Job costing for roofing contractors

Roofing jobs move fast, often a day or two per roof, so there’s no time to sort out costs later. And the biggest surprise usually shows up at tear-off: rotten timber nobody could see at the estimate. JobFigure keeps each roof’s costs and changes straight while the crew is still on it.

What roofing contractors track in JobFigure

• Bids by the square metre. Price tiles or slates by the square metre (m²), ridge and eaves trim by the metre, and vents and flashings by each.
• Tear-off and disposal as its own cost. Skip bin swaps and extra layers show up here first.
• Rotten timber and hidden damage. Log replacement boarding as a variation the day you find it, while the homeowner or adjuster can still see the damage.
• Crew hours per roof. Crews clock in to each roof, so fast multi-roof weeks still cost out correctly.

Set up for roofing from the first day

When you pick Roofing as your trade, JobFigure loads these cost categories for budgets, receipts, and job costs. You can rename or add your own at any time.

• Roofing Materials
• Labour
• Tear-Off & Disposal
• Underlayment & Flashing
• Equipment Rental
• Fuel
• Permits
• Subcontractor
• Other

Bid line items use the units roofing actually bid in: square metres (m²), metres (m), each (EA), and lump sum (LS).

Example: what a roofing job looks like mid-way

New tiles over new breathable membrane. Tear-off is done and the roof is about 75% dried in. Eighteen sheets of rotten roof boarding were replaced.

The boarding replacement ($1,950 in Other) and an extra skip bin pushed two categories over budget. If your contract prices replacement boarding per sheet, that’s a variation to write today, not after the roof is closed up.

Invoices the New Zealand way

Set your company to New Zealand and every progress invoice is a GST tax invoice with retentions. Tick one box to make it a payment claim under the Construction Contracts Act 2002, with the statement, work period and due date it needs. Prices are in New Zealand dollars. More in our guide: Payment claims under the Construction Contracts Act 2002.

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