Real market numbers, what moves them, and the one question that decides whether you need a full replacement at all. No form to fill in first.
These are market figures for the Phoenix metro, not our quote. We cannot price a roof from a web page and neither can anyone else — but you should be able to tell before you call whether a number you have been given is inside the range or well outside it.
A straightforward tear-off and re-cover on a roughly 1,500 square foot home with 30-year architectural shingles. The least expensive full replacement available here, and perfectly appropriate on the Valley homes that were built with it.
The most common roof on Phoenix homes. A full tile replacement includes new underlayment, the lift-and-reset labour, and the tile itself. Tile also needs a deck that can carry the weight, which is where the labour climbs.
Premium clay profiles, standing-seam metal, larger homes and custom builds. Real numbers for the right house, and badly out of place on an average one.
Not a replacement at all, and the job most Phoenix homeowners actually need. Covered properly below.
A typical Valley installation breaks down roughly like this:
Here is the fact the ranges above do not tell you, and it is worth more than any of them.
Tile lasts roughly twice as long as the layer underneath it. Concrete and clay tile run 40 to 50 years. The underlayment beneath — the membrane doing the actual waterproofing — lasts about 20 to 25 years in Arizona heat.
So the typical failing Phoenix roof has perfectly sound tile sitting on a dead membrane. The correct job is a lift-and-relay: stack the existing tile, replace the underlayment and any damaged decking, re-lay the same tile. You pay for labour, underlayment and the small share of tile that breaks in handling — not for a roof's worth of new tile.
A contractor who quotes a complete new roof on sound tile without mentioning a relay is either not paying attention or counting on you not knowing the difference. Ask which one you are being quoted, and why. It is the highest-value question you can ask, and it is free.
Price alone tells you very little. A number you can actually compare has all of this on it:
Ours is ROC #366348, held by Sun & Shield Construction and Roofing. Look it up before you let anyone on your roof — including us.
Have a quote already? Send it over. We will tell you whether the number is fair and whether the scope makes sense, even if the answer is that you do not need the work.
Get a Free Inspection Read the hiring guideFor most Phoenix homes, yes. The metro average for a full replacement runs around $16,000, and $30,000 sits at the very top of the range — where it belongs to large homes, premium clay tile, standing-seam metal, or jobs with significant structural repair underneath. If you have been quoted $30,000 on an average-sized home with sound decking, ask what specifically puts it there. There may be a good answer. There may not be.
Square footage of the house is not the same as square footage of the roof — pitch, overhangs and the number of planes all change the roof area, so a 2,000 sq ft single-storey home has considerably more roof than a 2,000 sq ft two-storey. As a rough frame, asphalt shingle work on a typical Valley home starts around $7,000 to $11,000, concrete tile lands nearer the middle of the range, and premium materials climb from there. Anyone quoting you a firm number without measuring the roof is guessing.
Far less, and repair is the right answer more often than the industry admits. A handful of slipped tiles, a failed vent boot or a cracked flashing is a small job. What matters is whether the underlayment beneath is still doing its job — because repairing the visible symptom on a membrane that is finished just buys you a few months. That is the thing an inspection is actually for.
Because you already own the expensive part. In a lift-and-relay your existing tile comes off and is stacked, the failed underlayment and any damaged decking get replaced, and the same tile goes back down. You pay for labour, underlayment and the small percentage of tile that breaks in handling — not for a roof's worth of new tile. On a Phoenix home with sound tile and dead underlayment, it is usually the correct job and a fraction of the price.
It can. August and September are peak monsoon season, when emergency demand is highest and crews are booked furthest out — that is when pricing is least favourable and lead times are longest. Late spring, roughly May and June, is the quietest stretch in the Valley. If your roof is not actively leaking, planning the work outside peak season is worth real money.
A free inspection, photographs of what we actually find, and a written scope before anything starts. If the roof has years left, we will tell you that instead.
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