How long does a roof replacement take?

Summary:

Jeremiah puts a typical roof replacement at about three days for an average size roof, which he defines as a standard thirty square roof in Washington. He notes there are a number of variables that can extend that timeline, specifically size, pitch, and accessibility. In his view the maximum a roof replacement should take is five days, unless the home has an unusually large roof, and he stresses that a job of that scale would be discussed with the homeowner beforehand rather than discovered along the way. His core point is that efficiency determines the schedule: a typical Washington State roof replacement done efficiently should only take three days, while one done inefficiently is where a homeowner will see the job stretch out past a week. He treats the three day benchmark as a useful measure homeowners can apply when evaluating what a contractor tells them to expect.

Answer:

A roof replacement project typically will take, for an average size roof, about three days. There are a lot of variables to that. Size, pitch, accessibility, all those can extend the overall length of the roof replacement. But a standard roof in Washington, a typical thirty square roof, you're looking at three days. The max that a roof replacement should take is five, unless you have a mammoth of a roof. Obviously that would be something that we talked to the homeowner about beforehand. But a typical roof replacement in Washington State, if done efficiently, should only take three days. If it's done inefficiently, that's where you'll see it stretch out past a week. So when you're looking at the timeline, the size of the roof, the pitch of the roof, and how accessible that roof is are the things that are going to move that number. Everything else comes down to how efficiently the crew is working, and that's the part that separates a three day job from one that drags on.