Refresh your home s curb appeal by replacing your roof shingles.
Roof shingles sq ft per bundle.
The two most popular shingle styles are 3 tab and architectural laminated.
The average bundle of shingles covers 33 3 ft 2 so three bundles of shingles are needed per square.
Since transportation is a major cost factor expect prices to vary by location.
Marquis weathermax autumn brown 3 tab roofing shingles 33 3 sq.
The square footage of a roof is normally measured in squares of 100 feet.
The most common type of shingle called a three tab or strip shingle is generally packaged three bundles per square.
Four bundles to a square.
Specialty shingles such as iko armourshake are heavier and therefore packaged to cover 20 square feet per bundle or five bundles per square.
A premium cedar shake is typically a 40 year shingle.
Each square will need three bundles of shingles to cover it.
The general cost is about 9 per square ft.
Woodland woodberry brown designer laminated architectural shingles 25 sq.
Per bundle 14 pieces by gaf 45 34 bundle.
Per bundle 26 pieces by gaf 14 44 09 bundle.
But be careful not all shingle brands are packaged three bundles to a square.
A bundle is around 1 3 of a square and costs an average of 30 to 600.
Shingles are sold by the bundle and by the square.
Across the us the average price for roof shingles is 3 20 3 40 per square foot including materials and installation this is equivalent to 320 340 per roof square 1 roof square 100 sq ft.
However shingles are packaged in a way that they are light enough for the average person to carry around.
This would be 87.
The cost for installing 30 year asphalt roof shingles is 8 per square ft.
These shingles are thicker than traditional wood shingles and are resistant to insects weathering and uv rays.
For a new roof you will also need the same amount of underlayment.
As a rule of thumb there are 3 bundles to a square assuming that you are using three tab strip shingles.
A square is 100sq feet if your using some of the heavier roofing most one bundle of shingle covers about 33 square feet of roof hence around 850 bundles of shingles will be needed for 28000 square feet roof.
Find the total square footage of your roof by multiplying the width by the length and then divide that number by 100 and you will get the number of squares you need to cover.
You can use roof shingles calculator to get a more accurate estimate for your home.
A square of shingles is the number of shingles needed to cover 100 sq feet of roof area.
On the low end asphalt averages 100 and 150 per square while slate averages about 1 200.
Read the label carefully as some brands need a bit more than three bundles to cover a square.
Normal architectural shingles are approximately 3 bundles per square.