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.
Huntsville scopes run on the storm restoration pattern the head leader specialises in: the inspection and its photo record first, then either a repair price for the named failure or a replacement price for the documented slopes. Ask for the repair and replacement numbers side by side, with the roof's age stated. In a market of family firms, that side by side, in writing, is the normal way business is done here.
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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