Shingle Roofing in Tempe, AZ

What changes the cost of a shingle roof in Tempe

Typical totals from our price sheet: about $7,500–$9,500 for a 2,000 sq ft roof, $11,250–$14,250 for 3,000 sq ft and $15,000–$19,000 for 4,000 sq ft ($3.75–$4.75 per square foot of roof), plus about 5% on a two-story house. See every range on our pricing page.

A shingle roof on a Tempe ranch looks simple, but these items change the price:

• Pitch. Very low slopes, like the ones in Date Palm Manor, need more care with underlayment, and a section that's too flat for shingles gets foam.
• Size and layout. Valleys and hips add labor.
• Underlayment. Self-adhering underlayment in place of old felt.
• Decking. Wood that has gone soft at valleys, vents or the eaves.
• Vents. Adding or relocating them so the attic can breathe.
• Historic review. On designated properties, the approved look may narrow your choices.

The instant estimator gets you in the ballpark before anyone climbs a ladder, and the free inspection gets you an exact figure. If you want to understand the moving parts first, read what a shingle roof really costs.

Low-pitch shingle on Tempe's postwar ranches

Date Palm Manor, one mile south of downtown, was built mostly between 1954 and 1962. Its concrete-block ranch houses have asphalt shingle roofs pitched extremely low to stress the long horizontal lines of the style. The same era produced tracts like Nu Vista and Margo Manor, where homes from 1960 and 1961 list composition roofs.

At a low pitch, rain doesn't race off the shingles. It moves slowly, and in a monsoon downpour it can back up at valleys and around vents. That puts the load on the underlayment. We use self-adhering underlayment that bonds to the deck and gets tighter as the summer heat works on it, which we explain in why self-adhering underlayment sticks so well. Old felt, by contrast, just lies under the nails, and it's the reason felt fails where water collects.

Vents matter on these houses too. A low roof leaves a shallow attic, and heat builds fast in a small space. Getting intake and exhaust in the right spots keeps the attic from cooking the shingles from below. On a few of these houses that means closing off an old vent that sits where water runs, and adding one where the air has nowhere to go.

Reroofing a Date Palm Manor home

Date Palm Manor is on both Tempe's historic register and the National Register. For a designated property, work that would change its historic or architectural character calls for a Certificate of Appropriateness, and the Historic Preservation Office is the first call. A shingle that keeps the low, flat look of the original is the natural starting point for that conversation, and we can bring samples for you to compare against the rest of the street.

Curling shingles, bare spots or a drip at the hallway light on a Tempe ranch? For a free inspection, dial (602) 799-6837 and ask for Mikel.

We also take care of foam on low-slope Tempe roofs, tile relays around Tempe and Tempe business roofs.