quality job but would you use anyone that is not in the RANZ and still feel like you're in safe hands?

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#2752426 30-Jul-2021 13:50

Who did you use for the asbestos test, and how much was it? I have a decramastic roof also that I would like to replace in the next few years.

fonz33

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#2752427 30-Jul-2021 13:52

Used the local DHB and it cost nothing, had the results in a few days

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#2752436 30-Jul-2021 14:23

Question - if you go from decramastic to long run do you need a building consent?

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#2752438 30-Jul-2021 14:55

Take a look at NoCowboys as well.

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#2752516 30-Jul-2021 16:23

is that including removing the old roof?

$10,600 for a 60sqm garage roof including the spouting from one company

$4,600 for just the roofing from another

.55mm colour steel, underlay and all fixings and flashing's, that was 2 years ago before covid. was a PITA getting anyone to quote on it as everyone was "so busy". no one bothers to put an out of office on saying it may take a few weeks to work through a quote or anything like that.

fonz33

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#2752517 30-Jul-2021 16:26

Jase2985:

is that including removing the old roof?

$10,600 for a 60sqm garage roof including the spouting from one company

$4,600 for just the roofing from another

.55mm colour steel, underlay and all fixings and flashing's, that was 2 years ago before covid. was a PITA getting anyone to quote on it as everyone was "so busy". no one bothers to put an out of office on saying it may take a few weeks to work through a quote or anything like that.

Yes, it includes removing the old roof. Well, hopefully I can get some more quotes before the one I have expires. If I don't I might just end up going with them because it's going to be a bit of a wait anyway for the work to be done and I don't want this whole process to drag on for too long.

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#2752527 30-Jul-2021 16:55

oh also my quotes didn't include scaffolding or roof edge protection as it was provided by the builder.

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#2752530 30-Jul-2021 16:58

fonz33:
Thanks for the replies, OK here's a supplementary question: Would you use anyone that is not in the Roofing Association Of New Zealand (RANZ)? I've mainly been focusing on contractors that are part of that because I want to be sure of a quality job but would you use anyone that is not in the RANZ and still feel like you're in safe hands?

Yes, I would. Membership of an association doesnt guarantee a good job. Though you may get some sort of warranty. No matter association or not it's not a bad idea to ask around and if possible find some previous clients.

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